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Good Books, Good Buys: From My Keeper Shelf

by Dee Davis

Like most of my sisters, I’m on deadline at the moment, which means that I’m not doing anything much but plotting, writing, thinking about plotting and writing, and angsting about how slowly said process is progressing.   So I thought since I’m not reading at the moment (I don’t read while I write), I’d go to [...]

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And the Emmy Goes to…

by Dee Davis

So this year like every year, I watched the Emmys.  And like every year, there were shows (and actors who bring them to life) that won that I’ve never seen (we gave up pay television ages ago).  Shows I sampled and then abandoned (meaning I have no idea why they won).  Shows that won that [...]

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Dog Days of Summer

by Dee Davis

Do you remember summer as a kid?   Playing outside until the sun goes down with only brief stops at home for food at lunch and dinner?  The sound of the ice cream truck coming down the street?   In my house we had a chest of drawers by the front door (a credenza, I learned as [...]

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Good Buy, Good Book Tuesday: Eat, Pray, Love

by Dee Davis

Okay, so I didn’t actually read the book.  My daughter did and loved it.  So we went to see the movie this weekend.  And it was wonderful!  But now I want to eat my way through Italy (which is not a new idea to me) and go to Bali (which is totally new to me.)  [...]

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The Writing Life: Friends

by Sherri Browning Erwin

On the importance of networking and going to conferences. In 1999, I attended my first RWA conference and met lots of authors. It was incredible. Finally, after years of sitting alone at a computer (or typewriter, yes I am that old), slugging through manuscripts that were sure to be met with open arms by New [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: Conference Report

by Sherri Browning Erwin

You’re reading this while I am at my happy place, in Walt Disney World, waiting for the start of the RWA Conference. Today, I’m probably in the Magic Kingdom (or possibly the Disney Hollywood Studios park) with Dee Davis, Julie Kenner, Kathleen O’Reilly, and anyone else who tagged along with us. We’ll be visiting my [...]

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Tuesday Good Books, Good Buys: Lost and Found

by Dee Davis

As you read this, I’m in Orlando at RWA  (and for an update on the conference check out  my blog on RWA in WDW for Barnes and Noble.   But this is Good Books, Good Buys.  So I’m going to share my sad story with a really happy ending.  First the bad news.  My almost new [...]

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Thursday Writer’s Corner: Technology’s the Thing

by Dee Davis

When I was young we listened to records from Danny Kaye and Disney.  And then when I was eight I got a transistor radio and went to sleep every night listening with Diana Ross, Sonny and Cher or Steppenwolf blaring in my ear.  In my teenage years, I had a Realistic tape recorder that I [...]

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Good Buys: Footwear

by Sherri Browning Erwin

As some of you may know, the Whine Sisters (minus too cool for school Julia London) are headed to Walt Disney World next week to be very serious and catch up on business at the annual Romance Writers of America Conference. One thing that’s very important when you’re at conference is to protect your feet [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: Talking about Jezebel

by Dee Davis

So I’ve been trying to think of something to whine about.  And I’m really good at it usually, but at the moment, I’ve got nothing.   I mean, little things, but nothing column worthy.  However, I did read an article in the NYT this morning talking about Jezebel.com, a website that is apparently the postfeminist answer [...]

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Good Bye to Favorite things

by Dee Davis

“Blew out my flip-flop, stepped on a pop top…”   Well, it wasn’t exactly a flip-flop.  It was a sandal.  And it was my favorite.  The most comfortable pair of sandals I’ve ever owned.  The ones you put on, not to look cool, but to feel like your feet can tackle anything—anything.   I’ve had them for [...]

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Good Book Good Buy Tuesday

by Julia London

I have a good buy that I hope you will think is a good book today!  The beauty of being a member of a blog like this is that I get to take over and tell you about my latest book, officially available today.  ONE SEASON OF SUNSHINE was a book that was hard as [...]

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Pop Culture: The Play’s the Thing

by Dee Davis

Okay so I read an article that, thanks to the success of shows like Glee, the American musical has been reborn.  First off, I had no idea that it had died.  Having a stack of Playbills on my bookshelf, most of which are from musicals we’ve seen over the past seven years, I’d have said [...]

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Question of the Week: It’s all in the perspective

by Dee Davis

So recently I was doing an interview and one of the questions was “if you were locked in a room for a week what would you want with you?”   I said a bathroom – I’ve always erred on the practical side.  (Okay, I said other pithy things too, but seriously you’d need a bathroom).  Anyway, [...]

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Fashion Friday: Summer in the City

by Dee Davis

The heat is on and barely there is the way to go.  This past weekend while eating French food (yes, the kitchen is still closed at the new apartment) we were treated to an up close and personal view of a somewhat inebriated woman as she fondled and canoodled with her scruffy looking significant other. [...]

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A College Counselor is a Beautiful Thing.

by Dee Davis

As you guys probably know, budget cuts in NYC for school funding have been really bad over the past couple of years and this year is predicted to be worse.  Anyway, in an effort to obtain some grant money so that they can keep their college office, my daughter’s school has entered a grant contest [...]

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Writer’s Corner: Deadline Conundrum

by Dee Davis

So it’s writing Thursday and I’m still knee deep in boxes.  But at this point I can at least clearly see the other side.   Which means I get to sit down at my newly reconfigured desk in my new apartment and get to work.  Interruptions are part of the game as a writer.  Life has [...]

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Whiny Wednesday: There’s No Place Like Home

by Dee Davis

By my count, I’ve moved  nineteen times in my life—not counting the back and forth to college.  NINETEEN TIMES.   That’s a lot of shuffling around.  When I was just a gleam in my parents’ eyes, my dad came home and told my mother he’d gotten a commission in the army.  She said not just ‘no’, [...]

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“Baring” in Mind

by Dee Davis

Right, so I realize this is Good Buys Tuesday.  But unless you’re interested in Elfa shelving, rolling trash cans, shelf paper, tiny microwaves or a/c units—I’ve got nothing.  So instead I’m going to rant about fashion.   Tis the season for baring it all.  But do we really have to see your bra straps?    I have [...]

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Popular Culture Monday: The End

by Dee Davis

So two of my favorite television shows are ending this month.  Forever.  And couple more are on the chopping block.   One of the things I’ve always hated about non-episodic television shows is that if they’re cancelled mid-run viewers are left with all kinds of unfinished business.  Like reaching the middle of a novel and finding [...]

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It’s Friday: Fashion for Fourth Graders

by Dee Davis

Okay, so maybe I’m not Carrie Bradshaw.  Conservative dresser is my middle name.  But I like to keep up with the trends.  Even when they’re for grade-schoolers.   And Silly-Bandz is being touted as the next big craze.  Like Beanie Babies only cheaper.   Molded silicon bands shaped like everything from a cowboy hat to a seahorse, [...]

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