This one’s for DarlingHusband.

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There’s a song from my childhood that I absolutely adore. And what’s more, my dad loves it too. I guess you could say it’s something we share. He used to play it on the record player. And when I was big enough, I would do the same.
It begins: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on [...]

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
~Mark Victor Hansen

I came across an article* on Esquire.com the other day that I read twice. Once to myself and once to DarlingHusband. It’s one of those articles that has a good bit of shock value, enough to well, shock you, and leaves you thinking, pondering, and even questioning your own morals.
It’s called I Think You’re Fat.
The [...]

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina
Still reading this one but the first chapter blew me away. The things I learned…really excited to read the rest. Amazing that a book about the brain would make me want to exercise more. Want to protect my brain [...]

There’s a line from Jerry MacGuire that I’ve been thinking about lately. Jerry’s girlfriend says “we always said we’d be brutally honest with each other…”
Have you ever had to be brutally honest with yourself? Maybe you’re just not going to get that promotion and it’s time to look for a new job. Or, you simply [...]

Amazingly enough (no gasping) we’ve just gotten the last of our Christmas decorations down. DarlingHusband and I usually aren’t in too much of a rush to take down the tree. It’s a big process, you see. Over ten feet of evergreen glory waiting to be de-limbed and stuffed into four giant storage boxed. That doesn’t [...]

We’ve all had those days right? Where it seems no one is listening? Where no one reads the email we painstakingly wrote…where they don’t follow the instructions…where nothing seems to matter and everything just snow balls.
I’m surely not the only one who has ever felt like I’m shouting into an empty room.
Who will hear me [...]

The next time you’re having trouble with your book try switching POVs. In fact, write a scene from a secondary character’s point of view. You might not use the scene in your finished draft, but I’ll bet you’ll be surprised at what you learn from writing that scene. You see, every character in your story [...]

Close to You by Christina Dodd
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A fabulous read that will keep you guessing until the end with a strong heroine and a sexy hero. I couldn’t put it down until I’d finished every word. My first Christina Dodd, but surely not my last.
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