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Apr.07.2013
Just some late night - early morning musings about something I was discussing with a colleague a couple of weeks ago. I currently write in a very small niche network. My books are all pet related and nearly all of my articles are now pet related. It wasn't always this way. I...
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Mar.03.2013
I'm sitting here at 2:48 a.m. EST with an ice pack on my lower back. Sitting is an occupational hazard for writers and it certainly comes with its own health hazards if we're not careful but a car accident in '01 had left me with chronic back pain. I didn't think it was possible but it felt...
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Feb.17.2013
Last night I was listening to The Jordan Rich Show on WBZ News Radio 1030, as I do every weekend. The show starts at midnight Friday/Saturday and again at midnight, Saturday/Sunday. The CBS Boston Affiliate Station has a long reach but it can also, of course, be heard on the internet. Always...
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Feb.12.2013
The Red Room now has Classified Ads for writers. Hmmm. It sort of boggles the mind. Writers are people. Allegedly. We were always free to place Classified Ads in newspapers, magazines and online. But Classified Ads for Writers. What might those be like? How about:
Desperately...
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Feb.03.2013
This past week I read about a study showing that the lack of manners in the workplace today has resulted in less productivity for businesses. Ah hah! It wasn't just my experience, others were noticing it, too, and it was affecting their businesses as well.
We writers often don't think about being a...
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Jan.08.2013
We're a week into the new year and I've seldom been so happy to see an old year end. Onward!
What better way to begin any year than with a really good book. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on an Advance Reader Copy of Dick Wolf's first novel, The Intercept. If Wolf's name sounds...
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Nov.02.2012
When Best-Selling author Allia Zobel Nolan releases a new book, I pay attention. The prolific author writes on a broad range of topics, from cats and dogs to bible stories, books for adults and books for children, pre-teens and teens. Her newest book, Whatever, is written for Christian girls...
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Oct.30.2012
Yes, I survived Hurricane Sandy. It was a nerve-wracking experience. I had stocked up on pet food, food for myself, bought the requisite new flashlight and batteries as I do for every storm that comes through New England. There was nothing outside to be picked up by the wind. There was nothing to...
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Oct.19.2012
I was invited to the launch party of Harry Steinman's first book, Little Deadly Things. Harry and I met on Facebook; our common interest: positive dog training. The book is somewhere between SciFi and a Thriller, not the dog fiction I had anticipated. And it's self-published, which while...
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Mar.28.2012
Okay, so I haven't blogged for awhile and suddenly I'm blogging a book title? Uh, yes. While I was doing a million different things I discovered the most wonderful book. I'm one of those non-fiction authors who adores fiction and wishes she had the nerve to try it. Meanwhile, I admire other...
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Oct.27.2011
I've been watching the news, reading wall posts on Facebook and now I'm feeling cranky. Why? It's all the Wall Street stuff. I came of age during the Vietnam protests. I know about protesting something that's unfair and certainly that was a war we shouldn't have been in but, ironically, after the U...
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Oct.18.2011
I remember when I was doing celebrity profiles I had a number of really interesting encounters. Mostly they all swim together but some people stand out for something they said or did. I was particularly pleased to be invited to interview Gig Young who was on a press tour, promoting his new...
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Oct.14.2011
It's time for a new cell phone. My two-year contract is up and my phone has been a disaster for months. It won't work unless it's plugged in. Really. Kinds or negates the entire idea of a cell phone, doesn't it? I tried contacting RIM, the people who make Blackberry. A friend helped me...
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Sep.23.2011
It was like a death in the family. The news came out of a Canadian publishing business site: "Dogs in Canada" was no longer financially viable and so, Apex Publications had decided to fold the magazine. A multi-award winning publication with an editorial staff that treated its writers with respect...
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Sep.23.2011
It was like a death in the family. The news came out of a Canadian publishing business site: "Dogs in Canada" was no longer financially viable and so, Apex Publications had decided to fold the magazine. A multi-award winning publication with an editorial staff that treated its writers with respect...
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About Darlene
I was born at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts where Jack Lemmon made his appearance in the elevator many years before. My mother managed to make it all the way to the delivery room. It seems as if I’ve always written although my first career...
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The Marcia Polimer Abrams Fund for Canine Behavior Studies at the AKC Canine Health Foundation
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