“Paradise Challenged”: Aaron C. Greenman’s view on Cinque Terre (Part I)
“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” — Henry David Thoreau, Walden “Do they only stand by ignorance, is that their happy state, the proof of their obedience and their faith?” — John M…
View Article#MondayBlogs Find Your Perfect Editor: 7 Valuable Tips
Intro: Last week we talked about how to self-edit before you found an editor for your manuscript. This week we’re talking about how to find that perfect editor. This topic is very important to me, si…
View ArticleWelcome Lex Chase - Checkmate Ever After
A big welcome to Lex Chase today as part of her blog tour for her new release Checkmate Ever After. Hello Internet! I’m Lex Chase and Anne was nice enough to let me drop by! I'm here to share a bit…
View ArticleTwelve Antidotes to the Sappy Christmas Music You’ve Been Hearing
By Adam Morrison Had enough of the same old sickly sweet Christmas music that’s everywhere nowadays? Here are twelve alternatives that might put you back in the spirit. 1. Regarding the Dropkick Murph…
View ArticleGuest Blog: The Shee – Continuum (Shona Mooney on Kathryn Tickell)
We continue with our series of guest posts from The Shee who over the coming weeks will introduce us to their nominated collaborators for their tenth anniversary Continuum project. This week, it’s the…
View ArticleAnchoring the Snowman on the Rooftop
My daughter Laura spotted this scene. We’re in Rockford, Illinois. I was driving. Pulled into the parking lot and she rolled down her window, took a few shots for the blog today! Fi…
View ArticleTimebank Manager Stephanie Mugo blogs about a fantastic Timebank community...
Help with Ebay Thank you to all the people who joined us on Monday for our December Timebank Community Skill Swap event. It was the first event organised mainly by our Timebank Deputy Manager Begoña…
View ArticleVaccine Bullies: A Mom Takes on Her Daughter’s Teacher
Sometimes as parents who choose not to vaccinate or to vaccinate selectively, our children are faced with teachers or other people in authority who have strong beliefs that are in direct opposition t…
View ArticleCentral Illinois Looked Flat Today
Another shot by Laura as passenger. We drove a total of 1000 miles from Columbus to Rockford and back. From her passenger window. Grain storage under a massive blue sky. You can see for miles. F…
View ArticleThe 50mm Elmar – An Enduring Classic Leica Lens
The 50mm Elmar lens dates back to 1926 when it replaced the original Anastigmat and Elmax lenses of 1925 on the LEICA 1 (Model A). The Elmar 50/f3.5 was collapsible and was fixed to the body. The len…
View ArticleGuest Tour Blog: Echo Bloom (part 1)
Browse through the bio for Echo Bloom and you’ll maybe be surprised to find that the band’s founder, Kyle Evans, eventually caught the muse he was searching for in Berlin – quite some distance from th…
View ArticleFriday -12/10- Tarot Card! Read Lisa Greenfield’s Insight #GuestBlog #Contest...
Courtesy of TruthinHand.com, Lisa Greenfield (who is TruthinHand.com’s resident hand expert) is sharing a Tarot Card of the Week (which will be featured every week) as well as Tarot Card of the Day. W…
View ArticleGuest Post: Thomas S Flowers
From Combat Veteran to Horror Writer By: Thomas S. Flowers Before we start, there’s a quote from Michael Herr in his book, Dispatches that I’d like to share. It’s a long quote, so bear with me. Herr s…
View ArticleGuest Post: T. Eric Bakutis
Writing The Sequel: Demonkin “How could the same [stuff] happen to the same guy twice?” Somewhere during Die Hard 2, scrappy underdog John McClane delivers the (censored) line above as a wink to the…
View ArticleZen And The Art Of Rebellion: Blake’s 7 and the Awesomeness that was Avon
Today we take a break from the Wicked Women Blogfest to welcome the fabulous Simon Bestwick and celebrate the launch of Hell’s Ditch. (Buy it! Buy it now!) When I was a boy, science fiction and horr…
View ArticleS.O.S. Organizing Expert Shawnee Nizami Discusses Early Holiday Prep to Enjoy...
It’s the holidays and I know how they are often hard to juggle work, everyday life with all the additional events that you should do, you want to do because it’s fun and then deal with getting ready f…
View ArticleDay 6 (Sat.) Tarot Card! @TruthinHand Lisa Greenfield’s Insight #GuestBlog...
Courtesy of TruthinHand.com, Lisa Greenfield (who is TruthinHand.com’s resident hand expert) is sharing a Tarot Card of the Week (which will be featured every week) as well as Tarot Card of the Day. W…
View ArticleGuest Post: Richard Schiver
All Roads Lead to Terror (synopsis) The horrors of the past meet the brutality of the present. Four boys strengthen the bonds of their friendship, while taking their first hesitant steps into adulth…
View ArticleGuest Post: Mark Allan Gunnells
THE BOY WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS Seven year old Henry Childers crawled reluctantly under the covers of his bed. “But, Mom,” he whined, “I’m not sleepy. Can’t I stay up a few more hours?” “It’s almost …
View ArticleAn Avid Reader Special: Jennifer Lowe’s Top 5 Reads Of 2015
My sister, Jennifer Lowe, is both an avid and eclectic reader, so she was a ‘shoe-in’ when I decided to ask some of the most avid readers I know for their Top 5 recommendations from 2015. Note: The l…
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