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A Guided Tour of China

A Guided Tour of China by Mark H. Bloom When I say “guided tour,” I mean that I had a Chinese guide and the tour consisted of a singular place where I had some business. I’m telling you this up front so you understand what a pathetic “tour” this story relates. Like all of my […]
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It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose

Finding Nirvana in Thailand’s busiest city

Mexico: Beyond the Bubble

East meets west in Istanbul

Is Dhara Dhevi the best hotel in the world?

The Wailing Wall

Digital didn’t kill the paperback book

Digital didn’t kill the paperback book   Ever since ebooks took off, people have been predicting print books were a thing of the past; that the sky would fall on traditional publishing; that only the old die hards would continue to buy paper books.   You know, like video killed the radio star…   Well, […]
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Book Review: Her Older Man by Lorraine Sears

Title: Her Older Man Author: Lorraine Sears Genre: Short story, Romance   Blurb:  Jane is heartbroken when her older lover, Mac, leaves her; he can’t live with people constantly judging him over their age difference. They say love conquers all, but can it bridge a twenty-five year age gap? Short fiction romance that’s perfect for […]
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Book review: September Ends by Hunter S Jones

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Book Review: The Elite by Kiera Cass

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Book Review: Until You by Sandra Marton

Why The Originals is kicking Vampire Diaries’ butt

I have been a fan of The Vampire Diaries since it first hit our screens 5 years ago. I am a Damon fan first and foremost, and a Delena fan next. When Elijah, Klaus and the rest of the Originals joined the cast, I loathed them, then fell in love with them. Needless to say, […]
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Interview with a vampire

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Book Review: Vampire Tanning by S. Wolf

Fresh: A vegetarian and vegan restaurant in Toronto, Canada

Fresh: a vegetarian and vegan restaurant in Toronto, Canada by Jessica Meddows One of the surprising challenges in moving to Canada was being able to find good food. Coming from Sydney’s eastern suburb beaches and working in Sydney’s CBD, I was completely spoilt for delicious and easily accessible vegetarian and vegan food. Canada is not […]
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Body Blitz Canadian style

Amanda Perry gets her fairy on at FaerieCon East 2013

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Book review: Portals by Maer Wilson

Title: Portals Author: Maer Wilson Genre: Paranormal Standalone or series: Book 2 of the Thulukan Chronicles   Blurb: For supernatural detectives Thulu and La Fi, “normal” is a relative term. La Fi is a medium, Thulu is a finder, and their usual clients are already dead. But when their friend Reo is shot, and a […]
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Karen Tyrrell beats the blah

One author’s raw journey through mental illness     When people think of bullying and its devastating effects, the first thing that springs to mind is bullying at school, as in students picking on other students. But for former teacher turned author Karen Tyrrell, it was the parents of her students who drove her to […]
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Gary Goldstein talks about being a Jew in jail

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Samantha chases her ever after

Guest Post by Dominic Holland

Interview: Jade Kerrion, Author of the Double Helix Series

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The true meaning of Christmas

The true meaning of Christmas This year, I definitely struggled more than normal to find the Christmas spirit. Perhaps that’s because our December was busier than normal. We had my husband’s 40th birthday, my daughter’s 18th. We had a house-full of out-of-state guests to help celebrate those occasions. I think I spent so much time […]
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Grounded by a grand baby

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

Gap year – Hamish and Andy style

Love made Torre DeRoche do a crazy thing…

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

Sponsors needed for upcoming Launch Party

Sponsors needed   We’ve spent the last month migrating our website and blogs from Weebly to WordPress. Now we’re going to be spending the next few months searching for the very best sponsors to come on board for our launch party. While we initially planned the launch party to commence in January, we now realise […]
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The Beginner’s Guide to Social Media: Twitter part 1

The beginner’s guide to social media: Twitter part 3

6 things you need to know about book reviews

Launch celebrations: Subscribe and win

Launch celebrations: Subscribe and win It’s been a busy two months at The Writers’ Shack. For new readers here, we have moved from our old Weebly site to this brand new WordPress site, which we believe is simply fantastic and the best thing since sliced bread…   There’s just one downside to moving. The migration […]
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