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Join me for a virtual book tour

I’m making the virtual rounds with {This Tale Is True} on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, and I invite you to join me. Visit as many of the blogs listed below as you’d like and leave comments to let us know you were there. Remember to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a $25 gift card.

They don’t make goddesses like they used to….

For eons they ruled, but modern times have been rough on the ancient deities— their temples collapsed, their worshippers wandered off, and their purposes were ...

Cracking The Harmony Code

Nature’s Surprising Secrets for Getting Along While Getting Your Way

In Camilla Gray-Nelson, author of Cracking the Harmony Code, is my guest today, and she’s sharing a post about trust–in a variety of forms.

There’s also a giveaway! Enter below for a chance to win an autographed copy of Cracking the Harmony Code.

Trust: The Relationship FoundationHow to earn it, keep it or get it back

Think back to every relationship in your life that did not go well or ended badly.  It’s a ...

Pennies From Heaven

Are you ready for some feel-good, change-the-world inspiration?

Available from Amazon

Based on the true-life events that led Koedi Nealy to start changing lives one penny at a time at the age of seven, “Pennies from Heaven” teaches children that they are never too young to do great things for God. Koedi’s journey culminated in forming a non-profit that currently serves the homeless population in Houston, Texas, helping the most overlooked and undervalued people in the community.

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What They Want Us To Know

Messages of Hope, Meaning and Unity From the Animal Kingdom

Shawndra McWhorter’s gift for inter-species communication is one I envy. Read on to learn more about her new book and about how to enter the giveaway.

Have you ever wondered what animals would tell us if they could? This book will give you that chance to find out! By being able to receive downloaded messages from wild and domestic animals, Shawndra translates their messages for us. These animals have shared powerful messages o...

May is Short Form Poetry Month

because I say it is

Some of us had fun–perhaps too much–with the April is National Poetry Month prompt generator, so I’ve decided to continue the challenge. I hereby declare the month of May to be National Short Form Poetry Month.

You can use the generator this month to get an inspiration prompt for a topic and a short poetry form. (See the right side or the bottom of every page on this site, depending upon the device you use.)

Share your poems with us! Just put it/them in the comme...

Damsel in a Dress

a new mystery from Kirsten Weiss

I knew I’d love Maddie Kosloski, the protagonist of Kirsten Weiss’s Perfectly Proper Paranormal series, when I read her comment: “I’ll do anything for wedding cake.” Really, I will. Maddie, you and I may be long lost sisters!

Kirsten Weiss will be awarding a $10  Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Use the form below this post to enter.

Bridesmaid duties can be deadly…

Maddie Kosloski has more than wedding cak...

Reel to Reel – Movie Mistakes from Hollywood’s Favorite Films

Movie buffs, this one’s for you. For the past several years, Isla Grey has written a “Movie Mistakes” column for Bellaonline. “Reel to Reel” is a collection of some of those columns, spotlighting the fun goofs found in some of our favorite movies.

Isla will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N giftcard to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Be sure to enter (below).

Available from Amazon

Here’s a brief excerpt from Reel to Reel:

Love Story

Wealthy, preppie and...

The Invisible Vegan~a documentary from Jasmine Leyva

Jasmine Leyva’s film, “The Invisible Vegan,” is visually and structurally appealing, educational, entertaining, and uplifting.

You can watch it now on TubiTV and stream on Amazon Prime

You don’t have to be a white, liberal, tree-hugging, Prius-driving yoga teacher to be a vegan. Does that surprise you? If so, “The Invisible Vegan” is going to knock your wool-free socks off.

Jasmine Leyva’s new documentary does speak primarily to the Black community (hence the title, a play on R...

Guiding Gaia

a young adult fantasy novel by Tish Thawer

She awoke to save us, but it may already be too late.

The world is in chaos. Stars are falling from the sky. Floods, hurricanes, and fires rage across the land. And the only being strong enough to stop it is stuck in teenage form … again.

Reborn, Gaia has come to Earth to battle through the strife and discover if the world is worth saving.

Tasked with guiding her, it falls to me to help her weather the storms, and hopefully, find a place...

Melanin Brown Discovers America

Raising a kid is hard. Being a kid is even harder. A new book from Candice Davis, Melanin Brown Discovers America, can help everybody get through it. Note: this book is helpful to non-kid, non-parent readers, as well.

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Melanin Brown is a girl far beyond her years who observes a brand new student being bullied at her school because of his ethics. This causes her to feel distressed, uncomfortable, and the treatment does not sit right wit...