The Book That Should Not Exist – It’s Publication Day!

The Book That Should Not Exist: 1450: Walk beside the young Vlad Dracula and Kate Webber (When Secrets Bloom) from Roman Fortress to Kronstadt before history became legend.

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Exciting News

I’m sorry for the challenge snafu yesterday, but like I told Melissa, stuff happens. Besides, Tanka Wednesday works just as well. 😂 It’s been a busy couple of weeks, and it’s goin…

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Series vs. Standalone

When one project ends, another one begins. While I’ve found that I work better when I concentrate on one large-scale project, that does not mean that I haven’t thought about what to wor…

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Smorgasbord Authors in the Sun -#Family #Motherhood – Choosing Bella by Jan Sikes

Today a lovely story of motherhood and sacrifice by Jan Sikes… tissue alert! CHOOSING BELLA Carmen Beckman leaned against the balcony railing and stared unseeing at the traffic whizzing past …

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August Book Reviews! #BeemWeeks #MaeClair #bookreviews #whattoread #mustread #writingcommunity

Here are the books I read in July that were 4- or 5-star reads! The Gilded Thespian Show (Shallow Draw Series Book 2) by Mae Clair I read and loved “Diamond Jack” and was thrilled to see the series…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – The Cookery Column Retro with Carol Taylor – The 5 Mother Sauces.

I will be sharing a series we originally ran back in 2018, and with many more visitors to the blog now and fans of Carol’s food posts, we thought you might enjoy all the foods and recipes tha…

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Chef Dominique Crenn’s “Parmentier!” A Vegetarian “Shepard’s Pie” Recipe From A Master Chef…

Have You Made A “Parmentier?” Well first of all, what is it? Guess what? I learned something new! In culinary terms, “Parmentier” is a French adjective meaning&nbs…

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Tuesday Tunes 315: Bride

I teased in this week’s Song Lyric Sunday post that I would be offering a companion piece to last week’s Tuesday Tunes, and here it is. After playing a set of wedding songs last …

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Bridget & Gabe Are Not Okay (The Camelot Disasters #2) by Lex Croucher #historicalfiction #LGBTQ

Return to Camelot in the much anticipated and funny follow-up to the instant New York Times bestselling and YA Book Prize winning Gwen and Art Are Not in Love. They fell in love. They won a gr…

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Friday Funnies 12: Bill Oddie

As it has been four months since I last shared some Friday Funnies I had been thinking about doing another, and then the sad news broke earlier this week of the passing last Saturday of Bill…

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AuthorFest, Book Fair, and #AmWatching

I mentioned last week that I was traveling to Nashville to attend a writer’s conference hosted by my publisher, and then on to LaGrange, KY for a book fair. It was such a treat to meet fellow…

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It’s Meow or Never

My feline self is seen next to Sue Grafton’s final novel. The airborne tail is a commentary on Wuthering Heights.  I’m Misty the cat, returning for my every-two-month guest blog post about books. W…

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Faust: Unraveling the Great Enigma S2 E9: The Spirit’s Refusal

In this episode of “Faust: Unraveling the Great Enigma,” the focus is on Faust’s intense longing and his encounter with the Spirit. Although he yearns for connection, the Spirit r…

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What Remains? – Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Frank is hosting Haibun Monday with an invitation to write about journey, for more detail and examples follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun – Journeying Photo: taken a…

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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Letters from America 1985-1987 – First swims, Alabama-Coushatta Reservation and cranky ice-maker by Sally Cronin

I wrote letters home to my parents every week during our two years living in Texas… it was an adventure and we met incredible people who greeted us with open arms… and some became frien…

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Indie Author Culture Part 3: Art vs. Business

Once upon a time, writers wrote and sent their works to publishers, who evaluated their merits and selected a few as worthy of being published. Publishing meant editing, book and cover design, mark…

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Paint it Plain

Daily writing promptWhat’s your home decoration style?View all responses Firstly let’s go back to 1979 when Sam and I got engaged. Here below is the only photo I have left of my parents&#8217…

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Glen Hansard RIP…Oscar-Winning Singer/Songwriter’s Tragic Death…An Homage…

Shocking News…RIP Oscar-Winning Singer/Songwriter Glen Hansard… Such sad news to wake up to. Glen Hansard, the Irish folk-rock musician and actor who fronted the band the Frames and had…

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Top Ten Things Not to Do at the First French Settlement in 1608

Quebec flag The anniversary of the first French settlement in Quebec, in 1608, by Samuel de Champlain, is in July. It might be fun to go there, but there are some things we need to be carefu…

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Monday Thoughts – Solid Gold

Photo credit: Pinterest Some souls are as solid as gold And more than valuable In fact they are priceless It shows in their acts of kindness Not boasting or bold Just a beautiful soul Solid gold

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Sunflower Tanka is OPEN to submissions !

All you Tanka writers out there should enter your work in the Sunflower Tanka Anthology! The submission window is open until 31st August 2026 and the theme is Life’s Simple Pleasures. Robbie …

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My Favourite Quotes

Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite quote?View all responses I have several (my most favourite is the first one): We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars (Oscar Wild…

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Paired with White — CFFC

Pairs of Crayola-8 with white — CFFC

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When Hope Means Letting Go, Amazing Stories on The Night We Met by Lord Huron, Music Monday

Three short stories by Marian L. Thorpe, Annie Whitehead, and Patricia Furstenberg matching the deep regret, lost love, and the crushing pain of memory mood of The Night We Met by Lord Huron.

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Views of the Neighborhood – Movie at the Lakeway Park.

Today, we are going to the movies. The Lakeway Parks and Recreation Movie Night was on Friday. Through the mircle of toime travel we can go today. We are catered by Moonshine Grill of Austin. Our e…

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Haiku by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo by Fireberrytech .: Form: Haiku (5-7-5) smile winky cleavageconfident chasse hip rollfish tail siren eyes Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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