When I tried to come up with a title for this post, many possibilities came to mind. “This ain’t High School”, “Only in the land of make believe.” Suffice it to say I’m sleep deprived and a wee bit loopy. So this is actually a difficult post for me to write because it feels like [...]
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Have you ever read a book and thought the author’s tale was so authentic she must have lived through something similar? I know some writers fear that a reader will think a scene or storyline comes from experience. Write about sexual abuse, you must have experienced it. Bad parents? Yours must be monsters. I admit [...]
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Ah, Christmas is near and getting closer and closer in that rearview mirror everyday. Yeah, it’s about to catch us and tackle us to the ground with blinding blinky lights and tangles of tinsel. Some go willingly into that good Christmas night. Others drag their feet and stick their head in the proverbial snow bank [...]
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