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WRITING AWAY THE GRIEF
Writing serves as my salve for grief. And today, I write to overcome the sadness threatening to envelop me. The mass shooting in Orlando hit me hard. Maybe because I lived near Orlando for thirty years. Maybe because the death of so many in one place horrified me. Maybe because someone with mental health issues…
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ROMANTIC PICKS #BEACHREAD #CONTEMPORARYROMANCE Love On The Wind by P.C. Zick

Originally posted on ROMANTIC PICKS: Six years of traveling for her television series has left host Kiley Nelson longing for a place to call her own. Spending a weekend at her girlfriend’s beach house is the perfect reprieve, especially when she purchases property to finally settle down. But her peaceful escape is shaken when she…
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Decoration Day, which we’ve come to call Memorial Day, began in 1866 as a way to honor those who fought and died in the Civil War (1861-1865). Until 1971, it was celebrated on May 30. Now we celebrate it on the last Monday of May, usually as a way to start the summer season rather…
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WE CARRY OUR HOMES WITH US – A CUBAN AMERICAN MEMOIR
I am so proud of my friend and colleague, Marisella Veiga, on the publication of We Carry Our Homes with Us – A Cuban American Memoir. Yes, I do have a personal relationship with the author so perhaps my comments might be viewed as slanted. However, I can tell you her book is honest, raw, and…
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AN AUTHOR CHAT WITH K.S. THOMAS
Please join my fellow colleague Annamaria Bazzi on her Round Table Chat today. She and another fellow author, K.S. Thomas, are discussing Karina’s latest romance, One Last Chapter. From Annamaria: “All we need is a cup of coffee, maybe a cappuccino and tune into the Round Table Chat to discover the latest news about an…
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FLORIDA FICTION – GRAB A COPY FOR #FREE!

Originally posted on Living Lightly: Good morning – I’m running a special offer this week. If you haven’t read any of the books from my Florida Fiction series, now is the chance to grab the first two for free. All three books are stand alone novels. Each one has its own cast of characters and political,…
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ANNIVERSARY AND CELEBRATION #oilspill

Sometimes an anniversary involves a celebration of some sort. The events marked today are separate, yet inexplicably connected through virtue of their messages. Six years ago today, BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven men working on the rig and doing untold damage to the environment and wildlife as…