Looking back I was not sure if I could do it. I was never big on writing and really was not sure where and how to start. I asked my sister, who loves to write, if she could write it for me. I told her my thoughts and she asked me to write them down…
When I was young, I wanted a golden retriever who played fetch in the back yard. I wanted the dog to be a boy. I wanted to name him Simon. I wanted Simon to sit, shake and speak on command. Instead of a golden retriever, we had a silver miniature schnauzer named Tinsel. Tinsel barked…
The telephone rings. It is my client “Carol” calling promptly at the appointed hour. I answer on the second ring and we embark on our journey of the clairvoyant psychic reading. This has been a part of what I do for so long it is even hard to remember when it all really started. When…
The story behind Mistress of the Revolution began with a conversation with my father, a retired history professor, a few months before his death. We were talking about Vic, the little mountain town in southern France where, like my heroine Gabrielle, I spent part of my childhood. He asked me if I remembered Coffinhal Street…
Richard Dudum, author of What Your Mother Never Told You: A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls, is touring with Pump Up Your Book Promotion this month. When asked how he came up with the idea, this is what he shared with us. What Your Mother Never Told You: A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls, has…
Anita Revel, author of Outing the Goddess Within, is touring with Pump Up Your Books Promotion this month. When asked how she came up with the idea for her book, here’s what she told us. It was Christmas and I was feeling slightly homesick the first time I wrote a lengthy letter home to all…
It took me about four years to write my mystery novel, Searchable Whereabouts. This book is actually my fourth book I wrote, if you count a poetry anthology. However, it is the first to be published. I have long loved mysteries. I first remember watching Kojak – that’s probably taking me way back. When writing…
I have always been fascinated by the concept of past lives. There are just too many inexplicable things in the universe that can’t be covered by “miracles” or science. A couple of years ago, on a lark, I had my past lives read. I was at the boardwalk and it sounded like something fun to…
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