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Character Interview

Please join me for an interview with Lyudmilla Hrihorivna, a character from The Woman Behind the Waterfall, that I reviewed here earlier this week. The author, Leonora Meriel has gone undercover as a reporter, to interview Lyuda in her home in a village in Western Ukraine. We can have a piece of honey cake as we […]

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Book Review – The Woman Behind the Waterfall

The Woman Behind the Waterfall Leonora Meriel Literary Fiction, Magic Realism Granite Cloud Publishing: October 1, 2016 ISBN: 1911079239 234 pages – hardback 262 pages – paperback BOOK BLURB – Heartbreak and redemption in the beauty of a Ukrainian village For seven-year old Angela, happiness is exploring the lush countryside around her home in western

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Getting Past Hatred

This meme made me smile. The message is a clever response to the adage, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” I’ll take a little sugar and water, please. I’m posting the blog late today. I started writing it this morning, but had to stop because of pain in my head. When the pain eased up, I decided

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Book Review – Tainted by Love by Gillian Jones

Tainted By Love Gillian Jones File Size: 3249 KB Print Length: 342 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Publisher: Gillian Jones (February 13, 2017) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English ASIN: B01N1EWB5F ABOUT THE BOOK My name is Hendrix Hills. When I was twenty-nine, I fell in love with a girl. We loved fast.

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Friday’s Odds and Ends

First Something to Bring a Smile Now just a bit from the news. Trump’s cabinet picks, as well as some of his closest advisers, continue to come under scrutiny. Here are a few of the reactions after Rex Tillerson, former CEO Of Exxon Mobil, was sworn in as Secretary of State. This was taken from

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Creating Secret Identities

Please help me welcome Larry and Carolyn Watts as my guest today. They are the husband and wife team who wrote Dishonored and Forgotten  – a fictional account of a 1950’s narcotics scandal that rocked the Houston, Texas Police Department. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the post about how some characters are created. The thin black man

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Book Review: Dishonored and Forgotten

Dishonored and Forgotten Larry Watts & Carolyn Ferrell Watts File Size: 476 KB Print Length: 127 pages Publication Date: January 1, 2017 Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC Language: English ASIN: B01MZ5UIYA   BOOK BLURB: In 1953 the Houston Police Department was enmeshed in a narcotics scandal, its first. Before it was over, a detective

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Friday Fun & Writing Tips

These questions were sent to me by a friend via e-mail, and I thought they were very clever. Put me in mind of comedians George Carlin and Steven Wright, who both gave/give us things to think about with their humor. They were also favorites of mine and my husband’s, and we spent many an evening laughing,

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