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“I don’t want a funeral. Don’t cry when I’m dead. Have a party and laugh about my stupidity, hilarity and ingenuity.” My husband looks at me like I’m crazy. As much as I cry when a loved one passes, he thinks it’s the epitome of hypocrisy that I expect people to laugh after my own …
When you’re writing your mother’s obituary, it occurs to you that sometimes words fail. A life is more than education, residence, employment, awards and surviving family. All the column inches in the newspaper can never hope to capture the full story. My mother’s life conceived mine. If she had listened to the obstetrician who told …
Like several other fantasy series, I found this book because the author offered the first installment for free on Kindle. A book for free? I’m there. Two reasons I pushed this book to the top of my “to be read” list and the plethora of other books previously waiting on my Kindle: It is from …
Sometimes friends urge you to read a book, extolling it as classic or calling it riveting. When you open the cover, your expectations soar. A few pages in, you begin to wonder if you have the right book. By the end of chapter three, you can barely keep your eyes open. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak …
One of the most relaxing natural sounds to me is the ocean’s surf. What sound in nature do you find can sooth your stress and calm your heart?
Before anyone has a complete conniption fit, this post is a fiction submission to the entertaining series promoted on Don Charisma’s blog. It’s an exercise in writing improvisation. I was given a topic and had to create a post. My topic “Dinosaurs were invented by the CIA to discourage time travel.” I formulated the following …
The purpose of this blog is to connect with future readers of the young adult fantasy series I’m writing. In reading my words here, you get to know me as “the person behind” the stories. If you like what you get here, you won’t mind parting with hard-earned cash to read a book I’ve written. …
I’m trying to follow all the correct procedures for building an author platform. To assist the millions of readers who may eventually want to find me, many authors I respect suggest creating an author tagline. What’s an author tagline? Good question. The best definition I can find is “a slogan that represents an author’s purpose for writing …
One of the blogs I follow faithfully has been addressing the subject of bullying. It seems like bullies come out of the woodwork in digital areas like social media and blogs. In recent years, bullying has been a huge subject in the news. Numerous teenage suicides have been attributed to bullying. It isn’t just peer bullying …