Please welcome Rana DiOrio and Dani Greer, who are on a tour letting people know about a wonderful new book. What Does It Mean To Be Safe? By Rana DiOrio – Illustrated by Sandra Salsbury What a lovely book with a terrific message delivered in a straight-forward manner with delightful illustrations. Kids will love the […]
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Thanks to Carl Brookins for another terrific review…. Snakeheadby Peter MayPoisoned Pen PressHardcover, 312 pages,ISBN: 9781590586068 This is the ourth in the author’s China Thriller series to be published by this press. Make no mistake this is one scary and thrilling book. So thrilling, in fact I had the sense toward the end of being
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I am really excited about an interview that Joanne Troppello did with me. Her site is very professional, and we had a good discussion about how some of my stories came to be. If you would like to read the interview and enter to win a copy of Open Season, here is the link: tiny.cc/b35dj
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In Texas, the Sons of Confederate Veterans want to have a license plate commemorating their part in the Civil War; a request that has raised all kinds of responses, most of them negative, and some downright strident. I will admit that I was agreeing with most of the negative, and even some of the strident
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As you might have guessed from the title of this blog piece, I will be devoting Wednesday’s to guest blogs. If you would like to be my guest, send me a message at maryann@maryannwrites.com with a proposed topic. I prefer shorter blogs – around 500 to 700 words – and that they not be just
In honor of the Labor Day holiday weekend for those of us in the States, I thought I would the lyrics to this great song by the country group Alabama. To listen to the song on YouTube, click on the title: “Forty Hour Week” There are people in this country who work hard every
As many students are starting college classes this week, I thought it would be good to share an interesting article that was written by Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus, authors of the book, Higher Education? The article was in a recent edition of The Dallas Morning News and focused on the importance of reclaiming liberal
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As President Obama and Congress keep the financial woes of the country locked in partisan politics many are concerned for senior citizens, the handicapped and our military because of threats to stop cutting checks to Social Security, Medicare, and government payrolls. Wait a minute. There’s a better way. When personal finances get a little tight,
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NOTE* The second week of drama camp starts today, so I will be busy again all week. I’ll be sharing some bits of humor in my regular posts, and I thought I would start with a piece I wrote a few years ago for The Blood Red Pencil blog. I got my start writing a
Okay, professional sports has gone way beyond nuts. Used to be when a team won a major title the home city had a nice parade, with maybe some confetti and lots of cheering fans. But there was no violence. No riots. No looting. Then somewhere along the line all that got added to the victory
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