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Jun.06.2013
Today, I’m celebrating (as it were) my one week anniversary of my new home…in a camper trailer while I look for more permanent lodging. Here in Iowa, it’s been rainy and cool.
However, I still have time to jump in the transporter and pick up this week’s featured author. I ask her the...
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May.30.2013
So another week has passed. The upheaval from last continues with new frustrations this week.
Over a rainy weekend I secured a temporary place to live and this week, have started packing. Today I filled an entire dumpster with stuff I've accumulated over twenty years but haven't seen in years or...
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May.24.2013
This was not going to be the topic of this week's post. I was going to discuss last weekend's writers' retreat I attended where I met some great people, made some new friends, and had a lot of fun, especially Sunday morning trying to avoid the rain.
However, what I learned Sunday afternoon on...
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May.16.2013
In my almost forty-seven years I've matured in the ways of language. Somewhat. To hear me speak, maybe your thoughts would differ. Let's agree I've tried to think about language and the words, or rather, their correct usage, before I speak. Do I still say 'gonna' and 'sorta'? Sure, and I also...
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May.13.2013
By Stephen Leather
http://stephenleather.com/
Plot
Jack Nightingale is a London police negotiator whose final case is filled with tragedy and oddity. He only wants to move on and two years later finds him as a private detective. However, when he receives a call from an attorney informing him...
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May.10.2013
This is the first in a series of life skill blogs. These will tie in the aspects I teach in my taekwondo classes. Sometimes there will be a connection to writing, sometimes not. I think it will be up to the individual to relate these to his/her specific situation, whether writing or...
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May.05.2013
By Harriet Lane
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Alys-Always/Harriet-Lane/9781451673166
Plot
Frances Thorpe works as a literary editor for a struggling London, England newspaper. One winter night, she comes upon an automobile accident and comforts the victim in the last moments of life. The...
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May.03.2013
On this cold and snowy May morning (yes, you read correctly. Snow on the ground here in Iowa. In May), I am so glad to get into my transporter, hop down to pick up this week’s featured author and travel to Hilton Head, South Carolina. On the beach as the sun is just below the horizon. The sky...
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Apr.28.2013
By Gloria Galloway
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-By-Side-detective-paranormal/dp/145657910X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367212939&sr=8-1&keywords=dead+by+my+side
Plot
Sacramento homicide investigators Anthony Camarelli and his partner Julia Reynolds have worked well together. When after a...
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Apr.25.2013
Finally, a warm day. Spring has been a long time coming. So, on this fine Friday morning, as I’m preparing to head to the tournament, I have to make a stop and pick up this week’s featured author. Where are we going? Where else but the gym for him show me some pointers while I conduct my...
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Apr.22.2013
By William Ryan
http://www.william-ryan.com/
Plot
1937. Moscow. State Security has assigned Captain Korolev of the Moscow Criminal Investigations Department to oversee the case of the death of a film crew member currently in production in Odessa. Hoping the woman’s death can be quickly deemed...
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Apr.18.2013
On this early Friday morning, the blustery wind blowing flurries of snow (yes, I know spring is supposed to be here), I’m contemplating this week’s blog. Looking for ideas, I surf the Internet, read a chapter or two of the book in front of me, and finally check email.
One of the messages...
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Apr.15.2013
by Michael Genelin
http://michaelgenelin.com/
I know how you feel. You pick up a mystery set in a European country and you have second thoughts. “I can't pronounce the names,” you say. “I not familiar with the cities.” My answer? Who cares if the street, city, or personal names are half a...
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Apr.12.2013
Last week I started discussing a tournament I attended in Columbia, Missouri over Easter weekend. I mentioned that while I may compete in the various tournaments, the fun part for me is judging.
Let me explain for those who have never seen a martial arts tournament a little of how ours...
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Apr.07.2013
By R. T. Raichev
http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Gonzago-Antonia-Investigation-Investigations/dp/1616950862
Plot
Lord Roderick Remnant was a nobleman who was not so noble. He enjoyed causing heartache, consorted with the occult, and threw wild parties on his private Caribbean island. Any wonder...
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About Stephen
I'm a Fifth Degree Black Belt with two published books and a third due in August 2012. I'm looking for increased social networking, to promote my books, to learn about writers, writing, and marketing, and to pass along any tidbits of my own. I live...