Since the news from Japan continues to be so depressing, I thought I would focusing on positives this week… A Methodist church in Lewisville, Texas has recently opened a drop-in teen shelter for kids who are homeless and need a place for support. At the shelter teens can get tutoring, mentoring for college applications, Internet […]
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Does anyone but me hate Daylight Saving Time? I woke up this morning at my usual time according to my internal clock, but it was an hour later according the clock on my nightstand. My watch agreed with the clock on the nightstand. Getting out of bed at 7 in the morning and starting a
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Even though most of us writers would much rather be writing than promoting, this is still something we need to do. What good does it do to write books if nobody knows they are available, right? So today I’m wearing my PR hat. First, I am excited to announce that I am a guest on
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This is an exciting time for writers with all the new avenues of publication opening up with e-books and digital publishing, and I have enjoyed hearing of the success of writers like Joe Konrath, LJ Sellers, and others who have sold hundreds of books. (They also have great tips and advice on self-publishing.) I have
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New iPhone app for Roman Catholics – confession via the telephone. A Vatican spokesman responds, “One cannot speak in any way of confession by iPhone.” Was that PR speak for “Are you nuts?” Senator Harry Reid criticized House Republican’s proposed spending cuts by saying, “After all, you can lose a lot of weight by cutting
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Thanks to Maryann for hosting today’s stop on Peg’s Blog Crawl. Yesterday’s post, “Idioms”, is at http://wwwgeraldineevanscom.blogspot.com ~~~~~~~~~ Eccentric Phrases If your toaster stopped working, you would probably go out and get a new one. When a phrase stops working, we’re stuck with it. We can’t send out a memo, “Stop using that one, folks.”
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Please help me welcome Robert Bennett to It’s Not All Gravy. How does someone go from being a social worker to writing mystery fiction full time? In my case it was an accident, literally. In 1988 I was working as a social worker in a group home for mentally challenged men in the Bronx, NY.
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I’m pleased to announce that author, Robert Bennett, will be my guest here tomorrow. He will share how he “accidentally” came into the writing game. Many of us have taken unusual routes to our writing careers, but his was literally an accident. Robert is a social worker and writer who focuses on issues of disability.
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Recently a woman in Dallas was asked why she wanted to model for Playboy. “Before I get married and find someone, it’s something I want to get out of my system.” Sure, that’s what every young woman should put on her list of things to do before marriage.Why Hillary didn’t win — she’s not a
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Since I need to be working on my book today, not blogging, I thought I would let my friend Tracy Farr entertain you….. I went in for oil, and came out with groceries Every story starts with one word. Sometimes it’s a big word, sometimes it’s small. But without that first word, there could never
