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Writer Friends Celebration!!!

Check out my good friend’s publication in Fictive Dream’s online publication. So proud of her and to call her friend! https://fictivedream.com/2024/08/25/pennies-to-jump-the-rails/?fbclid=IwY2xjawE5Yd9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZ6yQl7_cz1HTJql9_SO4Li7UFT57lief3ogIIcW_wu-_KQQLktzo1X3_A_aem_bFKeDG-HemMJFjoop_xLEA?page_id=28221 See ya in the Bookstores! ~Kolin

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The Devil on your Shoulder

A Creative Mind is Never Quiet In a continual creation mode on thoughts, actions, and opportunities to brainstorm, act out a complicated fight scene, or check out a modus operandi for my character, and I admit, it is the most fun, I’m always thinking of Jo or one of my characters. They are a part of who I am while I reveal their world to readers. As of now, I’m preparing to visit a bowling alley…

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Creativity: The Human Element vs AI

Fear of the unknown, is it warranted? Executives say yes. The Terminator’s Skynet and 2001: A Space Odyssey HAL 9000 put our fears on the movie screen, showing that technological advancement may be our demise. Did you know that “Good Morning Dave” wasn’t part of the Script for A Space Odyssey? It was made famous by Independence Day. IRobot offers robotic intelligence that may evolve, dream,…

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Country Roads

The road is empty, he exits the vehicle. I grip the steering wheel tighter. I'm ready.

Somewhere east of Nashville, TN Driving along a sparse country road in my town a few years ago, I noticed a bad-ass Dodge Charger, black with darker than legal windows stopped in the middle of the road. It rumbles, fast and mean. As I approach, it backs up, going the wrong way in the opposite lane. I slow down and observe. The driver guns it, lifting the back end up and stops again. What is he…

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New Book Alert!

Author and Friend’s precursor to a book release; young adult, adventure and Atlantis, can’t wait for the release!

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From 83 MPH to 55, a journey into the slow lane.

From 83 MPH to 55, a journey into the slow lane.

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Snow in Nashville, The Funk and a New Year.

Snow in Nashville, The Funk and a New Year.

Happy New Year from Nashville! As a resident of middle Tennessee and a Realtor® for the Nashville area, it’s true that we are a top destination for getaways. Our ever-growing popularity is a double-edged sword for locals. For those who were born and raised here, tears flow freely for what used to be, and are enough to raise the level of the Cumberland River. As a Realtor, my second job to find…

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Everyone loves Nashville, TN

Everyone loves Nashville, TN

Music City Honky-Tonks I recently had the pleasure of showing my family (and new friends) from Buffalo, NY, a night of Honkey-Tonkin in Music City. It was a week-long girl’s get-a-way and I joined them for a music-filled, Thursday night walking the city streets of Nashville. We first drove down by Second Avenue to see the remnants from the Christmas Day bombing. Grateful that no one died that…

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International Women's Month

International Women's Day, author, thriller, suspense, mystery, female, women, woman, equality, pay, sexual harrassment, authors, police, detective, cops, math, astronauts, mathmaticians, Kamala Harris, VP, Vice President, Michelle Obama, Jane Austin, wip

Topics trending on International Women’s Day included Megan Markle and the Oprah Interview, and that’s it. Wait! What? It’s only three o’clock CST, and International women’s Day isn’t even trending on Twitter? Nada! What the hell? Are there not enough notable women to continue trending? Or are those initiating the trends primarily male? Are we not a vital, consequential part of social media? Of…

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La Nina Shuts down Nashville

La Nina Shuts down Nashville

La Nina, El Nino, and Covid, oh my! Music City once again is closed. Overnight, an inch of ice fell, and as you can see from the picture of my back porch, this is significant. A wild turkey flock peck the ground for food, frozen and unyielding, as more than thirty large birds move across my small piece of the country. Wintery Weather and Writer Shut-In Ice just east of Nashville, TN 2021 Snow…

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"The End" is Just the Beginning

“The End” is Just the Beginning

Job Loss by Covid After losing my job like millions of others due to COVID, I lost my creative juice needed to write. I felt sorry for myself for a couple of days, grateful that I acquired my real estate license in December 2019, so I fell back on it. It’s a hard business to get going, but I could do it! Then tornado’s hit my town in Tennessee. I dusted off my jeans, called our insurance…

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Accountability in the Chaos of 2020; it's fall y'all!

Accountability in the Chaos of 2020; it’s fall y’all!

Looking forward to fall in the south is like the arrival of spring after a long, dreary winter. Lower temperatures and falling leaves bring desires of backyard bonfires, sipping a warm toddy with friends while scalding hotdogs over the open flames, dancing sparks flying gently toward the stars. It’s a rebirth of sorts; the death of ninety-degree days accompanied by equal humidity forced to hunker…

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Remember 9/11; Writing and Real Estate

Remember 9/11; Writing and Real Estate

It’s already hot this Friday, September 11th and it’s hard to believe it’s been nineteen years since the terrorist attack. If you were around that tragic day, you remember where you were and what you were doing at the moment you realized it was not a movie, your imagination and that we, Americans, the most powerful country in the world had been targeted in a deadly wakeup call. I will always…

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Edits, Rewrites and Darkness, oh my!

Edits, Rewrites and Darkness, oh my!

Taking a quick break from my edits before job number two zoom meeting to say hello. I hope you are in good health and surviving these challenging times both in your physical and mental well-being. After my job loss in March, my husband’s job loss in April, things were scary and in fact, still are; husband is an aircraft mechanic and it’s not looking good until after the New Year. I do believe…

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Overcoming Self-Doubt with a Supernatural Twist

Overcoming Self-Doubt with a Supernatural Twist

It’s been some time since my last post as, like many, I am struggling with the Covid-19 lifestyle. Everything from losing my job, not being “essential”, husband losing his job, and both waiting for unemployment. It’s hard to be creative when other pressing matters overtake you such as house payment, food, or paying car notes and utilities. Everyone is in the same boat and how will I manage this,…

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Day Four and Five of the Layoff

Yesterday I spent in the office, working on the blog, taking classes online and webinars. Today, I’ve kind of taken off from training, went to our local grocery store to see if they have restocked yet. It’s better, still empty shelves in some areas, toilet paper, etc., but bread, meat, and many frozen items replaced. My popcorn chicken still out, I like that for salads. But this is just a minor…

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Day Three - Webinars, and Zoom Training. New Normal?

Day Three – Webinars, and Zoom Training. New Normal?

Day Three after fulltime job loss. Wednesday, March 25th, 2020. No time for self-pity. Today I have five training webinars as I utilize my time to acquire my social media designation. I listen to each webinar, thirty minutes to an hour and then take a quiz. I began at nine-thirty and decided to stay at home today. Son number three is also working from home and we share our kitchen as a home…