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How Can I Write?
It’s been a little crazy around here. I told my daughter at the end of January that I felt book-ended by crises, and once I said that, it only got more crazy. That’s what I get for opening my big...
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What I Said
My father passed away March 3rd. I spoke at his funeral Monday. This is what I said. This is the sort of life changing event that knocks the breath right out of you, doesn’t it? We hear about an...
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Chuck’s Challenge
Chuck Wendig challenged his readers this week with a one hundred word flash fiction contest. Well shoot. I just happen to have a few of those from the Shark’s very own one hundred word contests. How...
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Me and Mom
Since my father passed March third, I’ve been making a weekly trip to Raleigh to help Mom with everything from estate finances to dragging her trash and recycle bins to the curb. Before my father’s...
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One Small Mourning Dove
I love watching the neighborhood kids play because they go about it like my brother and I used to, riding their bikes like the hounds of hell are on their heels, tearing up the alleys, ducking in and...
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What If?
Recently, I had something so unexpected happen, I was in a state of sheer panic for a couple of hours. Last Tuesday I was in front of my laptop doing what I do. The phone rang, and as usual, when I...
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What Could Have Happened
Last week I was at Mom’s house, where I’ve been going once a week now since Dad died. Of course I take Little Dog with me. I mean, what person in their right mind would/could leave this little guy...
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Missed
Low key, easy going, never cussed, rarely drank, steadfast, resilient, calm, even tempered, loving, compassionate, loyal, understanding, mechanically inclined, hard working, quiet, dog lover,...
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An Open Letter To Nestle Purina PetCare Co. and Waggin’ Train LLC
Dear Purina and Waggin’ Train, You don’t know me. You don’t know that you forced me to do the unthinkable. The sort of decision I prayed I would never have to make. On August 2, 2012 after monumental...
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This Is A Movie?
I went to the Redbox outside Walgreens just about a mile away looking for the movie CAKE with Jennifer Aniston. To my disappointment it was already checked out, and so I stood there a moment debating....
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First Sentence Friday! Chapter Three
I’ve already mentioned parts of THE ROAD TO BITTERSWEET have some historic fact, and it was the flood in western North Carolina in 1940 that became the launch point for my story. A flood is something...
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First Sentence Friday! Chapter Six
It’s that time of year when those of us who live in certain regions of the U.S. are told to be prepared. We’re told to have enough water for three days, canned foods, batteries, flashlights, and a...
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First Sentence Friday! CHAPTER TWELVE
As Texas and Louisiana (where I will be in two weeks!) sort out and prioritize recovery efforts from the hateful, horrendous Hurricane Harvey, I have watched the humanitarian efforts with awe....
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Gearing Up for . . . First Sentence Fridays!
Yes, it’s true! First Sentence Fridays start for my third book, THE FORGIVING KIND on June 8th – that’s only one week away! If this seems early, it is to some degree. First of all, the book is bigger...
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Review of TREEBORNE, by Caleb Johnson
I read and review for the New York Journal of Books. Recently I requested TREEBORNE by Caleb Johnson. It released today, and in conjunction with that, here is a link to my review.
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Here We Go – First Sentence Fridays! Chapter 1
Hello all! Welcome back to First Sentence Fridays! I’m excited I’m doing this again for the third book, THE FORGIVING KIND. In case you missed it, last week I explained if it seems like we’re getting...
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First Sentence Fridays – Chapter 2
I’ve had various incidents in my life that can’t be explained. On a trip to Maine one summer, my family was traveling along the Massachusetts Turnpike when all of us distinctly heard a voice say, “Pull...
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An Open Letter To Nestle Purina PetCare Co. and Waggin’ Train LLC
Dear Purina and Waggin’ Train, You don’t know me. You don’t know that you forced me to do the unthinkable. The sort of decision I prayed I would never have to make. On August 2, 2012 after monumental...
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This Is A Movie?
I went to the Redbox outside Walgreens just about a mile away looking for the movie CAKE with Jennifer Aniston. To my disappointment it was already checked out, and so I stood there a moment debating....
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