Many folks are depressed. Many people I know are withdrawing from social media, unable to process the discourse. Unfriending is going on en-masse, even between people who have been friends for years.
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Hey folks, I thought I'd share some interesting travel-related blogs and YouTube channels that I follow: Blogs totesmboats.blogspot.com Ester has decided to live on a houseboat on Lake
Continue readingReaders, what do authors want from you? Ha, that's an open-ended question isn't it? I bet you answered “to buy all your books.” Yes, that's true. Most of us desire to make a living from our
Continue readingCharities are a very personal thing. Each of us chooses to donate for a variety of reasons. Often we assist an organization that affects us or our families, typically someone close that suffers from an
Continue readingAs a writer, I'm fairly forgiving of books that I read; fully appreciative of the long hours, sweat, anguish, mood swings and sheer number of hours required to write a book. I hope that few readers take
Continue readingI trust everyone had a super Holiday time, and we still have New Years to come? I've been sick since Christmas Eve and have achieved very little except wallow in self-pity. Tamara says that men make the
Continue readingLet's talk about book reviews. Do you review books? Many people don't. Some folks have grown up in a culture where professional critics review books or movies, usually in newspapers and magazines. It's
Continue readingIf you didn't know, I'm a dilettante student of urban planning and transportation efficiency. Forgive me, but sometimes I like to rant about gross inefficiencies I see in the urban transport sphere. This
Continue readingThere has been considerable press for years about what effect self-publishing and ebooks are having on our literary culture, be it bookstores and libraries or even literary masterpieces themselves. I'm
Continue readingHappy St. Patrick's Day everybody! We just got back from a visit to our local winery, Orfila. OK, not the typical beer-swilling venue you'd expect for today, but after wine tasting we had a great picnic
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