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Pain Woman Takes Your Keys by Sonya Huber

Posted on March 6, 2017 by lana1967

I discovered Sonya Huber when she initiated plans for the virtual Disability March in January. When I found an advanced reader copy of her book of essays called Pain Woman Takes Your Keys on Netgalley, I didn’t hesitate. I sent … Continue reading →

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A Million Ordinary Days by Judy Mollen Walters

Posted on February 22, 2017 by lana1967

I saw this book in the Goodreads giveaway list and was intrigued by the description. I requested a review copy from the author, and she sent it right away. The full novel far surpassed my hopes. She included so many … Continue reading →

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What Books Should Be On Your List? Part Three

Posted on December 12, 2016 by lana1967

Here are some of my indie writer/creativity writing peeps. I haven’t had close personal contact with all of them, but I consider them “peeps” because they have shared themselves with me through their writing and taught me about making a … Continue reading →

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What Books Should Be On Your List? Part 2

Posted on December 11, 2016 by lana1967

I wanted to share some of my favorite writers about writing and creativity you may or may not know about. I hope you find someone or some book that’s new and intriguing to you. Eric Maisel is a creativity coach … Continue reading →

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Book Mail Is My Favorite!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by lana1967

I could not get the lighting right on this picture. My room is really dark. This was last week’s book mail. I discovered The Write Crowd: Literary Citizenship and the Writing Life when I wrote the post about literary citizenship. … Continue reading →

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Unfit by Lara Cleveland Torgeson

Posted on November 28, 2016 by lana1967

I forgot I wanted to write a review of the book Unfit by Lara Cleveland Torgeson, who set her novel in the time period Eugenics Boards were approving forced sterilizations in some states, in this case the state of North … Continue reading →

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Your Utopia, My Dystopia

Posted on November 18, 2016 by lana1967

Amazon.com asked Ninni Holmqvist whether she wrote the dystopian novel The Unit for anyone particular in society, and she responded: My intention was that it is for everyone. But I guess it might especially appeal to middle-aged single people, childless … Continue reading →

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Dystopian Lit Helps Escape Real Life Terrors

Posted on November 16, 2016 by lana1967

Hold on! Here goes a pendulum swing from playing on paper with paint to talking about utopian/dystopian literature. While flipping channels tonight, I found the first Hunger Games movie. Since I haven’t watched it in a while, I decided to … Continue reading →

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Every Journey Should Be One of Heart

Posted on October 29, 2016 by lana1967

First of all, I loved the way the book is structured. Using the chakras as a framework for the narrative they were telling was a brilliant way to help tell the story. I learned a little about chakras too, which … Continue reading →

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Telling Your Stories for the Sake of Others

Posted on October 27, 2016 by lana1967

I finished this book today. It was the first of the memoirs I found about families touched by spina bifida. Diane was born in the 1940’s before they had any options to help babies born with the condition. Her family … Continue reading →

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