Before I started writing novels and screenplays, I was a journalist, working for a few regional and national publications. At the regional level, I wrote two newspaper columns, one humorous and one general. At that second gig, I could write anything I wanted, oh bless that editor’s heart who let me do that! Often those […]
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A friend sent me this meme. The same one who sends me the humorous ones, and I contemplated this for a bit, thinking about how it applies to both of us, as well as all artists. My friend is a visual artist, primarily sculpting, while I’m a word artist, but we’ve bonded through the years
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This meme has nothing to do with the subject of this post, but I couldn’t resist sharing after a friend sent it to me via e-mail. All of us who love to read can relate. I’m always so glad that Slim shares his weekly essays with me, so I always have content, even when I’m
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First up, I want to tell you about another Booksweeps contest I’m sponsoring with some other mystery writers: the Crime Fiction & Thrillers BookBub Follower Giveaway Contest. It started yesterday, March 15 and runs through March 24, which happens to be my sister’s birthday. Just a nice coincidence. Like the contest that ran a couple
Good Monday Morning and welcome to my new website. What do you think of the new look? While I did like the design of the old site, it was based on a WordPress Template that was no longer supported, which was driving me and my IT guy, my son Paul, over the edge with numerous
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AT CLOSE RANGE: A MEMOIR OF TRAGEDY AND ADVOCACY By Leesa Ross Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Pages: 192 Pub Date: April 15, 2020 Categories: Nonfiction / Memoir / Personal Transformation / Advocacy *** Scroll Down For the Giveaway *** Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy that
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Monday, Monday and the sun is shining here in my corner of the world. (I love that song by The Mamas and The Papas. Listening to it makes me want to dance.) I hope all my Texas friends and family have recovered from the horrible storm and deep-freeze that crippled our state. Family members
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I think we’re finally seeing the backside of the winter storm that has caused so much havoc across Texas and parts north and east of us. Well, at least here it will warm up within a day or so and the snow and ice will melt. Today, as I write this, most of the power
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GRAND OPENINGS CAN BE MURDER Bean to Bar Mysteries Book 1 by AMBER ROYER Categories: Cozy Mystery / Women Sleuth / Romance Publisher: Golden Tip Press Date of Publication: February 2, 2021 Number of Pages: 266 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Felicity Koerber has had a rough year. She’s moving back to Galveston Island and
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Please help me welcome Terry Korth Fischer as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. I previewed her newest book, Gone Astray, on Sunday, and the book released on February 15. If you live anywhere in the central part of the U.S. from Texas up to North Dakota, you need lots of hot chocolate to stay warm. I’m adding
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