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The Write Prompts Gets Purple

Today I received an email announcing that The Write Prompts lens received a purple star. Of all the 200+ lenses this is probably one that I am most proud of. The Write Prompts is my first lens, originally developed by another writer who turned it over to me. From the day it became mine over [...]

Curvy Chics Gets Purple Star

Ever since the Purple Star was instituted at Squidoo I’ve been hoping that my Curvy Chics lens would get picked. Today the wish came true! The Curvy Chics lens is kind of an index for other lenses. It gives brief intros on some of my favorite curvy chics and then leads readers to larger lenses on [...]

Bookmarker Flag Pen Bookmark Review

While I’m reading I am always using pens and post-it notes. If I have to take my book somewhere I always end up losing the post-its and pen in my purse (or end up forgeting to take them with me in the first place). So when Everyday Innovations asked me to review their Bookmarker Flag [...]

Retiring from Literary Fiction

After just over three years I’m retiring from the Literary Fiction site at BellaOnline. I will continue to maintain my contacts and review books through my official website, SquidLit, and Amazon. It has been an interesting experience and I have learned many things from it. I do not regret my time working on this site.

The Budget Fashionista

I have followed Kathryn Finney’s blog, The Budget Fashionista for a few years. I even recommend her book on my blog for the last year. At the end of December I applied to be a contributing fashion poster on her updated website. Much to my own surprised they were “very interested” and offered me a [...]

Carolina De Robertis – Author Interview

It isn't surprising that a creative soul would find solace and pleasure in the written word. Carolina grew up in three countries but she has always known she wanted to be a writer. She is celebrating the success of her first book (The Invisible Mountain) with her partner and nine month old son

Jacquelyn Mitchard – Author Interview

She lives in Madison, Wisconsin but travels to the sandy shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts where she teaches at her writers' residence (One Writer's Place). This author and journalist has been writing for thirty years along with raising a family of seven children (age four to twenty-three).

Elizabeth Nunez – Author Interview

This early morning writer and daytime University Professor from New York has been writing for more than thirty years. The single mother of one has published seven novels; her latest Anna-in-Between.

Sarah Dunant – Author Interview

Sarah Dunant wouldn't dream of switching careers; unless she suddenly woke up with a voice -- singing that is. Her latest release, Sacred Hearts is about a young woman in Renaissance Italy who is forced into a convent against her will and is determined to get out.

Hope Edelman – Author Interview

Her outlet for things wordy is divided between the act of writing and teaching others to write -- a dual compliment. Hope Edelman lives in Topanga Canyon, California with her husband and two pre-teen daughters. You may know her best from the international bestseller Motherless Daughters.