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Begging: Part of Reality for Published Authors

A common myth (or several) about becoming an author published by a large publishing house is that you will automatically get a huge advance then make tons of money as people flock to buy your book, thanks in large part to the extensive help you get in publicity from your publishing house. Not. First lets [...]

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Finally, A Good Use For A Walmart

This old Wal-Mart was turned into a library. Their web page has the full story and a great photo gallery. It’s actually a lovely (huge) library, and I love what they did to improve the building.

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First Texting and Driving Manslaughter Case Hits Courts

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Just in case you think I’m only on the alert for elderly drivers, here’s a new story about texting and driving in which a teen driver is the center of attention. I talk about elderly driving, teen driving and distracted driving as separate issues to address because they are. Elderly [...]

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Bad Elderly Driving the New Internet Love Story Sensation

I haven’t climbed on my elderly driving soapbox in a while. Not for lack of blog fodder (there are accidents daily I could write about), more for lack of time and also that the sheer number of accidents and deaths caused by elderly driving is just flat out depressing. Heaven forbid we cheese off the [...]

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Awkward Family Photos: The Board Game

Totally not kidding. I saw it in Target. I knew I had to share. I love marketing wackiness sometimes.

Super Excited for SMM4D

What has two thumbs and loves her job? THIS GIRL. I write for my clients (non-fiction) and my own pleasure [...]

Not Yet Ready to Resort to This to Get to Sleep

I belong to a variety of product evaluation sites, one of which is Swaggable. My first product to evaluate came [...]

Highway Robbery

Well, parking lot robbery, anyway. I’m going to call it a “coincidence” that my sketchy neighbors with their sketchy friends [...]

Monsanto Connections To Government

I just thought this was too useful to know, so I’m sharing it here.  I know Monsanto food scares the [...]

It Isn’t a Cat

…but lately something sure has my tongue. I’m shrouded in silence. Still waters run deep – my brain won’t quit, [...]