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My Favorite Reads of 2010             Late, but still great.    (no order to my adoration.)               There are so many things to say, again, about Charlie Courtland's beautiful Elizabeth Bathory....

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Treadmarks in the cattle trails...

 There are many who will say the Wild West never truly died - it only upgraded transportation and weapons. I live out in the Four Corners, where the 'Old' wild west still exists, where it remains...

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Leaving corpses where I used to have lunch....

Oh, that Susan at Win A Book! She's a piece of work. Hello to her wonderful fans. (where did she get half a billion readers?) Jenny, Susan *sneak* and I have our heads together today...with a devious...

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Emersed in the warmth of a million stares...

Kelli Sue Landon  is a member of an elite club; adults who have the attention of organisms younger than the age of 20. It isn't easy to call those things people, yet. Suffice it for now to use the...

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When a simple happiness is a blessing...

Imagine having no safe home.That isn't a question about just having a roof over your head. Imagine having no safe home...no place where you can feel safe at all. Every small happiness, becomes a gift...

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Burning Rome twice in one Emperor....

February is Snowdown celebration in Durango. For some reason, always the most bone-chilling weekend of the winter. Locals line Main Street downtown, stomping, waiting for the single firework above the...

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Carnival in Rio has lost one sparkle...

There are times when you receive a surprise, so unexpected, it instantly seems a gift. My introduction to Zaira Brilhante was one such moment. Her first contact was merely a hello, but has opened a...

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Book Pirating: what it looks like when you don't catch it...

This is a screenshot of my pirated books on Lulu.com.That's right. My own POD - Lulu.com had fraudulent versions of my book listed in their catalog. This post will detail every painful step I was...

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How could you not remember which testicle you have left?

In the seventeen years since 1993, I've not been overtly public about this. My family and some friends know, but many who've known me for years will be surprised. I am a cancer survivor. I do not, and...

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Why is this funhouse idle?

My schedule has been a disaster since January. Several things are getting in the way of the little engine that runs this site: I only feature books I've read, and there has been no time to devote to...

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On the eighth day Man created music...

A Rock & Roll lifestyle can bring a lot of deliciously wicked fun. It can also get you kicked off shortstop position at St. Allen the Meek's Convent softball team, as Sister Susan Helene Gottfried...

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'Ashes' - Clara Gray-Stallings...for the children of Darfur.

As a project for her class at Animas High School in Durango, Clara Gray-Stallings wrote this stark, haunting song, for the children of Darfur. Clara is fifteen years old.*used by permission. All rights...

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What is a good ebook price, and why would I be changing mine?

That is the second subject that brings groans to the lips of my fellow writers. We are not able to really determine what a good, fair ebook price really might be. We would like to, but we have less...

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BestsellerBound.com promoting Indie authors...

Make a list of the good things which can be said about the people behind BestsellerBound.com - it will be a very long list. One of the truly rare author-friendly forums on the web, BsB has become a...

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Rebecca Ann Ford; may I please bring her back?

Rebecca Ann Ford. I want not to write that she is gone from us. It breaks my heart that she is. Her passing was sudden, and her loss unsettled still for those who held her very dear. She deserved more...

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Yellow zone is for taxis; White zone is for Dragons...

Beginning his writing career between landing planes at the world's busiest airport, air-traffic controller J. Michael Radcliffe took nearly eight years to write his first novel. Land a plane, write a...

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BestsellerBound.com promoting Indie authors...again!

BestsellerBound.com is vying to be something extraordinary for independent authors. It is not content to be a forum only. There is too strong a foundation of self-publishing at its core. And...

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Where waters laugh, and clouds dance...

Tessa Apalives in a fairytale land. I have a good friend who has been abducted by aliens a few times and I’m not talking about anything he has vividly described.Aotearoa:  Tessa lives where waters...

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BestsellerBound is 1 year old!...

You can do a lot of damage by writing a book and tossing it out for the world to consume. Think of all the people you will bother by doing it...Rather, think of all the fun you will have when lots of...

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Existing in a perpetual anecdote...

That guilt I have for not calling my mother? - I get that same guilt for not emailing one of my favorite authors,  Lisette "Molly" Brodey. She's going to have so much to say, she'll properly explode if...

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