From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Not Enough Time for Gossip? Egads!

by Julia London

I am so pressed for time right now.  I have a deadline, which, if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you have heard me whine about about enough already.  I got a puppy, who is as cute as a button but requires constant supervision.  And I am training for a 10k, which means I [...]

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Good Buys, Good Books: Goodbyes

by Dee Davis

My babies are leaving home.   The one, next year –to go to college.  And the other, right this minute, to move from the realm of my imagination to the written page and hopefully, the reader.   It might seem silly to compare one to the other.  I mean my child is flesh and blood and the [...]

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Monday: Astrology and Dogs

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(Classic Kathleen Givens, from 6/01/2008) At last, a way for you to pick the perfect dog! The National Pet Month organization in the UK has done some investigation about that nation’s pet buying trends. According to their study, some astrological signs consistently choose some breeds. The most popular dog in the UK is the Labrador. [...]

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Do Over! What Year?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

Question of the Day! Sad to say, I have a few relatives battling brain issues. One will most likely have a full recovery. One will not. My grandmother, the one who won’t recover, has dementia. It can be emotionally painful for her and hard to watch for her loved ones. It can also be pleasant [...]

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Gardening Fashion

by Kathleen O'Reilly

So, this is The Spring Week in my hometown, the week when the forsythia starts to bloom, when the daffodils peek up from the cold winter ground, when the Bradford pears are decked out in fashionable early spring white.  And yes, I will confess that I have already developed my first case of poison ivy, [...]

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WRITERS’ CORNER THURSDAY: A WAY WITH WORDS

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

I’d be willing to put money down that everyone who visits this blog is an avid reader.  I know I am.  And even though there are a limitless number of books out there that I haven’t yet read, there are a few that so enchant me, I read them again and again.   One of them [...]

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Whiny wednesdays: taxes, goals and missing the mark

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

So, I did it again. I had the best of intentions to do my tax prep early. Starting with Jan 1, actually, I was going to kick a little IRS butt and make sure all my expenses were databased, my receipts tucked away, and each month’s tax-relevant info all nice and sorted. Do that, I [...]

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Good Book Tuesday

by Julia London

Usually, when I am in the throes of a deadline, which I seem to constantly be, I don’t read a lot of fiction. It’s hard to pick up another book after working on my book for hours on end. But for some reason, the book I am trying to finish now (The Year of Living [...]

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Pop Culture Monday: As Time Goes By

by Dee Davis

Pop Culture Monday:  As Time Goes By Fess Parker died last week.  Some of you may not even remember him.  But in the 1960’s his Daniel Boone was must see TV for me.  My brother and I couldn’t wait to see what was up with Daniel and Rebecca and his friend Mingo, (played by Ed [...]

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Real Men Don’t?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(Classic Kathleen Givens: Special Edition of Real Mean Don’t, originally published 8/11/08) You knew we had to do it, comment on the John Edwards “I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman” moment. Because he did. And lied about it to his own staff, who now feel betrayed and bitter. And he lied – self-righteously, [...]

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Everything Old is New Again

by Sherri Browning Erwin

What a feeling! Suddenly my daughter is giving the Flashdance treatment to all her t-shirts. She hates constrictive crew necks, but isn’t a fan of v-necks. Plus, she went to a Mika concert in one of her cut t-shirts and the group of guys they started dancing with called her shirt “fabulous”. Now when I [...]

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Writer’s Corner: The Plot’s The Thing

by Kathleen O'Reilly

So, for every story, there’s a yin and a yang, a plot and a character, and if you’re like me, they roll around like two matching socks in a dryer.  At some point in the process, you know that only one will survive, and you will spend minutes, hours, sometimes months, searching for the missing [...]

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Julia: Cake Time!

by Sherri Browning Erwin

I love you, man! (how perfect is the cake?!) LOL! I’m a little early. Julia’s birthday is March 18. I just wanted to be the first to wish her well. (Can’t you tell?)

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WHINY WEDNESDAY—WHY CAN’T IT JUST WORK??

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

I am not mechanically inclined, nor tech-savvy, nor particularly handy in the realm of household repairs.  I mean, sure, I can change a light bulb, tighten a screw, get out a red wine stain, sew a hem or replace a button–basic stuff–but anything involving appliances, plumbing or electrical?  Sorry–I’m not your girl.  I expect things [...]

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Good Buys: Tech toys

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

So it’s 12:41, I’ve just finished watching Zombieland (after Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs–it’s spring break after all), and I head to my office to write this blog But there’s no Internet. We had a power outage earlier and it played wonky with the cable modem. Nada. Zip. Completely shut off from humankind…. Big [...]

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Who Should Stay, Who Should Go?

by Julia London

If you are watching American Idol this season, were you as shocked as me when Lilly Scott got the boot? The local paper theorized that perhaps it was because younger contestants have a fan base that are much more adept at texting in their vote than an older fan base. Lilly Scott herself said that [...]

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Question of the Week: What is the first romance novel you ever read?

by Dee Davis

My first romance novel was Sweet Savage Love by Rosemary Rogers.  And I confess, I had to look it up to remember what it was actually about.  But I did love it.   Which led me to wonder what the oldest romance on my keeper shelf was.  And so after climbing up on the bed (don’t ask) [...]

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Fashion Friday: Classic Kath- PETA Picks

by Sherri Browning Erwin

(from Kathleen Givens, as posted on 2/21/08) PETA has just released their scathing worst-dressed list and Aretha Franklin is at the top of the list, named by PETA as “The Biggest Loser”. The folks at PETA were brutal in their comments, citing her crime of wearing “yet another vulgar fur” to the Grammy Awards: “You [...]

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Writer’s Corner: The Query Letter

by Sherri Browning Erwin

One of the questions writers get asked quite a bit (besides if we want to write your story, because you have a great idea for a book that you don’t think you’ll ever write) is “How do I get my book in front of an agent or editor?” We have all been there. There’s that [...]

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Whiney Wed: A Peccadillo of Horrors

by Kathleen O'Reilly

So, I have been searching for the past two days for a topic that is appropriately wine-worthy, but nothing felt ARGH enough.   I could whine about New York State politics, but honestly, Saturday Night Live does it so much better than I ever could.  I could whine about the absence of real Tex-Mex in New [...]

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GOOD BUY TUESDAY–GOTTA GET A KEURIG!

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

If you are a coffee or tea drinker, have I got a machine for you.  It’s called a Keurig, and it’s a single cup coffee maker and I LOVE this thing.  No more wasted coffee, no more waiting for coffee to brew or tea to steep.  Just pop in a K-pak, press a button, and [...]

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