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Hibernating On Juliet’s Balcony In Chinese Silks … and a Quick And Dirty Lesson on Bears

April 6, 2015

Is it spring yet?  Like those playful (but in reality dangerous) black bears, it seems like I’ve been in my den all winter, sleeping as the world goes by.  At least that’s what you’d think by seeing my lack of presence on social media. But, unlike the slumbering orsi, I’ve been working my butt off writing the next two installments of my series “Sinner’s Grove.” I’m happy to say I’m thrilled with the results! The Lair The Lair follows on the heels of Sinner’s Grove, my contemporary suspense ... VIEW POST

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Are The Best Writers Addicted to their Craft?

October 9, 2014

I’m not an expert on addiction, and I think I throw the term around too casually sometimes, along the lines of, “You need to get off the computer—you’re addicted to it.” I also use the classic definition of pornography in my analysis, as in “I’m not sure what it is, but I know it when I see it.” So please take my observations here with more than a grain or two of salt. The American Society of Addiction says that “addiction is characterized by inability to consistently abstain, impairment in ... VIEW POST

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Four Reasons Why Playing Bocce is the Perfect Primer for Writing Romance

September 11, 2014

Ridiculous, I know. But hear me out. Bocce is an Italian form of lawn bowling that many say originated back in the Roman Empire. Basically, the goal of the game is to toss a small sphere called a “pallino” (about the size of an egg, but round) onto a narrow rectangular court and then try to roll the rest of your balls (four to a team per round) as close as possible to that pallino. I just finished my summer bocce league (came in 4th – yay!) and since I see almost everything through the prism of ... VIEW POST

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The Five Stages of Grief and Learning Social Media

September 1, 2014

Okay, I admit I’m making a weird connection here. I’m about to apply the five stages of grief to the process of learning social media. Back in 1969, psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote a ground-breaking treatise on what is still an uncomfortable topic for many of us. Her book, On Death and Dying, outlined five universal stages that individuals often go through as death approaches: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Since then, her theory has been used to describe the ... VIEW POST

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The Art of Love The Art of Love (The Golden City, #1)
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The Depth of Beauty The Depth of Beauty (The Golden City, #2)
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ratings: 259 (avg rating 4.27)

The Price of Compassion The Price of Compassion (The Golden City, #4)
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The Lair The Lair (Sinner's Grove #2)
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ratings: 51 (avg rating 4.14)

The Promise The Promise (The Golden City, #3)
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