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A Letter from Dean Koontz

October 16, 2012 by Margaret Duarte

Dean Koontz/Some Angels Have Fur Instead of Wings

I’ve been blogging for over two years, and lately I’ve been doing some serious soul-searching about the value of working so hard. Then today, I received an email from Dean Koontz about a post I wrote about him at Visionary Fiction Alliance, and it has energized me in a way I haven’t been energized in a […]

Filed Under: Blogging, For Readers, For Writers Tagged With: Bantam, blogging, Dean Koontz, Margaret Duarte, Synchronicity, Tracy Devine, Visionary Fiction Alliance

Blogging Opens Doors

November 8, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Blogging Opens Doors

Note to Reader: Since this article was published, Sacramento Connect is no longer at the Sacramento Bee Blogging is not for the fainthearted. It demands passion.  It takes drive. As a newbie blogger, I had more or less figured this out for myself, but the lesson was driven home for me when I attended an informal panel discussion […]

Filed Under: Blogging, For Readers, For Writers Tagged With: blogging, Sacramento Connect

Journal Treasures / Standing in the Doorway

February 7, 2011 by Margaret Duarte

Journal Treasures / Standing in the Doorway

Standing in the Doorway, written January 3, 2000 The door stands open, and as I peek through it, I marvel that such a life does indeed exist. I will not cross the threshold, because if I do, all I care about and those I love will be lost to me forever. With  my hand on the door frame, […]

Filed Under: Book Talk, For Readers, For Writers, Lifestyle Tagged With: blogging, discovering mind, friends of another realm, Perfect compromise

Blogging, Love It, Hate It

November 24, 2010 by Margaret Duarte

Blogging, Love It, Hate It

Sometimes I love blogging. Sometimes I hate it. Today I hate it. I’d rather be pulling weeds. I’d rather be cleaning house. I need to get my rear off the chair and get some exercise. This once fine-tuned body is turning into jelly. How can I speed up this writing process so it won’t take […]

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