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Five Things to Remember as a New Writer

Please help me welcome John W. Howell as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. I had the pleasure of meeting John a couple of months ago at the McKinney Book Festival and added him to my list of Indie Authors I wanted to help with some promotion on my blog. He’s written a number of novels, some action […]

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Book Review: Circumstances of Childhood by John W. Howell

Circumstances of Childhood John Howell Print Length: 299 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Publisher: Keewaydin Lane Books (October 1, 2017) Publication Date: October 1, 2017 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English ASIN: B075SKWHCR BLURB:  When a former pro football star and broadcaster, now a Wall Street maven, is accused of insider trading, will

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Hot Enough For You?

Yoga is supposed to be good for you, but I might have over-stretched the ‘good’ in my yoga class on Wednesday. Had horrible muscle spasms in my back on Thursday and it’s just marginally better today. Thank goodness my friend Slim is always ready with one of his humor columns when I am not able

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Rosemary Poole-Carter Chats With Lenore

For those of us who write, our characters are as real to us as the people next door so it’s perfectly natural for us to have a conversation with them now and then. So today I welcome Rosemary Poole-Carter and her central character, Lenore, as they chat a bit about Rosemary’s book Only Charlotte and

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Book Review: Only Charlotte by Rosemary Poole-Carter

Only Charlotte Rosemary Poole-Carter Paperback: 458 pages $15.00 Publisher: Top Publications, Ltd. (July 22, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1733328300 ISBN-13: 978-1733328302 Also available for Kindle $7.99 BLURB: Lenore James, a woman of independent means who has outlived three husbands, is determined to disentangle her brother Gilbert from the beguiling Charlotte Eden. Chafing against misogyny and

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Meet the Author: Erin-Claire Barrow

Help me welcome Erin-Claire Barrow as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She has written and illustrated the delightful book, The Adventurous Princess and other feminist fairy tales, which I reviewed here this past Sunday. This is a long post, but it’s all quite interesting, especially the history of fairy tales and the men who first wrote them.

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Book Review:The Adventurous Princess by Erin-Claire Barrow

The Adventurous Princess And Other Feminist Fairy Tales Erin-Claire Barrow Paperback: 60 pages $14.95 Publisher: Odyssey Books (June 1, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1925652726 ISBN-13: 978-1925652727 BOOK BLURB: What if Beauty stood up to the Beast, the Princess never tried to sleep on the pea (and wouldn’t have noticed it if she had), and the

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All-American Names

Did you listen to the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate last night? I did not, even though I’m very interested in what the candidates stand for. The problem with so many debates is that they turn into attacks on the other candidates, and that is not what a true debate is supposed to be.  So, I

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