Category: #amwriting

• Peace Rose for United Nations’Day – Oct. 24

     Parentage: (‘George Dickson’ x ‘Souvenir de Claudius Pernet’) x (‘Joanna Hill’ x ‘Chas. P. Kilham’) x ‘Margaret McGredy”. Hybridized by the French hybridizer Francis Meilland in the late 1930s, and introduced by Conard-Pyle Co., West Grove, PA in 1945.   The rose that is called ‘Peace’ in the United States and Great Britain is…

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  25 Oct 2016

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #PoweredByIndie, Gardening, Rose Gardening, Roses

• Excerpts from “The Iron Butterfly”

  Chapter 3, page 31-35 The orderlies placed Eugenio on the far end of the ward. Dr. Contreras went back out of the emergency room and came back with a surgeon in tow. The doctor acknowledged Regina’s presence by merely nodding his head and went right to take Eugenio’s vital signs. His pulse was terribly weak…

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  22 Oct 2016

  #amwriting, #Books, #Feminism, Historical Novels, Memoirs, NaNoWriMo, Single Parenthood

• I shall return

  Gen. Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise to the Filipino people that he shall return to liberate them from the Japanese on October 20, 1944. Excerpts from BAHALA NA (Come What May)   On October 20, 1944, MacArthur landed in Leyte, fulfilling his promise to the Filipino people by wading ashore at Leyte, but the evening before…

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  19 Oct 2016

  #amwriting, #Books, BAHALA NA (Come What May), Blogging, Historical Events, Historical Novels, Philippine History, U.S. History, War in the Philipines, WWII

• My tenth report for my 12-week challenge

  Here is my 10th report on my 12-week challenge: I’m one book behind on my book-to-read goal although I started another book to read. Right now, I am reading two books simultaneously. I have to finish reading 3 books in 2 weeks to make my reading goal for my 12-week challenge. This is a big challenge…

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  17 Oct 2016

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, Blogging, Good Writing, Writer’s Goal, Writing Challenge

• Are you prepared for Hurricane Matthew?

  We have a day left before Hurricane Matthew hit town. There is a bit of anxiety there because I have never been in a hurricane condition before. Blizzard? Plenty of time. I lived in New York for 40 years before we moved to Charleston in 2011. When I first heard about the Hurricane Matthew, I…

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  7 Oct 2016

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, #CharlestonSC, #Photography, BAHALA NA (Come What May), Blogging, Hurricane

• My 7th Report for my 12-week Challenge

  Here is my seventh report for my twelve weeks challenge:   My book to read goal is still on target. I finished Leadership by Rudolf Giuliani. I now have to read 4 more books in 5 weeks to make my reading goal for my 12-week challenge. I did 42 things on my marketing goal this…

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  26 Sep 2016

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, Blogging, Writer’s Goal, Writing Challenge

• KINDLE COUNTDOWN DEAL – 99 CENTS FOR TWO DAYS ONLY

    For two days only (48 hours), starting today, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 at 2:00 am PST to Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 at 2 am PST, you can order the kindle copy of The Wentworth Legacy for 99 cents at Amazon.com     In 1927 Spencer A. Wentworth, a scion of a wealthy old banking…

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  24 Sep 2016

  #amwriting, #Books, #GildedAge, #LongIslandGoldCoast, #LongIslandNY, #RoaringTwenties, #Romance, Blogging, Book Promotion, Historical Fiction

• Motivational Monday – Sept. 19, 2016

  A leader has to have the confidence to think that his decision will be proven correct. While trying to retain humility, you must accept that the reason you’re making these decisions and other people are not is because, for now, you’re in charge and they aren’t. You do no one any good if, like Hamlet,…

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  19 Sep 2016

  #amblogging, #amwriting, #Inspirational, #MotivationalMonday, #MotivationalTips, #PositiveThinking

• Sixth Report on My 12-week Challenge

  Here is my sixth report for my twelve weeks challenge: 1. My book to read goal is still on target. I’m half way on the book I’m reading – Leadership by Rudolf Giuliani. I still have to read 5 more books in 6 weeks to make my reading goal for my 12-week challenge. 2. I’m…

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  18 Sep 2016

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, Blogging, Positive Thinking, Writer’s Goal, Writing Challenge

• Fifth Report of My 12-Week Challenge

  Here is my fifth report for my twelve weeks challenge:   My book to read goal is still on target. I finished Angels & Demons by Dan Brown on 9/8/16. I now have to read 5 more books in 7 weeks to make my reading goal for my 12-week challenge. I made my marketing goal…

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  12 Sep 2016

  #amwriting, #Author’s Life, Blogging, Book Promotion, Goodreads, Reading Challenge, Writing Challenge