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Five Minute Friday — Birth

Happy Five Minute Friday … our last Friday get-together for the year. Five Minute Friday is a discipline where independent writers join together to transform thoughts on a specific prompt word from their minds through their fingers onto the screen … Continue reading

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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

You don’t have a lot of time left, but if you happen to be in or near Bowling Green, KY, and you’re looking for something to do, have I got a deal for you! The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by … Continue reading

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Time

Today’s Words for the Week are from Ray Lammie in his Thought for Today. From birth to age 12 seemed like it took 20 years. From 12 until age 16 felt like 15 years to me. From 16 to age … Continue reading

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Book Blitz

My publicist suggested I participate in a book blitz. Being a publishing neophyte, I wasn’t quite sure what a “book blitz” was exactly. I knew it was a promotional tool aimed at getting your book and your name in front … Continue reading

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The Jungle of Jojee

In my humble opinion, when you’re reviewing a children’s book, it doesn’t matter how you feel about it. Success of the book is based solely on its reception with children. That’s the premise behind this report on The Jungle of … Continue reading

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Consequences of a Sinful Life

This week’s reflection is from Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a … Continue reading

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The Journey — Part Two

The second leg of my late year journey has come to a close. Like the first chapter in Massachusetts, this second chapter in New York flew by much too fast, but was crammed full of additional memories. To recap, I’m … Continue reading

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Journaling, Poetry, and Prose

So, you want to write a book. We have been tackling the five Ws and the H … that’s What, When, Where, Why. Who, and How. We’ve already delved into the five W’s — What, When, Where, Why, and Who. … Continue reading

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Tomorrow’s Fruit

Our Words for the Week are from T. Harv Eker at Inspiration Peak. In every forest, on every farm, in every orchard on earth, it’s what’s under the ground that creates what’s above the ground. That’s why placing your attention … Continue reading

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How

So, you want to write a book. We have been tackling the five Ws and the H … that’s What, When, Where, Why. Who, and How. We’ve already delved into the five W’s — What, When, Where, Why, and Who. … Continue reading

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