Sandcastle Thank You: Myrtle Puppy Beginnings
The writing life is a long and winding road, for most, and I include myself in this curvy path. The voices of my fictional characters reverberate in my head, what they want to...
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Official Book Trailer: Sandcastle and Other Stories
In the title story of my first book, Sandcastle and Other Stories, one lone gull in search of food becomes distracted by a popsicle stick . . . begins to search for iconic...
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Coming Attraction: My 1st Book Trailer — Sandcastle and Other Stories
The official book trailer for Sandcastle and Other Stories is ready to unveil. My father painted this New Jersey beach scene as part of his Boardwalk series, actually set in the 1930s. In many...
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My 2nd Guest Post: San Juan Islands — 4 @JaneIsaacAuthor
Jane Isaac invited me to write a Guest Post about my home in The San Juan Islands for her terrific blog and I accepted her invitation on the spot. Jane Isaac is...
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Favorite Albums That Help Eden Baylee Create: Guest Post by @edenbaylee
I welcome my friend, and author, Eden Baylee to A Writer’s Life blog. On her own blog Eden shares her love of music and writing every week. Here, Eden reveals how music inspires...
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The Best Books of Rachel Ingalls — Top Ten Favorite Author
When I read a story or a novel and I enter its created world completely — with no outer distractions, and this mobile life we’re all living in tends to distract...
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A Great Distance: Part 2 — The Middle
In A Great Distance, Part 2, Deepika continues to tell the story of her main character, the intrepid reporter, Sai, and Mrs. Plesher, a woman with secrets she freely shares; he’s asked to interview...
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Listen: Undun by The Roots — A Music Recommendation
I heard The Roots for the first time in the nineties, after they had a few albums out, and I love to travel back to that time by replaying their strong messages of...
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Tag! You’re It, Justin!
Zippy and Kipling made 2011 a year to remember. I used to play Freeze Tag with the neighborhood kids and all four of my siblings. Tag someone. Run fast. They have to freeze;...
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Russell Blake Talks with John Lescroart at In Classic Style
Today is the release of John Lescroart’s new novel The Hunter. Russell Blake shares his comprehensive and fun talk with Lescroart, one of the most revered suspense writers in the business. They...
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