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Oct.30.2010
If you want to start a war, just mess with one of any number of favorite myths that Texans cling to. Especially any that relate to San Antonio, the most mythunderstood city in the state. I have always been a student of history, and the history of this fabled city has always fascinated me, so I...
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Oct.29.2010
A Ghost Story I love a good ghost story and being that it's Halloween I figured I'd tell you my own personal ghost story. Believe it or not, I have a knack for attracting the spirits beyond. It's kind of a joke with my family now because it's been going on since I was a kid. I know that you're...
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Oct.23.2010
Halloween is the season for a good ghost story. I've been remembering the days of sitting around a campfire telling tales of ghost hitchhikers and mysterious experiences. How many of you have heard about the guy that picks up a hitchhiker near a cemetery, only to have them disappear from the back...
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Oct.18.2010
Spending an evening away from home in a luxurious hotel invites the opportunity to be pampered in a spa-like setting, enjoy fine dining and spend a romantic evening in a beautiful room. Over the years, some guests have enjoyed their stays so much at these hotels that they never leave ... even...
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Jul.21.2010
We Keiki O Ka Aina, children of Hawaii, are taught that everything in nature, the air, water, earth, trees, rocks, plants, and all living things are alive. Because of this, I feel my stories are gifts from nature.
When I am home in the San Francisco Bay area, the wind that whistles through the...
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Jul.13.2010
My fantasy humor novel, Angel on His Shoulder, which was originally published as an e-book at http://www.lebrary.com, is now available in paperback for those who like to hold books in their hand. The link is http://www.amazon.com/Angel-His-Shoulder-Charles-Ray/dp/1453647805/. Anyone who reads it...
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Jul.10.2010
Today on "A Book and a Chat" I was talking with the multi award winning author Saundra Mitchell about her life and her debut book "Shadowed Summer".
Saundra shared with us some of her early experiences, from writing a play on fourth grade where the hero kept getting punched, to...
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May.29.2010
CervantesToday on “A Book and a Chat”, I’m chatting with Jennifer Cervantes, author of middle grade novel Tortilla Sun.
While Jennifer is a native of San Diego, California with Spanish/Mexican heritage her background includes a blend of German, English, French and Irish. This, as Jennifer shared...
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May.13.2010
When I was a kid, I used to get sheets from the linen closet and put them over my head, then walk around the house saying "Oooh, I'm a ghost!" Once I was a ghost on Halloween. I had holes for eyes and my cousin Sericea had to help me walk. She also helped me cut the eyes, otherwise I would've been...
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May.11.2010
My guest tonight, Tom Weston used to be a successful CEO of a consulting company, doing the rounds as conference speaker and writer of industry articles and business books. Then he visited Luxembourg.
From that trip the germ of an idea for a story was born, which developed when Tom returned to...
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