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  • Meet Dara
  • Bookshelf
    • Printable Book List
    • Women’s Fiction
    • Contemporary Romance
      • Standalone Novels
      • Henson Series
      • Clifton Sisters Series
      • Duvall Sisters
      • The Black Stockings Society
      • The Fortune Brothers
      • Return of the Black Stockings Society
      • It Happened One Wedding
      • Ladies of the Pen
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      • From This Day Forward
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  • Just Some Thoughts,  Quotes,  Tuesday Tips

    Our real freedom

    August 20, 2019 /

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  • Just Some Thoughts,  Tuesday Tips

    Old Bones/New Bones

    July 30, 2019 /

    Every decade we develop an almost entirely new skeleton. An article in the June 2019 issue of Reader’s Digest stated:

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    Growing Pains

    July 23, 2019 /

    Of course you’re not ready. Of course it’s unsettling and strange.

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  • Things to Forget

    Forget Just Showing Up

    December 29, 2015 /

    My latest non-fiction title, 10 Things to Forget: to be Creatively Free was a blast to write. On this blog, I’ve been writing on topics that didn’t make it into the book and others I’ve expanded on. You can read the other posts here. Forget Just Showing Up Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen I know you’ve taken a risk to follow a dream. I know you’ve put in the hours. The days, the months, the years. Unfortunately, sitting down at the piano, the easel, the desk, or going on stage or into the studio isn’t enough.

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