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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THE PUPPY ADVENTURESOF PORTER & MIDGE:OUT AND ABOUT byJennie Chen and Giselle NevadaIllustrated by Ann Kelble Children’s Book / Pet Books / Pet CarePublisher: Raise the Woof PressPage Count: 38 pagesPublication Date: May 16, 2023 Scroll down for a giveaway! ***** SYNOPSIS ***** Introducing The Puppy Adventures of Porter and Midge: Out and About –
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If you’re a writer, you know the unusual ways stories can present themselves. Sometimes it’s with an incident that stimulates creative speculation. Sometimes it’s a need to illustrate some aspect of society in fictional form. And sometimes it’s when a character becomes like a real person in our lives. The latter is what happens to
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Best wishes to all the mother’s being celebrated today. Over the years I’ve been asked about the title of my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant & a Paycheck. How and why did I choose it? Does it mean something significant? The answer to the second question is a resounding “Yes!” And this excerpt from
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“SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS” byDINA GACHMAN Grief & Bereavement / Love & Loss / Parenting & RelationshipsPublisher: Union Square & Co.Publication Date: April 11, 2023 – 240 pages Scroll down for a giveaway! A heartfelt exploration about what it means to process grief, by a bestselling author and journalist whose experience with two devastating
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A week ago I went to the library to get my library card renewed, and of course I couldn’t leave without a book. I wandered through the young adult and children’s section because I really enjoy those stories, and I saw a young adult novel titled Like Nothing Amazing Ever Happened by Emily Blejwas. It
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CONFESSIONS OF A KNIGHT ERRANT byGretchen McCullough Humorous FictionPublisher: Cune PressPage Count: 240 pagesPublication Date: October 18, 2022 Scroll down for a giveaway! Confessions of a Knight Errant is a comedic, picaresque novel in the tradition of Don Quixote with a flamboyant cast of characters. Dr. Gary Watson is the picaro, a radical environmentalist and wannabe
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SWEET COMFORT Comfort and Joy Trilogy, #1byKIMBERLY FISH Women’s Fiction / Cozy Mystery / Later-In-Life Romance / Sweet Second-Chance RomancePublisher: Fish TalesPage Count: 359 pagesPublication Date: January 21, 2023 Scroll down for a giveaway! Welcome to the hometown everyone wants to call their own. Gloria Bachman, a retired bank executive, has eight weeks to flip
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Spring is about to burst out in my corner of the world! Daffodils are dotting the fields with bright yellow blossoms, and one iris bloomed in my yard already. Some irises are so hardy they survive cold and drought and being pushed around by small dozers clearing land for a new home. These guys ended up along
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