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The Real World: You’re Soaking In It
This past Saturday, I took my CNA skills test. I counted a pulse and respirations, listened to a blood pressure, and performed three critical skills, all under the measuring eye of an experienced...
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Who Knew?
I find myself constantly astonished by Pink. Family Portrait is a great song. So is U + Ur Hand. She can rock, she can sing R & B, and she can capture regret and nostalgia with genuine heart and...
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Today’s Poetry Fix: Sarah Teasdale
I belong to an email service called PoemHunter. Some days I get something good, some days I get something okay, but then there are days when I get something amazing. I don’t know anything about Sarah...
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Shaken and Stirred – Ready now for pre-order
My third novel, Shaken and Stirred, is available now for pre-order. This came as a surprise to me as I was unaware that my publisher had uploaded the file to Amazon, much less created a really cool...
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Om Not One.
Perhaps I’ve been watching too many episodes of Obsessed, but it seems to me that there is a direct line between OCD and organized religion. The tapping rituals, the belief that washing or cleaning or...
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Introducing Jesse Blackadder (yes, that’s her real surname)
Who is Jesse Blackadder? She’s no relation to Rowan Atkinson, if that’s what you’re thinking. No, she’s a writer, and a damned good one at that. Her second novel, The Raven’s Heart, is set in medieval...
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The Inimitable Hilary Sloin!
This week, I have the pleasure of hosting Hilary Sloin, author of Art on Fire, soon to be published by Bywater Books. So, what does Hilary have to say for herself? Who is she? What’s she like? Details,...
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The Next Big Thing: Writers Discuss New Work
Tagged! I’m it. My pal, JD Glass, artist, musician, and writer — my god, doesn’t she make me feel envious — has tagged me as the author of #29 in a series of blog posts designed to draw attention to...
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Having Dieted for 34 Years . . .
The subject of today’s rant is dieting. I want everyone to stop. I don’t mean throw in the towel, buy five cans of Pringles, and eat until your tongue swells. I mean stop dieting. You know, that thing...
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The Writing Process or We Want the Funk
I’ve been tagged by the fab and groovy Andi Marquette in a writing process blog hop. There are four questions. Here are my four (or more) answers. What are you working on? Right now? The NCLEX. I just...
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