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Shannon's Cheap Book Picks-The Institution by Dylan Steel

We're all looking for our money's worth these days. After all, if statistics are to be believed, our salaries have not significantly increased since the seventies, and yet inflation has risen over a 100%. It costs thirty dollars to buy two cheeseburgers from your neighborhood greasy spoon. We're all looking for ways to save money, and when times are tight, entertainment is the first category to take a hit. In that spirit, and also in an effort to help my fellow authors (writing a book is hard work-marketing it, ten times harder), I'm going to share the best Indie books I'd read occasionally on my blog in a new installment, Shannon's Cheap Book Picks. I discovered Dylan Steel's Sacrasvita series purely by accident. I stumbled across the first book in one of the daily emails I receive for cheap books and downloaded it, since it sounded interested and was free. The day my mo...

Nine Warning Signs of Toxic People

You’ve survived your childhood trauma. Many years have passed. You’re over it. Aren’t you? But you keep finding yourself back in similar situations, as if you are deliberately recreating them. What gives? It’s not your imagination. Those of us who overcame problematic childhoods are drawn to the same type of people that once made our lives hell on earth. It’s what we’re used to, and it feels familiar, even though it hurts. Recognizing such individuals before we get too emotionally invested is an important step in breaking toxic patterns. What are the signs that you’re getting involved with a toxic person? 1) You Catch Them in ...

Our Home Invasion

Thursday, August 29 th ,2019. This date had significance for me. It was the day I planned to release my seventh book, Sins of the Child. It was also the day for my office’s summer outing. We were going on a sunset sail and my boyfriend, who is disabled due to MS and doesn’t leave the apartment often, was excited to attend. I awoke at 6:38, before my alarm went off at 6:45 AM. I lay in bed contemplating staying there until it was time to get up, but I thought, “you have a very busy day ahead of you,” and heaved myself up. Eight minutes later, at 6:53 AM, (this was the time recorded by ou...

Ramblings of a Middle Aged Lunatic

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