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Money Can’t Buy you happiness… Or maybe it can, and you are just shopping in the wrong places? By Adele Parks

What would you do if you won just over $23 million? How would you change? And what would you be willing to lose? We have all dreamed about winning the lottery and how we would [...]
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Book Review: Something to Die For (Ryan Drake, Book 9), by Will Jordan

In Something to Die For, Will Jordan demonstrates two important yet sadly, rare attributes. First, he illustrates that he has deep love and enthusiasm for the genre in which he writes. Second, he understands what works [...]
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Five Novels On Motherhood and Maternal Fear

Of all human relationships, there is none more mysterious, intense and scrutinized than the one between mother and child. We all know that motherhood brings profound joy and extreme exhaustion. What is discussed far less [...]
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Ten Contemporary “Thriller” Novels That Highlight the Natural World

Ten Contemporary “Thriller” Novels That Highlight the Natural World You don’t have to be a nature lover to appreciate a well-written novel scene that incorporates the natural world. Especially during a time of twin global [...]
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Creative Writing Courses

Creative Writing Courses One of the questions I am sometimes asked is if I feel it’s advisable to take creative writing lessons? For me, the answer is both yes and no as every writer will [...]

Money Can’t Buy you happiness… Or maybe it can, and you are just shopping in the wrong places? By Adele Parks

October 20, 2021 0

What would you do if you won just over $23 million? How would you change? And what would you be willing to lose? We have all dreamed about winning the lottery and how we would […]

Five Novels On Motherhood and Maternal Fear

September 28, 2020 0

Of all human relationships, there is none more mysterious, intense and scrutinized than the one between mother and child. We all know that motherhood brings profound joy and extreme exhaustion. What is discussed far less […]

Ten Contemporary “Thriller” Novels That Highlight the Natural World

September 28, 2020 0

Ten Contemporary “Thriller” Novels That Highlight the Natural World You don’t have to be a nature lover to appreciate a well-written novel scene that incorporates the natural world. Especially during a time of twin global […]

The Beginning or the End — Q&A with Greg Mitchell

June 29, 2020 0

THE BEGINNING OR THE END A Discussion with Author Greg Mitchell by Michael Barson Barson 1) Given the tragic aftermath of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in August of 1945— actions that soon [...]
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH MICHAEL BRANDMAN, THE AUTHOR OF STEALTH: A BUDDY STEEL SHORT STORY {E-BOOK}

May 21, 2020 0

With Michael Barson 1) You’ve written three Buddy Steel novels to go along with the three best-selling Jesse Stone novels you wrote several years ago following the death of your good friend Robert B. Parker… [...]
Words, Words, Words—The Man Behind the Curtain

March 10, 2020 0

Words, Words, Words—The Man Behind the Curtain Andrea Camilleri’s hardboiled detective mysteries featuring Inspector Montalbano have been one of my favorites since reading the first, “The Shape of Water.” Along with many other fans, I eagerly [...]

Book Review: Something to Die For (Ryan Drake, Book 9), by Will Jordan

October 19, 2021 0

In Something to Die For, Will Jordan demonstrates two important yet sadly, rare attributes. First, he illustrates that he has deep love and enthusiasm for the genre in which he writes. Second, he understands what works [...]
DVD Review: Monk: The Complete Series (2020 Rerelease)

June 4, 2020 0

DVD Review: Monk: The Complete Series (2020 Rerelease) Critics and pundits love to bandy the word “relevant” around certain creative works, arguing that because of its topic, themes, or political agenda, a certain book or movie [...]
DVD Review: Richard Jewell & Book Review: The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle

April 9, 2020 0

DVD Review: Richard Jewell & Book Review: The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle By Chris Chan When Richard Jewell dreamed of becoming a hero, he [...]