4
Dec
It’s that time of year again. You’re finally starting to get sick of turkey sandwiches. You may or may not have endured the insanity of Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday/Crap, I’m broke Tuesday. And of course, if you celebrate Christmas and have small children, it’s the time where they start thinking about Santa. My daughter [...]
Tags: Christmas, Christmas Movies, Santa
26
Nov
How did a something that tastes like castor oil flavored with tree bark become the sexiest drink on earth? Gaspare Campari invented his famous potion in 1860 by infusing sixty herbs, spices, barks and fruit peels in a mixture of alcohol and distilled water. It became a sensation, and Campari turned into an entrepreneur. There’s [...]
Tags: Iconic Spirits, Mark Spivak, National Public Radio, Palm Beach Media Group
21
Nov
I may write books of no redeeming social value like my latest release, Bombshell. But I think crime fiction even when written with a sense of humor and some romance should still be accurate. I’m always ‘investigating’, attempting to learn something, anything that would make my books a little more realistic. All my stories are [...]
Tags: bombshell, mike faricy
19
Nov
And someday isn’t one of them. So true. I had a strange epiphany the other day. It’s something I’ve always known, but not really “known.” Time is passing, my daughter’s growing up, my husband and I are getting older and with each thing we put off till tomorrow, that’s less time we have to actually [...]
Tags: Goals, there are seven days in a week and someday isn't one of them, time, Writing
5
Oct
We have all heard the saying ‘write what you know’, right? The thing is, it’s what we don’t know that excites us. Isn’t that why we read? Isn’t that also why we write? To experience the unreachable. To create the unimagined. Why then, if you voice the slightest inquiry regarding your writing do you always [...]
Tags: Rebecca Reid, The Coop
2
Oct
Hello everybody! Today I am very happy to welcome Eileen Hodgetts, author of ”Whirlpool” to Coffee and a Keyboard. Thank you so much for being here! When and why did you begin writing? I think I have always written, even from a very early age. I was probably only about 12 when I wrote my first “book”. It was [...]
Tags: eileen hodgetts, Niagara Falls, Ugandan Gold, whirlpool
20
Sep
How women can achieve work-life balance and “have it all” remains a hot topic, and some high powered women have lots to say about it. Take Facebook‘s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sheryl Sandberg. Named Forbes magazine 5th most powerful woman in the world and Fortune‘s 12th most powerful women in business, she believes a key [...]
19
Sep
What inspired you to become a writer? Describe your journey as a writer. I think I’ve always been a writer. I’ve always had stories bouncing around inside my head and most anyone who knows me will tell you that I have an over-active imagination. As an Instructional Designer I always loved writing analogies and just [...]
Tags: 9/11, Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down, Featured Writer, health insurance, Pauline Hawkins, writer
14
Sep
Neil Armstrong was truly a unique individual. The fact that he was the first human being to step onto another world would be enough to qualify him as such. His skill as a pilot, and I’m sure he would say providence providing a level place to land when there was only 15 seconds of [...]
Tags: Angie of the Garden, J.E. Hall, Neil Armstrong, Remembering the Explorers
12
Sep
Helen Smith, author of The Miracle Inspector, talks about her five favorite dystopian books. My Top Five Dystopian Books Dystopian books offer a bleak, disturbing vision of the future. Often in the story there is a totalitarian government that controls and deceives its citizens, and rebellion is dangerous or futile. There may be a threat [...]
Tags: A Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World, Children of Men, Dystopian, Featured Writer, Helen Smith, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Miracle Inspector
