Today I'd like to welcome guest blogger Dane Golden of Hey.com, who is here to talk about how writers can use YouTube to build their author platforms.…

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Today, I have the pleasure of introducing to you all - the lovely and very talented author of the Time Spirit Trilogy -Melissa Pearl.

I met Melissa last year through mutual friends, and after a while, discovered that she had written an urban fantasy young adult trilogy. Obviously…

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There was a theme with the actresses at the Golden Globes. Except for stars like Octavia Spencer, who won for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "The Help," and Melissa McCarthy, the award-winning actress of Mike & Molly, most of the actresses seen at the Golden Globes were walking stick figures. As a fellow writer friend told me about Angelina Jolie’s arms, “I could have…

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Sometimes, the best photos are the ones imprinted on our minds. They capture more than just the images.

That thought was in my mind as I looked through my collection to select the photos for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge. There’s an image related to water that I wish I had captured on film so I could share.

 

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The Quaker artist Edward Hicks is well known among the Religious Society of Friends, but less so among others. Though an adept and respected minister in his own faith, it is for his series of paintings that he is now largely remembered. The reverse was true in his own lifetime. One often considers folk artists like Hicks either charmingly… Continue

“I Want to be Treated Better Than You”



When I heard that a third Golden Girl, Rue McClanahan, had passed away tears sprang to my eyes. And by tears I mean I was sobbing at Panera Bread into my cinnamon french toast bagel. As news spread the text messages, emails and Face Book wall posts of condolence came in from friends who know that I’m a hard core Golden Girls fan.



Betty White, The Last Golden Girl Standing said, “It hurts more than I ever thought it… Continue