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May.21.2013
I know. I’ve slipped through the cracks the past couple of weeks. Sometimes a girl just needs to fall off the radar. I’ve been on what some call “Holiday.” Webster’s Dictionary says holiday is a day of rest from work. Well, I beg to argue. Just because you’re not at work and on “Holiday” doesn’t...
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Mar.30.2013
Life Among Giants, by Bill Roorbach
I bought this book with fingers crossed. Usually when I buy a book I don’t really know much about or an author I’ve never read, I hedge my bets and buy the e-book version. So buying this one in hardback was an article of faith. But this time my crossed fingers...
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Feb.09.2013
Photo: Movie's poster from Finding Nemo's Wikipedia page.
Some quick notes about life throughout the storm, a continuation of the previous blog entry here:
--One of the scarier moments of my life happened about four hours ago. I let the dog out in the backyard (he kept me up...
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Dec.20.2012
The nation has reacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School where children were killed by a young man walking around with a legal automatic weapon, procured from his mother's house.
I liked it better when I thought of towns called Newton and thought of Fig Newtons, named after Newton...
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Dec.02.2012
The 7th Annual WordSmitten Writing Conference & Fundraiser
Tom Robbins Master Class in Fiction
Luncheon Panelists: Brent Britton, Margo Hammond, Cathy Unruh, Sterling Watson
This is a rare event. Join us for a Master Class with bestselling, iconic, and irreverent author...
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Dec.02.2012
Writers who are fans of author Tom Robbins (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Jitterbug Perfume) are registering for his Master Class in Fiction, hosted by WordSmitten Media, Inc., in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The 7th Annual WordSmitten Writing Workshop Series presents a one-day conference featuring...
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Nov.20.2012
Renaissance is a collection of short stories featuring The Forgotten Well, my Florida Writers' Association award winning story. The collection of four stories is only 99 cents:http://goo.gl/bT8MO
One definition of renaissance is renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival....
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Nov.02.2012
Sandy has come and gone, and while she visited Vero Beach she rearranged sand and assisted in a few home renovations. Today's prize as we walked on the beach was an intact set of steps. To where? Who knows? We were more or less hoping for some pieces of eight from one of the Spanish...
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Oct.26.2012
Okay, here is a fun guy, witty and sharp. I had the pleasure of meeting Richard at the annual Florida Writer's Association banquet. We shared a few laughs and talked shop (writers do that, ya know). So, I tell Richard that I write fiction, mostly fantasy. He tells me he writes metafiction.What?...
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Oct.14.2012
Today, I am hosting a fellow Floridian author, Keith Rommel. He's originally from New York, but he moved to sunny climes and is hard at work on his series Thanatology. With the release of the second book in the series, Keith is having a contest on Pinterest. Read below to find out how you...
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