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May.17.2013
For the next two weeks, Amazon is featuring the non-fiction book I co-authored and it's available on Kindle for only $2.99!! Please help spread the word (I promised my publisher I could rock this)! For those who aren't familiar with the story, it's based on the true story of a family banished...
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May.09.2013
I know we all hate (or are supposed to hate) self-promotion, but you know what I love to do? Write. I also like a good deal as much as anyone else, so here's the deal. My story, "Maternal Instincts," is on sale for 40% off over at Untreed Reads. That's the cover over there on the right. It's a...
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Apr.07.2013
Photo: The Rose Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library, Manhattan
I realized recently that I have a book-hoarding problem. You know, like those people on the show Hoarders, who have psychotic breaks when a professional therapist, visiting the squalid house, tells them that...
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Mar.22.2013
Easter approaches. It is good to see that The Holy See forges forth on all fronts. Or fonts. [DE]
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Pope Francis To Publish ‘On Heaven and Earth’ in English
By Jason Boog
Pope Francis I will publish On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family...
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Mar.01.2013
Elizabeth Bishop, the prominent 'America' poet has deep, earthy roots in Canada. She spent many obvious formative years in Nova Scotia, less than a hour drive from Halifax. She was raised (in part) by grandparents in Great Village, which I visited a couple of summers ago.
I have some...
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Oct.12.2012
To Stan's fans. Don't miss your chance to own some of Stan's personal artwork, memorabilia and other items! In preparation for their big adventure, Stan & Lynda are hosting a 'living estate' sale, November 17-18. Click this link to view items and to learn more… ...
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Oct.08.2012
Photo: Old glove from keymancollectibles.com. The one I bought looks much like this one. This one is in better shape, but mine's older. Yeah, yeah, condition is everything, I know.
Sorry I've been gone for the past many days. I was really ill, and my PC is under plastic...
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Aug.27.2012
On the Island of red mud and red hair, an historic house related to Anne of Green Gables is up for sale. Time and the tides wait for no headstrong lass.
The 134-year-old Lucy Maud Montgomery Heritage Museum has been put up for sale by one of her descendants. (Ryan Hicks/CBC...
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Aug.25.2012
It's not every month or year that a major collection of books goes on sale. But this is what happened with author Larry McMurtry. He auctioned off three-quarters of his vast collection.
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The Last Book Sale: An Era Ends for an Author, a Town, and...
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Jul.25.2012
photo: The Salvation Army shield, from its Wikipedia page
I had a successful yard sale this past Saturday. I very impulsively decided to have one for many reasons psychological and emotional, but in the end it came down to needing more space in here. I'm fortunate to live in...
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