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A Few New Books
Tomorrow is my birthday and what does a book-lover buy herself for her birthday? Cake decorating supplies! I kid. I bought books of course (and cake decorating supplies)! I stopped buying books (mostly) at the beginning of last year in an effort to not overwhelm my limited storage space with loaded bookshelves. I dwindled my…
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Julia Alvarez: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
There are some books that I start and can’t put down until I finish them. They take up all of my available time. I forego TV and Netflix and cooking dinner on time and talking to my family and friends and laundry all because the book is just that good. This is not one of…
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Writing Journal: I Hit a [publishing] Wall
I finally finished the book. I reviewed it and reviewed it again. I formatted it and edited the formatting several times until I was happy with it. Then I signed up for a Reedsy account to search for the right editor. I also continued researching self-publishing advice, and you know what the internet told me?…
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Octavia E. Butler: Seed to Harvest (the Patternist Series)
I tend not to re-read books (even though I’ll watch the same movie a thousand times), but I decided to revisit two of Octavia Butler’s series this year. The first was the Xenogenesis series in the form of Lilith’s Brood; Seed to Harvest was the second. Seed to Harvest is the title of the four-book…
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Some great news…
I’ve got some great writing news that I’m thrilled to tell you…but I must wait to share. I received an email yesterday that put a smile on my face that hasn’t gone away yet. I haven’t been able to sit still long for all the excitement I feel. Once everything is everything, I will give…
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Mid-Year Reading Roundup
It’s been a while, and boy what a while it has been! This COVID-19 thing is crazy crazy, and I hope you are hanging in there. Wishing you good health. Unfortunately, my little book club came crashing down as the stay-at-home orders were put into place in March. As you know if you’ve been here…
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Reading Pet Peeve: Mid-Book Pronunciation
You know what really throws me off? When I’m 150 pages into a book and the author decides to have a character pronounce the name of another character, or has that character pronounce his or her own name. Like, ma’am, I’ve been saying this name in my head the way it looks or the way…
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New Year, New Me!
Okay, not really, but also maybe. We’ve definitely got a new look going here. It’s something I’d been thinking about for a little bit, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted the space to look like. It’s a lot like redesigning a room using your existing furniture. You get rid of the old worn out…
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