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Bateman’s Bad Words

Jason Bateman makes his directorial debut in Bad Words Jason Bateman is everywhere these days, popping up in movies, on TV, and even lending his voice to animation. Now he looks set to make his feature film directorial debut in Bad Words, a movie in which he also stars.   Here’s some interesting facts we […]
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Movie Review: Gangster Squad

Gap year – Hamish and Andy style

Is Miley Cyrus the new Lindsay?

The Walking Dead Rehashed

Friends Still Proving Popular a Decade On

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Writer’s block: where did all my ideas go?

Writer’s Block – Where Did All My Ideas Go?   By John Ploetz   Whether you are writing poetry, short stories, novels, or blogging, the hardest part is sometimes coming up with a topic to write about and keeping that idea stream going.   Where do you find the material when nothing comes to mind? […]
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Useful travel writing tips for beginners

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Where everybody knows your name

Why writers should never give up

Jade Kerrion unleashes perfection

Book Review: Perfection Unleashed by Jade Kerrion   Title: Perfection Unleashed Author: Jade Kerrion Genre: Science fiction/sci-fi Standalone or series: Book 1 of the Double Helix series       Blurb: Recipient of six literary awards, including gold medal (science fiction), Readers Favorites 2013. Two men, one face. One man seeks to embrace destiny, the […]
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Interview: Jade Kerrion, Author of the Double Helix Series

Book Review: 7 Scorpions Rebellion by Mike Saxon

Book review: Yucatan Dead by DV Berkom

Book Review: Luna Sanguis by Simon Okill

Book Review: Turning by Melinda Chapman

Book Review: A Lost Kitten by Jessica A Kong

Nightmares are bleeding into her waking world…

Book Review: The Underlighters by Michelle Browne   Title: The Underlighters Author: Michelle Browne Genre: Mystery, Horror Standalone or series: Part 1 of The Nightmare Cycle   Blurb: Nightmares are bleeding into her waking world. Children are going missing. To save them, she must overcome her wreck of a personal life and a closet full […]
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Book Review: The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming by Michelle Browne

Book Review: The Stolen by Michelle Browne

Book Review: And the stars will sing by Michelle Browne

Book Review: Brookhaven by JC Eggleton

Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins – The Whole World Is Burning

Odd Koontz: How my first foray into Koontz left me bewildered and disappointed

8 year limit for Saudi expats

I read a news article this morning that talked about Saudi Arabia’s controversial Saudisation program. The Labour Ministry has announced plans to limit expatriate stays in the Kingdom to 8 years. Taking it one step further, the plan also aims to make it more difficult for expatriates to take their family with them by introducing […]
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6 benefits of wearing an abaya

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Dry Dubai – a good idea or bad?

Missionary, mercenary or misfit – which category of expatriate are you?

Book Review: Here We Are and There We Go – Teaching and Traveling With Kids In Tow by Jill Dobbe

Through the looking glass in PNGs Highlands

Temperature falls on Niagara New Year

By Jessica Meddows “This is the coldest I’ve ever been in my life,” I said to my husband as we stood at an outdoor New Year’s Eve concert – in snow – at Niagara Falls. “I’m concerned my toes might get frostbite.”   I’ve certainly endured colder temperatures during my two winters in Canada, but […]
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Body Blitz Canadian style

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Infographic: The best Caribbean islands to visit in 2014

Florida: Son of a Beach

Lima love – how I fell in love with Peru’s capital

Half blood not quite a prince but still enjoyable

Book review: Half-Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout   Review by Sandra Selvas Villatoro   Title: Half-Blood Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Genre: YA, Paranormal Series or Standalone: Series. Book 1 in the Covenant Series.     Blurb:  The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi pure bloods have godlike […]
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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Book Review: The coldest girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

Thinking Of Reading the Matched Series by Ally Condie?

Book Review: Deadly Crush by Ashley Stoyanoff

Book Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Book Review: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Marlon Wayans stars in A Haunted House 2

Crossing new lines and breaking old barriers, A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 is the sequel to the hilarious box-office hit starring Marlon Wayans as Malcolm who, after exorcising the demons of his ex, is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children.  After moving into their dream home, Malcolm is once again plagued by […]
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Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Movie Review: City of Bones

Movie Review: Sinister starring Ethan Hawke

Movie Review: Gangster Squad

Is Miley Cyrus the new Lindsay?

Children who read for pleasure do significantly better at school

Children who read for pleasure do significantly better at school   There are people who read out of pure pleasure and people who read because they have to. But what about children? Does reading come natural to them or is it an imposed habit? Some children show an interest in books before they can even […]
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Teach your children to love reading

How to get published with Top That! Publishing

How to get published at Moonshine Cove

Digital didn’t kill the paperback book

How to get published with Smart Rhino Publications

Get published with Fire and Ice YA

The Black Swan – the impact of the highly improbable

Title: The Black Swan – The impact of the highly improbable Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Genre: Non-fiction   Blurb: A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more […]
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Book Review: Wolves in The Land of Salmon by David Moskowitz

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Book Review: Cheers William, It’s Christmas by Toni Carter

Book Review: Brookhaven by JC Eggleton

Book review: Yucatan Dead by DV Berkom