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the best rest
Originally posted on Annette Rochelle Aben:
As you close your eyes at the end of the day, may you feel blessed for all the good that has come your way. Allow those blessings to guide your journey through the night until the moon has taken flight. ©2014 Annette Aben
The After Light Saga… by Cameo Renae
Check out this bestselling, thrilling, new YA Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Romance!!! The beginning of the end. The Apocalypse. A nuclear fallout wiped out every living thing on the planet, except for a few thousand of us who took shelter in underground bunkers across the globe. Now, after thirteen long years, we were finally able to […]
How HBO’s “True Blood” Should Have Ended
Originally posted on ThinkingSkull.com:
For seven seasons, the HBO series “True Blood” – based on the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse books – deviated almost unrecognizably away from the source material. Every character not killed off managed to pair up with someone, but similar to the final Harris novel that reportedly left fans unsatisfied, HBO…
Two Collections from Serenity Valle
The Fantastical Life of Serenity: A collection of short stories about what could be… but not quite is $2.99 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DQGN0ZC Serenity is your average, every day, somewhat nerdy young woman with a good job and a fairly non-existent social life. Though pretty, she hasn’t had a date in three years. She leads an overly mundane […]
Review- Black Dog Nights Trilogy
Originally posted on Dena Rogers:
Black Dog Nights by Ren Monterrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This review pertains to the series as a whole as I breezed through this trilogy in a span of two days. They are fast, intense reads that keep you wanting more. Nicely written and evenly paced, I hated…
Robin Williams Fulfilled Terminal Cancer Patient’s Bucket List Item
Originally posted on Project Light to Life:
Just before I was about to meet a friend in New York City, who works for ABC News, she texted me saying that Robin Williams had just died. Like nearly everyone I know, I was so sad to hear this news. Not only was Williams a great actor,…
What we learned in Doctor Who episode ‘Deep Breath’
Originally posted on Mageowl's Blog:
Following up on my post from last Friday, I have a few answers to my questions. 1. Will it take place right after what we saw on the Christmas special, or will it jump into the future, as the fiftieth anniversary episode did from the last episode of last…
A Storm in Flanders, by Winston Groom
Originally posted on Blogging for a Good Book:
August 2014 marks the centennial of the worldwide convulsion we call World War I. Many of the images we collectively identify with the war came from one region of the line: Flanders. The mud and shell holes which drowned soldiers, the devastated landscapes, the ancient towns reduced…
My 4 Golden Rules of Writing
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Found on pieroblog-citta.blogspot.com I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while now. The main reason is that I keep coming across several writing rules that make little sense to me. Then, I came across a gem of a post by Constance Hale, “When Shakespeare Committed Word Crimes” on TED. Constance…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 