Tag: reading
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Things my mother taught me
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. As you might know, my mother’s no longer with us. She died in 2003. That was 11 years ago? Wow. It doesn’t seem possible that she’s been gone so long. Maybe that’s because I always carry her with me, courtesy of all the lessons she taught […]
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August is National Read-A-Romance Month
I was a reader of romances long before I started writing them. I remember plowing through the stacks of Harlequin and Silhouette books Mom would bring home from the library, secured with a rubber band. (Apparently, the library thought bundles were more appealing.) My couch potato self spent many a lazy Saturday devouring two or […]
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Making a dent in the ol’ TBR pile?
A new theory has been simmering in my brain for the last few weeks. Want to hear it? Of course you do. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be reading my blog, right? Authors — and readers — have TBR piles. More likely than not, they’re towering TBR piles that threaten to topple over because we’re […]
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How many of these banned classics have you read?
With Sept. 30-Oct. 6 being Banned Books Week, I want to go on the record: People — of all ages — should be able to read what they want. Yes, even those poorly written “Fifty Shades” books, if that’s what keeps them turning the pages. It’s not so important what they read, just as long […]