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Crocheting and Creativity

Most authors don’t sit hunched over a keyboard or a yellow pad and fountain pen all day long.  We have lives, families, pets and we watch the occasional television program and/or movie.  In addition, we also have hobbies, that little…

Wild West Heroes – We Need More Diverse Books

Please note – the #weneedmorediversebooks is not a condemnation of the books that are out now – it’s simply an observation that we need more of a good thing. The #weneedmorediversebooks campaign caught my eye this past week.  As a…

Are Romance Novels Literary Peppers?

I watch a lot of Food Network, courtesy of my  wonderful husband,  and I’ve learned that there were heat ratings for peppers.  It’s called the Scoville scale, named after Wilbur Scoville, who worked for the Park-Davis Company.  It is what…

'Scuse me while I Kiss this Guy

Misheard/Misunderstood Song Lyrics   I grew up in a pretty conservative family.  My parents didn’t listen to disco and R & B, but rather, the radio was tuned to either talk, easy listening or classical.  It was just the way…