Author: Carleen
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GCLS Annual Conference: Why Pittsburgh?
The Golden Crown Literary Society’s Annual Conference is held in a different city each year – except for that 3 year period when we were in Orlando. (That whole “let’s go to the same city in consecutive years” thing won’t be repeated.) Since I’ve been a member, we’ve been to Orlando, Minneapolis, Dallas, Portland, New…
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REVIEW: My Lady Lipstick by Karin Kallmaker
Karin Kallmaker has often been called “The Queen of Lesbian Romance.” Of her twenty-eight published novels, I’ve read twenty of them. So, I have a pretty solid basis for saying the title is well deserved. (Three of those books are on my “comfort” pile – I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read them.)…
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Author Spotlight – Tammy Bird
Originally posted on GCLS Writing Academy: The Writing Academy staff wanted to do a “Ten Questions with Awesome Authors” spotlight. We sat down with WA graduate Doctor Tammy Bird to find out a little bit about her life. Turns out we adored her too much to let her go, so we slipped a couple more…
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Goldie Season – It’s worth a share
If you’ve ever felt compelled to share one of my blog posts, I urge you to please share this one. Share it far and wide! Ask your friends to share it, too. If you’ve ever gotten even the slightest bit of pleasure or knowledge from something I’ve written about on this site, please do me…
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‘Tis the Season….Now
Anyone who knows me is aware that I have a ban on Christmas music until Thanksgiving is over. I’ll watch Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies all year long, if given the opportunity. So, those channels are immediately put on my “favorites” list once their seasons start – usually just before Halloween. But, when it comes…
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Redolent with Memory
When my grandmother passed away, my mother took over responsibilities for Thanksgiving dinner. Well, she took on all of the responsibilities. She always helped Gram. They shared duties. I helped Mom then. I took the entire week of Thanksgiving off so that I could help with the shopping and cleaning and cooking. Since Mom passed away, Thanksgiving…
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In the mind of a reviewer
If you follow my blog at all, you know that I write a number of reviews. The majority are book reviews. I’ve always loved to read. I started reading on my own when I was around 3-years-old. No, really. I did. When I was 9, we lived about a block away from the public library.…
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Staying Sane, Being Kind
Here it is, the Monday before Thanksgiving, and this is the day that I decided to go to the store. I contend that I am a smart person. But I’ve never said, in earnest, that I’m brilliant. Days like today prove that. In general, it wasn’t too bad. I only needed to go to two stores: the…
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REVIEW: Love All by Rachel Spangler
Facebook informed me that today is my “Friendversary” with Rachel Spangler. We have been connected on Facebook for 10 years. Since I’ve been on Facebook for 10 years and a few weeks, this makes Rachel one of my first contacts on the social media platform. I’m not sure what made us connect. I can’t remember…
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The Story of Tomorrow
Once Upon a time, Carleen sat down to write a new blog post. She thought and thought about what she could write about. But try as she might, she just couldn’t come up with a good topic. So she decided to search the internet for things to write about. She looked at sites that had…
Frivolous Views 