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Blog postIn celebration of Women’s Fiction Day 2020, three winners will be chosen from my mailing list subscribers.
Join my mailing list to enter. Emails are quarterly and full of bookish fun.
Winners may choose an ebook or an audiobook of Forks, Knives, and Spoons.
Contest ends 11:59 PM EST June 10, 2020
ENTER HERE The post WFWA Giveaway appeared first on Leah DeCesare.
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Blog postWelcome to my stop on the Suzy Approved Book Tour for Trophy Life by Lea Geller.
I had such fun reading Trophy Life. Lea’s writing is warm and witty, like talking with an old friend, which is something you’ll find in this story too. In my reviews, I leave the summaries to the back cover copy:
For the last ten years, Agnes Parsons’s biggest challenge has been juggling yoga classes and lunch dates. Her Santa Monica house staff takes care of everything, leaving Agnes to focus on -
Blog postI liked this book so much I have two copies–paperback and I selected it as my March Kindle First selection. You’ll be able to love it with only one copy.
I’m Fine and Neither are You is Camille Pagan‘s fifth novel (I’ve read them all). One aspect of the story explores a topic I’ve been fascinated with: curated perfection. Penelope’s best friend is an online influencer with a “perfect” life, especially in comparison to Penelope’s messy one. But Pagan shines a light on how hard jugglin -
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Blog postThere are three kinds of guys: forks, knives, and spoons. That is the final lesson that Amy York’s father sends her off to college with, never suspecting just how far his daughter will take it. Clinging to the Utensil Classification System as her guide, Amy tries to convince her skeptical roommate, Veronica Warren, of its usefulness as they navigate the heartbreaks and soul mates of college and beyond.
Beginning in 1988, their freshman year at Syracuse University, Amy and Veronica mee -
Blog postOne of my favorite things about being a writer is meeting other writers. It’s been a joy getting to know Maureen Joyce Connolly and reading her debut novel, LITTLE LOVELY THINGS, out April 2, 2019. An abduction novel that asks the question, how do we rescue ourselves after extreme tragedy?
Look for my full review on BookReporter.com later this month. Now, here’s your chance to get to know a bit about Maureen.
What did you learn about yourself while writing this novel? So many -
Blog postHeart Us Roar – Interviews With Women’s Fiction Writers Maggie Smith and I had a fun time chatting about books and writing and even a few of my quirks, including lessons I’ve just started. Listen below or here on the Women’s Fiction Writers Association website where you’ll also find many more interviews with authors you’ll love!)
The post Hear Us Roar Podcast – WFWA appeared first on Leah DeCesare.
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Blog postRom-Com Combines Beautiful Friendship, Quirky Dating Advice by Anne Eliot Feldman
Leah DeCesare’s debut novel Forks, Knives and Spoons (SparkPress) is a fun, fast-paced story that evokes both comedy and heart as a single dad sends his only daughter off to college with some last-ditch birds-and-bees advice.
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One thing I really enjoyed about this book was the frequent appearance of soothing yet honest parental pushes about the need to value oneself, seeming to echo DeC -
Blog postHappy Pub Day to Heather Frimmer! Her debut novel, BEDSIDE MANNERS, is available today.
I’m happy to share my chat with Heather in celebration of her big day. I was honored to have read BEDSIDE MANNERS early to blurb it. And now, let’s meet Heather.
Meet Heather Frimmer Besides being a writer, do you have another job?
I work full time as a radiologist (a doctor who specializes in interpreting images). I spend a large portion of my day in a dark room staring at -
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Blog postSee below for how you can win a copy of Unbroken Threads.
It’s such a privilege to be a part of the Suzy Approved Blog Tour for Unbroken Threads. I had such fun getting to know Jennifer Klepper at a writer’s conference last spring. We hung out with a wonderful group of Women’s Fiction Writers Association members, chatting about the craft of writing and traipsing around Boston on a hunt for cannoli.
First – a bit about Unbroken Threads:
Jessica Donnelly’s life is begin -
Blog postMy copy of KATERINA is underlined and dog-eared. It left me crying on the last page and wrenched emotion from me on every page. I loved returning to James Frey’s writing style from A MILLION LITTLE PIECES (which I will now reread). It’s poetic and powerful, breaking the rules of grammar and punctuation — which I find artistic, bold and freeing.
If you’re not one for swearing or crudeness, be forewarned, this book is loaded. I’d actually love to see a word count for the “F” word — may -
Blog postI was surprised to see a new post from Mother's Circle this morning! Clearly, I was hacked and I apologize! We all have enough overload in our inboxes, I'm sorry to have added to yours today. I've changed passwords and taken measures to prevent another intrusion. As a Mother's Circle follower, you've noticed I've not been actively blogging as I've shifted my focus to writing novels. However, I'm keeping the page alive because of all the content that is still viewed thousands of times daily
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Blog postThank you to Caitlin Hoff of ConsumerSafety.org for today's post in honor of National Osteoporosis Awareness Month.
Among the many chores and delights of being a parent, a responsibility that was once your mother’s is now yours: encouraging your child to get their calcium. If you mother was anything like mine, a glass of milk was served nightly in your house along with clear instructions to grow strong bones and stave off the osteoporosis that runs in your family. We may laugh -
Blog postToday isFORKS, KNIVES, AND SPOONS's one year book birthday. To celebrate, I'm giving YOU a gift. Only until Saturday: Kindle = 1.12 (SERIOUSLY!) and Nook, iTunes, Kobo, Google = 1.99 Shop and share! Also to celebrate, I'm holding a subscriber-only giveaway through April 30th. I send one email a month, occasionally a second, and I don't spam you or share my list. Sign up here to enter. Nook
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Blog postI am a strong proponent of having more school resource officers in schools. Such practice tends to make schools safer, while offering a positive role model for students to observe on a daily basis. However, one of the questions I’m asked most often when I speak to parent groups has to do with what they should teach their kids to do if a police officer ever speaks with them at school, pulls them over in a car, or questions them on the street.
I get it. It’s nerve-wracking to get pull -
Blog postThe evidence is clear: bullying and school shootings are attached at the hip. Children and adolescents pushed to the brink of rage act out, and sometimes that acting out includes bringing firearms on campus. If we want to reduce or eliminate murders on campus, we’ve got to address the bully element. Fortunately, several programs have shown a history of being effective in preventing bullying and violence.
In a previous article I spoke about the importance of parental involvement in s -
Blog postLet’s begin with the agreement that every teacher, parent, principal, staff member, AND child holds value in a school. From custodian to administrator, shy child to class president, every person who enters a school makes a difference in terms of how well each child learns, how happy and welcoming the environment, and how safe each person on campus lives each day. Most of us buy into the idea that we can make a difference in terms of the quality of our child’s education. Yet too many of
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