Author: Carleen
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REVIEW: “96 Hours” by Georgia Beers
“This is our JFK moment, you know? It’s like how everybody who was around in the ’60s can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard that Kennedy was shot. This is our version of that.” pg. 59 This quote from the award-winning 96 Hours (Bywater Books) by Georgia Beers really,…
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REVIEW: “Fragmentary Blue” by Erica Abbott
I had the pleasure of meeting Erica Abbott during the 8th Annual Golden Crown Literary Society Conference in Minneapolis. She is a delightfully witty woman – a wicked sense of humor. Oh, yes. By the end of the conference, I’d not only met a new author, laughed my fool butt off, and generally had a…
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GCLS Con, Minneapolis – June 16, 2012
The final full day of the conference – what a whirlwind of a day! We started out the day with our Keynote Speaker, Lambda Award winning author Jewelle Gomez. Gomez added to the tributes to Barbara Grier by sharing some of her memories with the ground-breaking publisher. She also called upon all of use to…
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GCLS Con, Minneapolis – June 15, 2012
Day three began with me waking up a bit later than I had wanted to…these beds really are just way too comfortable. Every time I sit down on one, I have to lay down. And once I lay down, that’s it – I’m napping! I wonder if I can fit one in my suitcase and…
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GCLS Con, Minneapolis – June 14, 2012
After a really good night’s sleep on a bed that is way too comfortable, I was up and at ’em at around 7:30am. Of course, I would have slept longer if my mother hadn’t called me at 7:20am to ask why I hadn’t called her the night before. 🙂 But, that’s okay…I’m missing Mom on…
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GCLS Con, Minneapolis – June 13, 2012
After months and months of counting down the days, it’s finally time for the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 8th Annual Conference! The conference is being held in Minneapolis this year, which is much closer to my home than Orlando. Thus, the drive didn’t take nearly as long this year. Of course, it also means that…
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Review: “Snow White and the Huntsman” – Fairest of them all? Eh!
So my good friend, Watty, is back in town so that she can attend the GCLS Conference in Minneapolis. I just picked her up from the airport today. (And what an experience it was trying to get to the international terminal at O’Hare!) After we got back to the house and she distributed the goodies…
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Friday’s Truths: Plotting and Preparing and Planning….Well Poop!
For a couple of months now, my team at work has been furiously screening and interviewing candidates. My client had a big hiring initiative – needing to fill approximately 150 positions for a new contract they were anticipating. Of course, there was a catch. The new business was anticipated – it wasn’t locked in. They hadn’t gotten…
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Friday’s Truths: Do these pants make my age look big?
Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It’s more often a succession of jerks. – – – – Jean Rhys I knew it would happen someday. Somewhere along the line, I got old. Okay, yes, I know. I’m not really that old. I’m 44 – in the grand scheme of things, that’s still considered young. What is it…
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DWTS: The Final Results Show! The Season 14 Champion is….
Well, here we are, Dance Fans! It’s the night we’ve all been waiting for. It is the last night of Dancing With the Stars, Season 14. Ten weeks of hard work has come down to this night. Here we go…. Oh! Professional dancers on the stage! Are they going to reveal their celebrities too? Here…
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