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Jan

Holiday Blowback and A Southerner’s New Year’s Day Meal

Over the holidays it got so busy I believe there were several times my brain and body disconnected. Matter of fact, I know they did. It was like I was on some sort of mental auto-pilot more than once. One of those moments happened when

8 CommentsJanuary 1, 2017by Donna Everhart

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Jun

THE EDUCATION OF DIXIE DUPREE Final Cover

I thought I couldn’t love my cover any more, and then? Kensington’s Art Department did a little fine tuning and this is what we now have! There are reasons behind every decision made by my publisher. I know why they did this little tweak, but

19 CommentsJune 7, 2016by Donna Everhart

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Mar

Finding Pennies

I made no move to mark or signal in any way my father’s one year anniversary of passing. About three days before the official day, Mom and I went out to the grave site and swapped out the Christmas flowers for a selection of silk

22 CommentsMarch 24, 2016by Donna Everhart

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Mar

The Process of Publication

I’ve been wrapped up, enamored with, and possibly swooning over “The Process” of publication. When I worked at Nortel, a Product Pipeline (it might have looked something like this-but there were many variations depending on the project manager) was often used to monitor the progress

18 CommentsMarch 11, 2016by Donna Everhart

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Oct

WHAT WAS SAID AT BOUCHERCON – PART II

As I mentioned in the last post, I’m writing about Bouchercon 2015 in three seperate posts. These comments come mostly from authors or agents. WHAT WAS SAID: Question from audience: “In your opinion, what’s the biggest mistake beginning writers make?” “Too many doorknobs turning, too

4 CommentsOctober 13, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Oct

OVERHEARD AT BOUCHERCON! Part I

I’m so proud of my hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina for hosting Bouchercon 2015. I love our beautiful little city which has become an eclectic and lively center for night life, arts, foodie type restaurants, all with a bright array of craft beers, for which

10 CommentsOctober 10, 2015by Donna Everhart

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May

New Toys

A while back I wrote a post called “I LOVE MY LAPTOP.” And I do. Or, make that did. Much like that car insurance commercial where the young girl talks about her car which she fondly calls Brad. “I love Brad,” she claims. Two boyfriends,

12 CommentsMay 26, 2015by Donna Everhart

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May

What If?

Recently, I had something so unexpected happen, I was in a state of sheer panic for a couple of hours. Last Tuesday I was in front of my laptop doing what I do. The phone rang, and as usual, when I didn’t recognize the number,

28 CommentsMay 4, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Jan

Priceless

A painful reminder came this past week of what I call, “the terrible summer.” Of what happened to Bella and Kiwi. All those wretched feelings I thought I’d sufficiently managed with such tight control, came again, flattening out my mood and my spirit, as if

16 CommentsJanuary 17, 2015by Donna Everhart

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Dec

A Little Christmas Story

This past Saturday I attended my book club’s Christmas Luncheon. Earlier during the week, the vice president of the club came up with an idea for the program I thought creative and fun. The idea was for each of us to provide something from our

11 CommentsDecember 9, 2014by Donna Everhart