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New Store! Yes, there are many places online where you can buy either or

Yes, there are many places online where you can buy either or both of my books. I am grateful for that, even though Amazon is one of them. Before the Book Fair, my recommended place that you shop for it was my digital bookstore on Bookshop.org, for the sake of Ingram Spark, who helped me publish.

Now, because I am pushing my OWN brand/imprint, Cassonade Press, I also have my own store on Shopify, where for a limited time, you can buy personalized, autographed copies of Hard Pressed and Beauty...

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Book Fair--SUCCESS! I absolutely LOVED taking part in the Book Fair! Dozens

I absolutely LOVED taking part in the Book Fair! Dozens of authors and hundreds of book lovers, all in the same room, vibing off each other! Sold a lot of books, made a lot of connections, and raffled off three gift baskets!

I would TOTALLY do this again!

If *WE* Don't Do It, Then It Doesn't Get Done. I have been increasingly

I have been increasingly frustrated since January 21.

Not with the Orange Pig, because I expected him to do his worst, and he is.

My frustration is with every American who has decided to "go along to get along" or even worse, to fight back with half an effort. Our elected Democrats are hanging back, telling us to wait till the mid-terms and blah-blah-blee.

Who told them that the mid-term elections will even happen?

President Oink admitted to stealing the election via Musk's hired hackers. He is...

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I Don't Do Romance. Period.  Yes, I’m saying this on Valentine’s Day

Yes, I’m saying this on Valentine’s Day 2025. Not to ruin anyone’s fun. Just to make it clear that I’m not a Grinch.

You all can do whatever you want today and tonight, with my blessing. I’m not mad at any of you for celebrating love with your ‘boo’. Not my business.

I don’t. I never have. From those early school days when the class passed out paper valentines and Sweettarts to everyone but me to scarfing candy from the heart-shaped boxes that Mom brought home from work to experiencing every...

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