UNBREAKABLE TEXAS WOMENBy JOANNE KUKANZA EASLEYNEW COVER REVEALShowcasing new covers for all four books in the series. *** THE BOOKS IN ORDER *** SWEET JANE She ran from her mother’s life. Then she had to go home and face it. By six, Janie already knows what most children never have to learn: vodka doesn’t just
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It’s funny how grief operates. New grief can stir the embers of pain from previous loss. I thought about that a lot yesterday as it was my husband’s birthday. He would be 89 had he not died in 2013. As anyone who has experienced significant loss knows, grief never ends. There’s no closure. There is
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Are you are celebrating Halloween? I sure hope the weather cooperates so everyone can have a pleasant, fun time trick or treating. It might be raining here this evening, so I don’t know if many kids will stop by. But I’m ready. Because I ran out of treats last year, I bought a lot more
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Until I found the following while sifting through old articles, I’d forgotten that “It’s Not All Gravy” had another life after the the newspaper stopped printing my humor column. Enter the Internet years and I was asked to contribute to an online magazine for writers, Rhapsody, that sadly only lasted a few years. The pay
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For most of the summer I’ve been working on a new short story collection in between writing book reviews and political commentary here on the blog. As of this writing, I don’t have a title for the book. I know. I know. I’ve always said I can’t write a book without a title, but that
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VACANCY: Secrets and Second Chances in Small-Town TexasBy Jann Alexander Women’s Fiction / Mystery and CrimePublisher: Black Rose WritingPublication Date: September 24, 2026 *** SYNOPSIS *** A struggling single mother and a suspicious widow, at odds. Both have a habit of hiding from hard truths. INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS Helen is childless and widowed after
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In many states across the U.S., kids are starting school already, or getting ready for classes to begin in a couple of weeks. At least their parents are getting them ready to go back to school. The kids might not be so anxious to let go of the lazy summer days. When I wrote a
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The best laid plans and all that. Trigeminal Neuralgia has played havoc with my plans of late in the form of sharp shooting pain in my eye and ear; the kind of pain that brings any activity to a screeching halt. Because I’ve had this pain for so many years and it’s had such a
Stephanie Raffelock, a very wise woman and terrific writer, addressed the use of AI in her most recent story on Substack. In part, it’s a cautionary tale about the widespread use of AI in all forms of writing and image creation. She makes a number of great points. One being her core belief as to
Full disclosure: I didn’t listen to Trump’s speech last night as I’m so tired of hearing his voice, watching him insult people, hearing his lies, and watching him verbally stumble through a speech. I don’t need to put myself through that, since he has long passed the point of saying anything about helping the general