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BOOK REVIEWS

The Hundred Years War On Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
If the Sun Spares Us by Brenda Marie Smith
Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson
The Lost Daughters of Ukraine by Erin Litteken
Sisters at the Edge of the World by Ailish Sinclair
2022 Book Recap
Shadows of Otherside, series by Whitney Hill
The Unlocked Path by Janis Robinson Daly
June-August Book Recap
February Book Recap
If the Light Escapes by Brenda Marie Smith
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
Shadows in Death by J.D. Robb
If Darkness Takes Us by Brenda Marie Smith
Beneficence by Meredith Hall
The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken
Billy Summers by Stephen King
The Third Thing by Sirkka Smith
Side by Side and Becoming Bonnie by Jenni L. Walsh
Winter Loon by Susan Bernhard
Death, Disease, and Life at War by Christopher E. Loperfido
The Puzzlemaker by Brian Christopher
One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
A Five-Star Review for War Sonnets!
March-April Book Recap
January Book Review
The Poet by Michael Connelly
A Light of Her Own by Carrie Callaghan
Hooked on Ender
Breaking the Rules by Tinthia Clemant
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Alina: A Song for the Telling by Malve von Hassell

ON WRITING

2023: The Year That Was
Prologue vs Epilogue: What’s Your Opinion?
Shelved: When Your Best Just Isn’t Good Enough
Confessions of An Historical Fiction Writer
Fifteen Years and Counting
Another Post on Querying
While I’m Waiting…
Writing Spaces
The Author I Admire Most
A New Look for Utter Loonacy
Beta Me This
Beyond the Red Badge
Writers, Introverts, and Social Media
Editing Woes
My Love-Hate Relationship With Writing
#PitchWars #PWPoePrompts #BoostMyBio
Querying
#QueryKombat and other trials
Slogging Through the Query Trenches
Sensitivity
Pantser in Plotter’s Clothing?
Someday I want to write….
Writing Prompts and Where They Lead You

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Sneak Preview: Nostalgia, A Civil War Novel
Saying Goodbye: A Memory
War Sonnets Blog Tour
War Sonnets Update
Happy Book Birthday!
The Poetry of War Sonnets: Going Home
War Sonnets Teaser
The Fifth of July
The Poetry of War Sonnets: The Bomb That Changed the World
The Poetry of War Sonnets: Hunter and Hunted
The Poetry of War Sonnets: Engaging the Enemy
The Poetry of War Sonnets: War Zone
The Poetry of War Sonnets: En Route to War
The Poetry of War Sonnets: Strange Surrroundings
The Poetry of War Sonnets: Before They Were Soldiers
The Woman of War Sonnets
Meet the Men of War Sonnets Part Three
The Poetry of War Sonnets: “Drill Sergeant”
The Poetry of War Sonnets
“War Sonnets” Draft Two
Meet the Men of War Sonnets Part Two
Meet the Men of War Sonnets Part One
War Sonnets: A Collage
Origins: War Sonnets
Teaser: Chapter 1 of Hope
If Hope was a movie…
Story Origins: Hope
My (and Hope’s) New York State
Story Origins: And Know They Love You

DAY IN THE LIFE

The Eclipse That Wasn’t
I Know Why She Stayed
Old And Creaky
Trumbull’s Corners
Car Keys
Snappers!
Soapbox
My Evolving Higher Power
Spring Ahead?
Rescue Me
S-E-V-E-N-T-Y!
Where the Buffalo Roam
Three, two, one…
Fifty Years–Really?
 Observations of an Old Fogey
Update: Three Old Dogs…
Three Old Dogs and a Kitty
Symbols of Me
Up the Chimney
Warm Showers
Ireland: Beauty and Bitterness
Soldier, Scientist, Writer, Inspiration
Changing Times
Memorial Day
Adding to the next generation
The graduations hang on the wall
Nat’s best hope?
Freedom…..that’s what it’s all about
Susannah tries something different
5000 pieces, 339 days
GO SU! oh…..SU (sigh)
36 miles. Uphill. Into the blustery wind.What I’m Reading
Take Me Out
Family
Finding LA, or how to fly coast-to-coast in 36 hours or lessMy Christmas Book Wishlist
Party Lines
Playdate
Parade – Country Style
Blogging with Hank
The Paths we Travel
Life [as it was] on Mars
Make Your Day
How to deal with the l-o-o-o-o-ng winter
Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
The Continuing Adventures of Oma and Kelsey
Where’s My Lobster?
Christmas is…
Yessir, that’s my baby!(and his baby)
Where is your safe place?The Real Harry and Sally
Must See TV
If I don’t come back alive…
Celebrating Life
They’re playing where???
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy…
Gut Reactions
Do you “lub-dub” or “pitty-pat”?
Kelsey and Oma’s Excellent Adventure
In Memoriam
Mr. Obama and My Change
Are you SURE Dubya didn’t say that?
Fractal Lives
Are you listening Freddy?
Penny Candy
Were Those the Days?
We have seen the enemy and he is Exxon
What I did on my summer vacations
Check out the Argonauts!
The Story of Me
Higher Powers?