About the book, The Takeaway Men Publisher: SparkPress Pub Date: August 4th, 2020 Pages: 265 pages Categories: Historical / Jewish Literature / Sibling Fiction / Holocaust With the cloud of the Holocaust still looming over them, twin sisters Bronka and Johanna Lubinski and their parents arrive in the US from a Displaced Persons Camp. […]
About the book Sweet Pastries and Sourdough at the Little Duck Pond Cafe Ellie’s brand new enterprise, the True Loaf Bakery, is finally open and classes are due to start. But when Katja’s ski-ing holiday ends in disaster, a new teacher must be found very quickly. Anita is up for the challenge, but – […]
About the book Dire’s Club Publisher: Abalos Publishing Publication Date: March 23, 2021 Pages: 326 Pages Categories: Action & Adventure / Contemporary / Women’s Fiction Scroll for Giveaway! Dying isn’t just hard on the ones left behind, the regret of unfinished lives weighs heavily on the terminally ill. That’s where Dire’s Club steps in, […]
About the book, Stiff Lizard Series: A Spy Shop Mystery Publisher: Written Pursuits Press Pages: 364 pages Pub Date: March 13th, 2021 Categories: Women Sleuths / Cozy Mystery / Private Investigator / Humor Rodent Roger, a popular Galveston Island exterminator, goes missing the day after he tells private investigator and spy shop owner Xena […]
About the book, A Wall of Bright Dead Feathers Publisher: Winedale Publishing Pages: 216 Pub Date: March 1st, 2021 Categories: Short Stories / Literary Fiction Scroll for Giveaway! Each of the flawed, fully human characters we meet in these twelve stories faces a moment of life-altering transformation. Most are newcomers to the scenic, rolling countryside […]
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“Dear Rob: Do you have any tips on dealing with fear that paralyzes you? Like say I need to tell a certain someone how I really feel. My heart keeps telling me to do it. My mind keeps telling me to do it. But my fear makes me put it off again and again. And I don’t have much time before the window of opportunity closes. Please help! I don’t want to miss out! – Cowardly Cancerian.”
Dear Soon-To-Be-Courageous Cancerian: In accordance with cosmic rhythms, which are conspiring to assist you in summoning hidden reserves of chutzpah, I hereby assign you to actually do the thing you fear at one of these times: Friday, August 10 between 7 and 9 pm; Saturday, August 11 between noon and 2; Sunday, August 12 between 3:30 and 6 pm; or Monday, August 13 between 6 and 8 pm.