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The Long Game: From Flashlights to Weirdos Welcome

  The Flashlight Era Picture me at seven: I am officially "asleep," which is 1970s-speak for "hiding under a floral duvet with a flashlight and a Judy Blume novel." I didn’t just read those stories; I lived in them. I felt a kinship…
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Why I Had to Write a YA Love Story

Inspiration twinkles in unexpected places so when I got the spark of an idea for my new Young Adult novel, I hadn't a clue how that flickering flame would eventually ignite. Nor did I also have any idea how long it would actually take to start…
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Fear and Firestorms in Los Angeles

FACTS AND FICTION No one seems to know just how toxic our air is now from the Los Angeles firestorms that make my head throb, so I nurse a cup of strong coffee, and wait for the Excedrin Extra Strength to kick in. Before particulates populated…

Sizzle Read

Sizzling days and sultry nights heat up my summer Reading List so don’t judge me for seeking smut. I’m no prude, but since reading E. L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey I’ve been hot under the collar, blushing fifty shades of pink. It’s…

Perks of a Library Card

They say you can’t miss what you never had, but I pine for the Royal Library of Alexandria, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Founded in the 3rd century BC, it once was the largest library in the world. Sadly, this wonder of the ancient world…

Midnight in Beverly Hills

After Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris about 1920’s Paris, can you really blame me for fantasizing about riding my Quarter Horse Huck on a 1920’s Los Angeles Bridle Path? In Levis, a wide-brimmed Stetson and well-oiled cowboy boots,…

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