In many states across the U.S., kids are starting school already, or getting ready for classes to begin in a couple of weeks. At least their parents are getting them ready to go back to school. The kids might not be so anxious to let go of the lazy summer days. When I wrote a […]
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Stephanie Raffelock, a very wise woman and terrific writer, addressed the use of AI in her most recent story on Substack. In part, it’s a cautionary tale about the widespread use of AI in all forms of writing and image creation. She makes a number of great points. One being her core belief as to
INDIGO, THE DEEPBy Kellye Abernathy Teen and YA / Coming of Age / FantasyPublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: July 7, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** “In the heart of the deepest sea caverns, there is a stillness. Learn to surrender to it.” Fifteen-year-old Condi Bloom knows the magic will happen again. The autumn equinox is looming.
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With the rapid pace of AI becoming a part of our daily lives, I thought about the time long before Alexa or Siri, when the company my husband worked for wanted to launch a home computer that would act much like the modern systems do. He was a software engineer and came home from work
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FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIMEBy Kimberly Packard Romance / Time-Slip / RomComPublisher: Abalos PublishingPublication Date: 16 June 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Blink and your life’s halfway over. What if that happens literally? College party girl Emily Murray bounces through majors and boys until an ill-advised art major leads her to a rebellious relationship with
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and grandmoms and special women in a child’s life. First off, I want to pay tribute to my mother, and send her some virtual roses. The following is a blog post I wrote about her in 2015. Ours was not a storybook relationship for many years, and it’s
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There is something very beneficial for a writer to go back to older books and do a rewrite. The first benefit is realizing how much you’ve improved as a writer when you start making adjustments and fixing mistakes. There is also a bit of a pat-on-your back feeling to be able to see how much
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Currently, I’ve been rewriting my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck, in preparation for releasing a new version with a new cover and professional formatting. When I first published the book, I formatted it myself, which was a mistake as I’m not tech savvy enough to do that properly. The cover is
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As an editor as well as a writer, it’s hard to push those two sides of my brain aside when I read a book for pleasure and/or review. Reading has been a passion of mine since I was a kid and devoured story after story from the local library, or even the Reader’s Digest Condensed
So, I totally forgot to take advantage of early voting here in TX and will have to do it in person Tuesday. Finally found my polling place, and it’s not far from my house, so that’s good. Hoping the lines aren’t long as I can’t stand in one place very long. Sigh… I also forgot