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Blog postQuote of the Day: “What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person …” Carl Sagan
Photo Credit: Pixabay Latest News: Summer Promotion Love reading mystery-thrillers with a strong female lead character – then today is your day. Primed For Revenge, the first in the Sydney Jones Series is your right choice for entertainment. Jo -
Blog postQuote of the Day: “For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.” Ernest Hemingway
Photo Credit: Pixabay Part 2: Hemingway’s Advice to Writers As promised, today’s topic is part two of Hemingway’s advice to authors provided to Samuelson, a journalist and aspiring author -
Blog postQuote of the Day: “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States of America
Photo Credit: Pixabay The Writing Life Writers are creative in placing words on the page one after another. The logical next step is publishing if you want your work to be read by the masses. This is when a writer become a publisher or an entrepreneur regardless of whether an indie writer or represented by a large publishing company. Today’ -
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Blog postQuote of the Day: “My Mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on.” Forrest Gump
Photo Credit: Pixabay In the movie Forrest Gump, he shared his reasons for running across the United States as his way to put the past behind him. He said, “I guess that was what my running was all about.”
So many times, we try to move on after failure, defeat, bad circumstances, and other life events, without taking time to reflect, to process and learn from and -
Blog postQuote of the Day: There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway Lifelong learning around my home means studying the art and craft of writing. This means I do a lot of reading and writing.
We all have our favorites and my reference to Ernest Hemingway probably doesn’t surprise you. I am fortunate to have read many of Hemingway’s novels and came across a book about him written b -
Blog postQuote of the Day: “That’s what fiction is for. It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth.” Tim O’Brien
One of the political topics in the air right now is about Pro-Life. I don’t usually get into political debates and I’m not this time. What I will say is that my latest mystery-thriller addresses this issue.
In my latest novel, Primed For Revenge, the main character Sydney Jones was brutally beaten and raped by her kidnapper. She bec -
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Quote of the Day: “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Spring is about new beginnings and having fun with beach season right around the corner. The days grow longer when the summer solstice arrives June 21st. I -
Blog postQuote of the Day: “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes Today is a celebration of motherhood with a thankful heart for the blessing of having a loving mother who supports your dreams. From my house to yours, wishing you a day filled … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day! →
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Blog postQuote of the Day: “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” Mark Twain
Los Angeles CA The Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) is hosting an evening with James Ellroy June 13th, 7:15 p.m.–10:30 p.m. at the historic Hancock Park O’Melveny estate of Brian Curran and Kevin MacLellan Los Angeles, CA 90020.
About the Author Lee Earle “James” Ellroy is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Bloo -
Blog postQuote for Today: “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” —Norman Vincent Peale
Spring 2019 Spring is in the air and I’m enjoying my writing life – reading and working on book 2 of the Sydney Jones Series. As you know, I rotate my reading from craft, marketing, to the mystery-thriller genre. This is my latest read. Hope you’ll give this gripping fiction a shot!
Books By Carolyn M. Bowen
The Long Road Home: Romantic Murder Mystery
Nov 12, 2016
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Cross-Ties: Historical Fiction Passages
Aug 9, 2016
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Primed For Revenge: Sydney Jones Novel Series
Feb 4, 2019
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Cross-Stepping Your Way to Success: The Power to Transform Your Life One Step at a Time!
Jul 11, 2018
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