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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Today’s post is from Tracy Farr. He has a twisted sense of humor to say the least. When he first started writing a column for me at WinnsboroToday.com, his blog was related to a fictional town, Stinky Creek, Texas. Then he started another blog at TracyFarr.net. His latest is School Bus Cowboy and it has
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Since I didn’t post my usual book review yesterday, here is another one from Carl Brookins. Keep ’em coming Carl. And here’s a link to Daily Cheap Reads where a number of authors have books mentioned that are on sale for only 99cents. One Small Victory is one of the books on sale until the
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Wishing all mothers the best for a wonderful day. Hope you are celebrating and being celebrated with those you love. Just for fun, I thought I would share an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck that deals with the joys of motherhood. Enjoy…. Early on I learned to take
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First I want to announce a sale for Mother’s Day and the rest of May – One Small Victory is only 99cents on Kindle. This is part of a special program sponsored by Daily Cheap Reads – a great site for finding good books at bargain prices. Check the link starting May 8th. to find
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Tomorrow I am going to have a guest, Doug Corleone, who writes a mystery series set in Hawaii, featuring attorney, Kevin Corvelli. Doug will be sharing some thoughts on writer’s block that are pretty interesting. I hope you can come back to see what he has to say.In the meantime, here is a short review
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Does anyone but me hate Daylight Saving Time? I woke up this morning at my usual time according to my internal clock, but it was an hour later according the clock on my nightstand. My watch agreed with the clock on the nightstand. Getting out of bed at 7 in the morning and starting a
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This special celebration for the anniversary of the first e-book has created quite an interest on the Internet with authors and publishers offering great deals on e-books. I posted yesterday with some links to the official Read An eBook site where some authors are listed. You can also go directly to Smashwords and see which
E-books are celebrating a 40th anniversary. Wow, I did not know they had been in existence that long, as I first heard about them about 25 years ago. Some pioneering e-publishers predicted that e-books would have a huge surge in popularity within 5 years, but it took another 20 years for the surge to really
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This is an exciting time for writers with all the new avenues of publication opening up with e-books and digital publishing, and I have enjoyed hearing of the success of writers like Joe Konrath, LJ Sellers, and others who have sold hundreds of books. (They also have great tips and advice on self-publishing.) I have
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