Books In My DNA
It’s a challenge to lure people away from their habits. If you’re in the habit of logging what you read and writing reviews on Goodreads, for example, it’s not going to be easy to get you to leave.
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Homer is Where the Work Is – Redux
Late last year I had a close encounter with Homer’s The Odyssey. Since it’s now been made into a blockbuster movie, I thought it was appropriate to revisit this post.
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At the Top of Her Voice
It always surprises me when someone else is surprised by how seriously I take my voice. My whole life, I’ve made my living with it. Don’t accountants take numbers seriously? Doesn’t the artist learn all about paints?
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Under the Influencer
There are no paid ads on this website. But let me be perfectly clear that if someone whose product or service I truly believed in came along and offered me a sack of cash, there’d be a banner up top you wouldn’t be able to miss! I don’t actively sell this space for profit.
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Book Release: Little Voices is Now Available
My new novel is officially out! Little Voices is available in paperback and ebook formats. Today, I’m going to tell you the story behind this story, and how it came to be.
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Book Review: The High Road – Confessions of a Homicide Cop
Hank Idsinga’s book about his experiences as a Toronto murder investigator was hard to put down. Idsinga led Toronto’s homicide unit for five years after being a homicide detective. His team cracked the Bruce McArthur serial killer case. Under his supervision some big, cold cases were solved.
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The Audiobook Shop for Fans of Indie Bookstores
There’s a debate raging among bibliophiles. If you listen to an audiobook, is it the same as reading a book?
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I Used to Dress to Impress. Now I Dress to Sit Comfortably
Dressing isn’t what it used to be. You won’t find me in a muumuu yet, although I do have one caftan. I’m still putting these legs out there until they’re so puckered and lined that they ruin family picnics. But things are definitely changing in my closet.
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The Harris Family, Social Media, and Other Things
“The item you were so angry about on social media is over in ten minutes and you realize it’s worthless.” ~Sam Harris
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The Grandmother Land
There’s a strange phenomenom when you come home from a big trip. At a certain point you wonder, did that really happen? Thank goodness there are photographs to prove my seventeen days in three countries were all real.
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Finally, A Use for the Phone Number Everyone Knows
Those of us who grew up on pop music radio know it by heart: 867-5309.
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A Bit of This and That
There’s been talk online about the way fiction readers sometimes harass authors because they’re anxious for their next book.
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