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Sugars – 371 million people have diabetes worldwide. Pre-Diabetes and Glycemic Index

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An excellent article from Sally covering the symptoms of pre-diabetes and what to eat to prevent it.

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:

As many as three million Americans may have T1D. Diabetes currently affects more than 371 million people worldwide and is expected to affect 552 million by 2030. In the U.S., a new case of diabetes is diagnosed every 30 seconds; more than 1.9 million people are diagnosed each year.���� jdrf.org/about-jdrf/fact-sheets/general-diabetes-facts/

The frightening thing about the above statement is that apart from the 1.9 million people who will be diagnosed with diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes this year there will be millions more who will ignore the symptoms and remain undiagnosed and untreated.�� This will lead to health complications and probably chronic and fatal diseases.

It is very important to catch the disease early and make some changes to diet and lifestyle to rebalance blood sugar levels.�� In the last posts I have talked about the various sugars that are available, which ones to avoid and how���

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The archetypal Indie ?

Originally posted on Daily Echo:

Image by Zu

I don���t have a feather to fly with���

Impecunious as a church mouse;

And to keep a roof over the keyboard,

I���ve sold half the stuff in the house.

The cupboards hold coffee and biscuits,

The fridge just an elderly egg,

But that���s quite enough for survival,

I don���t have to go out and beg.

See, I chose this career as a writer

And with painting a bit, as you do,

While still earning a crust at the day job,

I just about see the month through.

The house doesn���t really need heating,

I really don���t see it these days,

I just sit at the desk in the corner

While the words dance about in a haze.

On the other hand life���s never boring!

As I roam through a new world each day,

When I wander through imagination

On a quest to find something to say.

And���

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Make the Back Cover of your Paper Book Work for You

Originally posted on :

What I���m about to suggest to you is something that I���m in the process of updating, and it���s not quite complete with all my books, so don���t yell ���Liar, Liar!!��� yet. I think it���s a really good idea for your paper books to act as the marketing tools that they should be for your other writing. Self publishing a paper book on Createspace is fairly easy. Writing a book blurb or synopsis, on the other hand, has always seemed harder than writing an actual full length novel to me. On a paperback, what���s on the tail is vital though. I think that it���s just as important as the cover design for a book that you hold in your hands to read. The first thing I do in a bookstore after glancing at the cover is turn it around. I read the authors biography, eyeball his or her photo, and then���

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Five Star Treatment – The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:

Today���s Five Star Treatment if for a book explores the dark side of the Ozark Mountains and scientific revival of an extinct and dangerous species���..

About the Book.

Extinct beast comes to life, stalks Ozarks town������.

In ���The Wolf���s Moon,��� Patrick Jones writes a suspense thriller where one man must hunt down a mysterious wolf that preys upon the people of a small town and creates a spellbinding tale of an ancient animal that haunts the foothill towns of Missouri���s Ozark Mountains. An unknown group of scientists has genetically engineered a Dire Wolf into the present day. Allegedly extinct, the ferocious beast preys upon the innocent people of Maple Hills.

To hunt and kill the beast, the town folk will have to rely on the tracking feats of Mark Lansdowne. He is a reluctant hero, still mourning the loss of his wife to illness. Relying on his rescue dogs���

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Have you a will or does it need updating?

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:

I saw this article today on the online Daily Mail and it was the second time this week that I have seen mention of wills or lack of.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/pensions/article-2967505/When-William-died-left-300-000-son-never-saw-penny-write-will.html

I will let you read the article for yourself, but it is so important particularly when you have children, that a will is made or updated sooner rather than later.

Nobody likes to think about death particularly in relation to our own mortality but it is inevitable.. for some tragically that might be sooner rather than later.�� We made our first will when we bought our first house in 1982 in our 20s��� and have had one ever since.

It is particularly important if you have children since it could happen that both of you might die as a result of an accident or illness and leave small children without a guardian.�� It is so vital to make sure that the���

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Wedging Romance into Fantasy

Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:

Deadpool & Siryn (Marvel Comics)

Having romance in a fantasy story seems to be a kiss of death for some people.�� At least today since I remember most fantasy books I read in my youth had some type of romantic subplot.�� Is there anything you can do to ease the inclusion?

Accept that some people will be upset as soon as the subplot is hinted at.�� There���s nothing you can do about this.�� Just remember that it���s your story and you know what you���re doing.
Don���t worry about the sex.�� You can show it if you want, but people will jump to that conclusion on their own.�� Whether it be assuming two characters slept together or requesting that they do, many readers seem to gravitate toward this taboo topic.�� As the author, you decide how far things go in this arena.�� Keep your audience in mind, but you have to���

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Featured author or blogger

Originally posted on Poetry by Pamela:

I am going to start adding a post twice a month on my blog. My plan is every other Thursday to feature one author or blog that I really like. I may or may not do an author interview. I may just put together my own thoughts of how that blog or author has helped me or made me feel.

If you would like to be featured, please contact me at pamela984 at yahoo.com. But to start with, I���m going to be hand picking my favorites. Look for the first post this Thursday.

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The Trial of Involution-An Odyssey. Opening Day

Originally posted on INVOLUTION: Science and God: Reality Redefined:

The Trial of Involution-An Odyssey. Opening the Case for the Prosecution.

Judge. �����Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury. The Court thanks you for your time and for what will, I am afraid, be a trial lasting several weeks. This is not a trivial case but one which will have a bearing on many other cases in which books subject their Authors to unwarranted pressures, if not seeming torture. In this age of abundant plenitude and a surfeit of books of all qualities and values it behoves this Court to bring a test trial to examination. The essence of our examination will focus upon the following principal questions:

Firstly. How can an Author evaluate the claims made upon her by a Book? Or decide whether the Book in question has a value that justifies not only its creation, but the prolonged energy, time and money required to bring it to birth���

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Sugar Extra – Fizzy Drinks ��� They cannot be really be harmful for us can they? $125billion per year says ���of course not���

Originally posted on Smorgasbord - Variety is the spice of life:

As an extra to the current sugar series here is an article that I first published in my former monthly EMagazine Just Food For Health and then on the blog a year ago.�� If anything the amount of fizzy drinks consumed has increased.. There is nothing wrong with the occasional one.. in fact I really enjoy using Coco Cola as a mixer from time to time.�� But as you will see, the most worrying statistic is the amount that young people are drinking especially when their bodies and brains are in the developmental phase of their growth..

We have all drunk them ��� I remember when I dieted many years ago you immediately reached for the ���light��� versions and you even have ���zero���s��� now. Go to a fast food establishment and you can have a bucket full of it and even a refill! As you will see we were aware���

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Guest Post – Charles Yallowitz Author of Legends of Windemere

Originally posted on Fiction Favorites:

I am so pleased to have Charles Yallowitz join Fiction Favorites for a guest appearance. I lured him here with a question about character. Charles the floor is yours.

Thank you to John W. Howell for asking me this question that may cause me to take back the first two words of this sentence.�� How does an author retaining the core of a character in a long series while still evolving them?�� Definitely a brain scrambler if one isn���t ready for it and the answer can change depending on how one seems individual growth. I mean, do we retain a central identity throughout our lives while altering pieces of it or do we change entirely as we gain experiences?�� Thankfully, John isn���t paying me to answer that question, so I get to stay within the realm of fiction.

First a little background to show you the scale that I���m working���

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