Huskies are 2-1

Last night the University of Washington Huskies took on the University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. The…

Up in the Air – Poems on Video: Suburban Alembic

Here’s the latest in my series of Poems on Video from my collection Up in the…

A Healing Gift. Guest Author Maggie McLaughlin of Fredericton, NB.

A Healing Gift   Cognitive Energy Healing Here’s a testimonial for Margaret’s book: “A must read for…

Georgette Heyer’s VENETIA – Delightful, Witty and Wonderful… a keeper with a great heroine!

Set in the Regency era, this is the story of a sheltered but well read country…

#SoCS – The Hand-Me-Down

It’s a blue robe. A hand-me-down from a friend of my mother’s–a friend my mother no…

Blog Tour & Book Review: A TANGLE IN THE VINES : A Calla Lily Mystery by Anna Celeste Burke

Synopsis The curtain may fall on the Calla Lily Players’ first season unless Lily and Austin…

Sunday Book Review – Mennonite Daughter – The Story of a Plain Girl by Marian Beaman

Introducing author Marian Beaman with her long awaited book launch of her memoir – Mennonite Daughter…

Lies & Deceits Bk 3 of The Extraordinary Life of Amy Winston

Lies & Deceits The Extraordinary Life of Amy Winston, Book 3 Like many young men with…

Author Joe Haldeman

Reading a trilogy by an author named Joe Haldeman: https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Haldeman/e/B00AQ9AMFS (Amazon).   There are a few…

The importance of big “W” versus little “w” writing in the life and times (and sanity) of a writer

“Write Every Day!” – This advice is casually tossed around in any and every discussion of Writing…

BUT FOR THE WAY THE LIGHT FALLS

copyright David Hockney The country continues to be torn apart by a gang of public school…

Fiction Autopsy Reporting

***READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED*** Posts about real school tragedy, crime, and/or events can be upsetting. BLOG…

Appalachian Undead edited by Eugene Johnson and Jason Sizemore

Almost Heaven…Or is it? The culture of the Appalachians is steeped with folktales, legends, and deep-rooted…

Three Simple Ways to Deflect Difficult People

By Tracy Shawn, M.A.   ~ 3 MIN READ (Please note: this piece was first published…

Review by The Avid Reader *****

Second Scout Terrllss-rr runs into a little boy, Alasi, who has been marked as a slave.…

Dreamspinner Press: A Sad Situation

I wasn’t going to say anything about the situation I find myself in with my publisher,…

A Scandal at Crystalline by Rosly Reid #mystery #bookblitz #releaseday

  A Scandal at Crystalline by Rosly Reid Early Mystery Book 1 Published September 13, 2019…

How to Help Your OCD Writer Friend

I have OCD. No, not in that cutesy “Oh, she’s so organized!” sort of way. I…

CELEBRATING MOM’S BIRTHDAY

Today is the day I celebrate my mother’s birthday. There’s a green light glowing in her…

Divided we Fall

I recently was contacted via email by an X-friend whom I hadn’t spoken to since Donald…

Alice-Miranda Friends Forever is heading to a cinema near you! Get your tickets before they sell out

Alice-Miranda, Friends Forever, the animated movie produced by the incredibly talented people at SLR Productions is…

How to Survive a Rip Current Pt.2

As I do with each of my books, while I was writing Jack of Spades I…

Keepsake

Thrilled to do that thing I do on occasion – handing the blog over to someone…

The paperback version of Book 4 is available now!  https://readerlinks.com/l/661413It is just not linked yet to the…

Skirt the crowds and beat the summer heat in Yosemite with a stay at Tenaya Lodge, an…