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Sunny Stuff/The SFR Brigade Midsummer Blog Hop
The Sun, the hearth of affection and life, pours burning love on the delighted earth. Arthur Rimbaud The closest I came to anything “midsummer” growing up was Shakespeare. And back then, I didn’t know why it made them all bat crap crazy. My experiences with the sun were limited to burns from, and being told…
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Perilous P’s “How Not to Kick the Bucket” List
One of my darling nieces coined this phrase soon after an unfortunate intersection occurred between her gastic system and a nasty virus, resulting in the repeated hurling of her cookies. Now during said hurling, she would have been happy to die, but once survival was assured, she decided that’s not the way she wanted to…
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Sadly, I’m Not “FLAWLESS,” but I’m Trying
I’ve kind of gotten in the semi-habit of highlighting books that have impacted my life. I call them my “tattered covers” books, though some are more heavily highlighted than tattered. Not sure why some hold up better than others, but the answer isn’t relevant to this blog post. Today I’d like to direct your attention…
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Lighthouses: (Cool) Beacons in the Storm
Port Isabel Light “Wave-swept Towers: In determining the design of a lighthouse tower to be erected in a wave-swept position consideration must be given to the physical features of the site and its surroundings.” Bishop Rock Lighthouse I grew up landlocked, the only waves “sweeping” ashore close to me was out at the local pond.…
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Do You Know Roswell?
So, a gal walks into an (unnamed) chain bookstore–okay, so I was the gal and this isn’t one of those jokes. It’s a (mostly) true story. I usually shop for books online, because all I have to do is click and the books come to me, but this time I wanted to thumb through some…
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Daring to Act on Your Dreams
Once upon a time a young girl dreamed of becoming a writer. As she grew up, she wrote a few things in secret but she never told anyone her dream. Then she met her handsome prince (actually a geology student, but still a prince!) and they married. When she told him her dream, he urged…
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A Week in Review!
Usually I post things as they happen, but the week has been busy, so decided to do a links roundup of my reviews, and then a few other great links that floated by in the ether. RT Book Reviews on Kicking AsheRT Book Reviews gives shout to to Kicking Ashe in “Keep Your Friends Close.”…
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Houston, We have a Book Preview and a Print Edition!
Let’s start with the print edition! (drum roll here!) I’m so excited to have this book release in print! Amazon B&N And if you’re into digital, those editions have been out for a week now! (Thanks to everyone who has already grabbed the book! Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing…
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Breaking News! KICKING ASHE book trailer!