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Six Sentence Story Sunday

I discovered the Six Word Story project while binge watching Orange is the New Black last week (it’s not as weird of a jump as you’d think 🙂 ).   Six word short stories are a collection of stories inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s 6 word story: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” This gave me […]

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Fourth of July Author Bash!!

It’s a Fourth of July Author Bash & Chat & you’re invited!! I’ll be participating  in this awesome event.  In addition to learning more about me and my writing, you’ll  meet several kick ass authors, learn about new reads (you know you need more in your TBR piles), and have the chance to win one […]

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Muse Music: Once Upon Another Time

This song struck me the first moment I heard it.  Something about its quiet pensiveness, it’s slight melancholy vibe remained with me. By happenstance it was playing as I was writing yesterday, then realization dawned that it goes perfectly with my current heroine.  It highlights her journey, her past hurts and pains, and the future […]

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Rest in Peace Maya

Today we lost a great writer, poet, singer, actress, activist, and true warrior.  While she no longer walks among and with us, she left a tangible legacy that will live on touching and motivating others to overcome, to fight, to reach, to live, to pave a way for others. Maya Angelou, one of my inspirations […]

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Tempering, an Addendum

While reviewing some older notes I’d written myself, I decided to revisit this one on tempering and add a few new thoughts. [original post] My collective essence (mind, body, spirit) is never as clear, grounded, and focused as it is at dawn’s first breath. This is when the answers I seek come, while my mind […]

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