Currently I’m reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, and it’s worthy of all the accolades it’s received. Told from the POV of a sixteen-year-old girl, the story explores racism and the aftermath of a police shooting of a Black teen, as well as so much more. ABOUT THE BOOK Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves […]
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Since I’m trying to get pages added to the book I’m writing, I’m going to let Slim Randles have this space for today. My muse has been kind to me of late, so I’m chugging along on One More Time, book three in the series that started with One Small Victory. I’m a third of
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MUMENTOUS Original Photos and Mostly-True Stories about Football, Glue Guns, Moms, and a Supersized High School TraditionThat Was Born Deep in the Heart of TexasbyAmy J. Schultz Nonfiction / Photo-Driven Memoir / Women’s History / Pop Culture / TexanaPublisher: Atmosphere PressPage Count: 178 pagesPublication Date: April 25, 2023 Scroll down for a giveaway! The closest
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THINGS GET UGLY The Best Crime Stories ofJoe R. Lansdale Crime Fiction / Mystery / Short StoriesPublisher: Tachyon PublicationsDate of Publication: August 15, 2023Number of Pages: 352 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale (the Hap and Leonard series) returns to the piney, dangerous woods of East Texas. In this career
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Full disclosure here. I wanted to play with ChatGPT again, and I also wanted to share about this new e-commerce platform, Gumroad, that I hadn’t heard about until my publisher notified me that one of my books was listed there for sale. I’ve read a few articles about Gumroad, but it would’ve taken a couple
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I’ve been reading, A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles and enjoying the story as much as I did one of his other books, The Lincoln Highway. His writing style is most engaging, and sprinkled with witticisms and wisdom. Most of the wry comments in this story come from the “gentleman”, and here’s one that
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First off, I want to share this gorgeous photo that my granddaughter took over the 4Th of July holiday at a beach in NC. It’s just stunning! Recently I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts where hosts and guests are talking about OpenAI and ChatGPT and I decided to give it a try, just for
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As my vacation wound down, it was especially hard to leave the lake after three wonderful days of lovely scenery and wonderful company with my brother and sister. In Memphis, there were two gatherings with the whole family, Friday and Saturday, and I got to visit with brothers and sisters I haven’t seen in years.
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My plan was to do a really thoughtful blog post inspired by a podcast I’ve been listening to on the Ezra Klein show. This past Tuesday, he had a conversation with Jennifer Pahlka about why the U.S. government has such a hard time providing services. What was most striking about what she had to say
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Okay, I couldn’t hold a rant back any longer. As the politicians play games in Washington about raising the debt ceiling so our country doesn’t default on loans, their political machinations are creating havoc. Instead of agreeing to raise the ceiling, then hammering out a new budget after we reverted a crisis, they’re busy protecting
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