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Writing is therapeutic. Writing is hard. Writing is easy. Writing is gut-wrenching and soul-troubling and writing makes me anti-social. There are days I prefer the company of my characters and listening to them talk rather than sitting at a table wit...

Are you ready for an Amazing August?Hiya, I don't have much to report. I took the Summer off to hang out with my grandson and shift down a bit. I took him to the Aquatics center for swimming lessons which turned out to be more than hilarious.At the e...

Free Books this Friday!Click this link ---> www.romancebookworms.com Go to the "Free Books for One Day"Select your reading device.If you like or prefer a certain genre, go to the categories section. There is one book per author. This is a ch...

Olivia's June NewsletterCouponing Your Way to a Great VacationWhile shopping for food and other household products, how often do you use coupons? Grocery store coupons are used by a large number of shoppers. Unfortunately, when it comes to...

Olivia's April NewsletterSouthern Cooking Brings Soul to Food I was born and raised in the heart of the Alabama. From as far back as I can remember I remember long summer afternoons spent drinking iced tea and shelling peas and butterbeans on my Aunt...

Olivia's March NewsletterInnovate Yourself and Change Your LifeIt's a talent that everyone has, yet they think they don't. The power of innovation. If you've ever marveled at somebody's creative prowess, guess what, you can create and innovate too. I...

Olivia's February NewsletterDealing with Self Doubt.The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny. ~Brenda Ueland The doubt demon loves artists. This sensiti...

Olivia's December Newsletter Making the Christmas Holiday Special by Building TraditionsOne of the best things you can do for the Christmas holiday is to build your own family traditions into the day. Family traditions are something that ca...

Olivia's November NewsletterWelcome to November it is a month of thankfulness. Getting out of our busy mode and into our heart occasionally, I'm certain that many of us would find at least one moment during our day where we could pause, reflect...