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25

Jul

Interview with Author Kate Dolan

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Creativity, E-Books, Featured Writer Series, Fun, Interview, Reading

Happy Monday everybody! Today I am very happy (I know…quite a feat for Monday) to have author Kate Dolan here. Kate is the author of several books including Deceptive Behavior, which was just released in e-book. It’s the third book in the Love and Lunacy series described as a story, “involving an eccentric family who [...]

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20

Jul

Thoughts on a Cat -Part 2

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Animals, Depression, Writing

Cats, Kids and Love Part 1 can be read here. We’d been married five years when our daughter was born. At the time we lived in an apartment and had spent several months fixing up one of the rooms to be a nursery. Both of the cats were fascinated with what was going on. Our [...]

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Tags: cats, Creb, love, Pets, polydactyl cats

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18

Jul

The Value of a Good Review

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Uncategorized

When I completed writing So You Want to Write a Guest Post, I felt great. I had been hosting guest bloggers for years at various sites and finally had a way to help those who didn’t seem to quite ‘get it’ in terms of readability and content. I would help them not only with their [...]

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15

Jul

Never Too Many Baby Pictures

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Uncategorized

Today I’m pleased to have Steven Verrier on Coffee and a Keyboard. Welcome Steven! -VL Today is Saturday – garbage collection day. This morning I cleaned off one of the tables where I write, revise, and polish my work. Among the materials I threw out were some loose notes pertaining to my latest nonfiction book, [...]

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13

Jul

Thoughts on a Cat – Part 1

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Depression, Writing

Author’s note…I’ve been up since 5:30 a.m. not able to go back to sleep. My mind is full to bursting right now and as a writer, when that  happens, I usually, well…write! I feel like I have to get this out, and this is part one. Thank you gentle reader for indulging me. -V My [...]

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Tags: cats, Creb, Hemingway cats, polydactyl cats, Writing

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11

Jul

Are we Intuitive, psychic, or simply a Vessel?

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Book Review, Featured Writer Series, Inspiration, Writing

Hey everybody! Happy Monday. Today, I’m thrilled to have a guest post by Blanca Beyer. Enjoy!! There is undoubtingly an intrigue and curiosity that arises in many individuals when they hear that someone is “intuitively gifted or psychic; a seer or a knower of the past and future. Many admire these attributes and wish that [...]

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6

Jul

Book Review – “The Fear of God”

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Book Review, Creativity, Featured Writer Series, Plague, Publishing

Today on Coffee and a Keyboard I’m reviewing “The Fear of God,” by B.A. Chepaitis. This is the sequel to her book “The Fear Principle” which I reviewed previously. “The Fear of God” continues following Dr. Jaguar Addams, but this time, the stakes are even higher than in the previous story. In this novel, Jaguar [...]

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5

Jul

Writing Between Worlds

Posted by vrleavitt  Published in Creativity, Featured Writer Series, Fun, Publishing, Writing

Greetings ladies and gentlemen. Today, I am honored to have a guest post from author, B.A. Chepaitis. Please feel free to leave comments and ask questions. -V.R. My readers often ask me how I write something like the Death Walk scene in my novel, The Fear of God, second in a series of novels about [...]

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Tags: B.A. Chepaitis, empaths, space, telepaths, The Fear of God

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