From Canada

I love receiving photos of my books. Thank you, Holly!

 

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Charlie Chaplin

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
Charlie Chaplin

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Dearest Devised Darling

 

Coming Soon...

Three new announcements are coming your way in November! 

Steve Maraboli

“Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or the "To-Do" list of tomorrow! It’s inspiring to see all the wonderfully amazing things that can happen in a day in which you participate.”
Steve Maraboli

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Martin Luther King Jr.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King Jr.

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Napoleon Bonaparte

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
Napoleon Bonaparte

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Foliage

Merriam-Webster's word of the day is 

foliage

pronounced FOH-lee-ij

a noun 

referring to the leaves of a plant or of many plants.

1: a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation

2: the aggregate of leaves of one or more plants

3: a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches

Foliage traces back to Middle French foille ("leaf"), which is also the source of the English word foil (as in "aluminum foil"). When adopted by Middle English speakers, foil originally meant "leaf." The origin of the word has made the pronunciation of foliage a point of contention among English speakers. Most commonly accepted is the trisyllabic \FOH-lee-ij\. However, there’s no denying that the pronunciations \FOH-lij\ and/or \FOY-lij\ have also staked their claim. The first of these disputed pronunciations is consistent with the pronunciation of the -iage ending (like in marriage). The second is often more fiercely denounced, in part because of its association with the nonstandard spelling foilage because of the origin of the word (foil).

(taken from Merriam-Webster)

To see it in context or listen to the pronunciation, check the link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day (October 14, 2023).

An Ongoing Project

In February 2022, I created a children's book about Iran titled The Cat on the Map... and published it for a day but then unpublished it because
* in the Kindle format, on some devices, the illustrations appeared as black and white
* in the printed version, the cover of the paperback seemed flimsy
* producing a hardcover was impossible due to the limited number of pages

Then I got busy with other projects:
* as the weather got better, I began working on the sunroom
* I completed and published Reflections: A Journey of Transformation
* I went to Indiana to teach four summer classes at IUPUI
* when I returned from Indiana, I finished the sunroom
* I got busy following the #WomanLifeFreedom revolution in Iran

The revolution gave me a new perspective, and, with that, I had other ideas for the book, so I made some changes to the book and eventually started over. With the ongoing revolution, which began on September 16, 2022, the book project is also still a work in progress. 

Laurie Halse Anderson

“Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.”
Laurie Halse Anderson

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Dearest Devised Darling

The anthology everyone was waiting for is finally here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK3ZX97P

Rumi

“My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
Rumi 

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Contributors to DTYOM Anthology (13)

One of the contributors to the anthology Dear Twelve-Year-Old Me is Wanda L. Worley.

Wanda L. Worley has focused her career on teaching written communication and life story writing. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana University-Bloomington and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She retired from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis as associate dean of academic affairs and undergraduate education in the School of Engineering and Technology and associate professor of technical communication. Since retiring from the university, she’s been actively publishing under her company Word Wise Publishing. 

Contributors to DTYOM Anthology (12)

One of the contributors to the anthology Dear Twelve-Year-Old Me is Claire Sheehy.

Claire Sheehy has created the detective Lizzie Marsh and has a number of Lizzie Marsh short stories in anthologies. Claire lives in the North West of England and her detective stories are based in and around Lancashire. Lizzie Marsh is a well-loved member of the fictional world Claire has built and Claire felt this would be a great opportunity to offer insight into Lizzie's back story. Other stories involving Lizzie Marsh include Shoplift, a standalone short story introducing Lizzie Marsh. Also, “The Birth of Goody Merryman” in the charity anthology Everyday Kindness edited by LJ Ross, and “Mary Joseph and Lizzie”, a humorous Christmas tale found in the compilation book A Cosy Christmas. Claire's first full-length novel The Pike will show readers more about Lizzie and the way she solves crimes.

Contributors to DTYOM Anthology (11)

One of the contributors to the anthology Dear Twelve-Year-Old Me is B. H. Arias.

Writer, world traveler, US Marine Corps veteran, and grandpa, B.H. Arias loves family and God. He retired from working overseas for the US Department of Defense and returned to work as a chef-in-training at a small exclusive surgical rehabilitation hospital in the Midwest. Old dogs can learn new tricks. Lately, he’s been tending a shy hibiscus in his garden.

Contributors to DTYOM Anthology (10)

One of the contributors to the anthology Dear Twelve-Year-Old Me is Jerome Berglund. 

Jerome Berglund has many poems in a variety of forms, including haiku, senryu and tanka, exhibited and forthcoming online and in print, most recently in the Asahi Shimbun, Bottle Rockets, Frogpond, and Modern Haiku. His first full-length collection of poetry Bathtub Poems was just released by Setu Press.

Cover Reveal

COMING SOON...
 
 Dearest Devised Darling: Anthology 

L. M. Montgomery

“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
L. M. Montgomery

Contributors to DTYOM Anthology (9)

One of the contributors to the anthology Dear Twelve-Year-Old Me is Edward Selender. 

Edward Selender became a published author with the release, in 2017, of the anthology Gender in Fiction: A Collaborative Exploration. His writing comprises blogging, his works as a freelance writer, and his contributions of over sixty commentary pieces to four major Connecticut newspapers. He is currently working on a past-and-present story, which is part historical fiction.