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Mental Health, Stigmas, and Forced Care
Read more: Mental Health, Stigmas, and Forced CareI had every intention of working on a different blog post today (Ron, I’ve not forgotten the one I talked with you about at GRL in… god I think it was Denver… so overdue) But then, driving home from dropping off the offspring at work, I heard an NPR spot. (Which I’m not presently able…
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Invisible Illness, Real Impact
Read more: Invisible Illness, Real ImpactHey all. I’m sorry I’ve been AWOL these last 6 months from the blog… you may or may not know how it goes when things hit and you start pulling inward, like when your body is cold and it starts pulling blood from fingers and toes to keep the core warm. I was away because…
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Brick by brick…
Read more: Brick by brick…Back in April, around the time most of the US was going “Funk… Did I finish my taxes??” The president signed a bill into law that was designed to help stop sex trafficking and exploitation on the internet. Depending on where you’ve been spending time online you may have not noticed, you may have been…
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Political Correctness, Freedom of speech, and the Golden Rule
Read more: Political Correctness, Freedom of speech, and the Golden RulePassed a car this weekend with the sticker: Freedom of Speech TRUMPS Political Correctness Sure seems like we’re in a political time where the nation is just plain tired of this whole “PC” thing, huh? Stop telling me what to say, stop yelling. Don’t be shrill! Stop trying to police what people think! Don’t you…
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Happy Friday!!!
Read more: Happy Friday!!!It’s FRIDAY everyone!!! I’m putting the final chapters of Meghan Maslow’s delightful “Be Fairy Game” in the can today and off to proofing… and my amazing proofer Ashley is done with “The Bones Beneath My Skin” by Tj Klune … which means that will be coming your way SOOOO SOOOOOOOON. What an amazing pair of books. Didja see…
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Colleague Brag Thursday – Romance, poignancy, history.
Read more: Colleague Brag Thursday – Romance, poignancy, history.My awesome colleagues are still pumping out FANTASTIC books for your summer reading! From Megan Tusing and author Denise Grover Swank https://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Blazing-Summer-Audiobook/B07CYCPFYL Summer Butler is killing it in the ratings – and all of America is tuning in as New York Times best-selling author Denise Grover Swank greenlights a new season of TV’s hottest sleuth… Summer…
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Loss, Pain, Swearing and Suicide. Adieu Tony.
Read more: Loss, Pain, Swearing and Suicide. Adieu Tony.My morning has been totally thrown off-kilter after hearing on CNN that perhaps my most beloved modern commentator/writer/adventurer Anthony Bourdain hung himself last night in his hotel room in France. For all the pain in my own heart, I can only stretch out my most aching condolences to his friends and family, Eric Ripert, Zach…
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New Release: “The Shadow Land” – Harbinger PI Book 5
Read more: New Release: “The Shadow Land” – Harbinger PI Book 5From acclaimed author Adam Wright comes the next book in the ongoing “Harbiner PI” series: THE SHADOW LAND https://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Shadow-Land-Audiobook/B07CZNDVFS When a child goes missing, his mother asks me to help. After all, she believes he was taken by a monster and that’s my field of expertise. The search leads to the storm drains of Dearmont;…
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The Beauty of Passive Mentorships – Wednesday Musings
Read more: The Beauty of Passive Mentorships – Wednesday MusingsHappy Wednesday all! I’m in serious churn work mode this week, wrapping up some projects before I head to Reno NV on Monday for the Romantic Times Booklovers convention. (look for more info on that to come, and if you are going to be there, look me up! I’d love to say hey) I was…