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There’s a problem in social media, and it’s nothing to do with Facebook, Russians or elections.

Supposedly in an attempt to catch bots and cyber scams, Twitter has been using something commonly referred to as a “shadow ban.�� A shadow ban is when your account is still active, but suddenly your replies and likes don’t go anywhere: the person you’re trying to talk to never gets a notification, or perhaps only gets a mobile push notification that, if missed, disappears in an instant, never to be...

In November 2013 I wrote the first draft of a new book. It’s been a work in progress ever since. It begins with a 27 year old man facing a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer, and deals with how he and his girlfriend, his friends, and his family come to terms with fate, free will, and finding purpose in a life. But I’m not a full-time writer and life gets in the way sometimes, and that first draft has been through five full revisions, and was left about 1/3 of the way through a sixth. I wasn��...

The past few months I’ve been acting again for the first time in a long time (five long years�� now the is stuck in my head��)

I’ve been lucky enough to be part of a production ofQuébécoisplaywright Michel Tremblay’s first play,(“The Sisters-in-Law�� if you translate directly to English) at a local . I’m surrounded by enormously talented women (and a few brave men) in the cast and crew, and I really think �� all modesty aside �� that we have a dam...

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When Julie Crawford leaves Fort Wayne, Indiana for Hollywood, she never imagines she’ll cross paths with Carole Lombard, the dazzling actress from Julie’s provincial Midwestern hometown. Although the young woman has dreams of becoming a screenwriter, the only job Julie’s able to find is one in the studio publicity office of the notoriously demanding producer David O. Selznick —who is busy burning through directors, writers and money as he begins filmingGone with the W...

There are days when I get frustrated over the stupid things that people do: the messes that fully grown adults can leave in their wake at the office; the person who insists on tailgating on the highway even when there’s no place for the person in front of them to go; the people who get upset over coffee cups. Earlier today I actually found myself thinking of posting on Facebook:I may be forced to suffer fools on a regular basis, but I will never do it gladly.

None of that seems very important...

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A sweeping and captivating debut novel about a young librarian who is sent a mysterious old book, inscribed with his grandmother’s name. What is the book’s connection to his family?

Simon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home, a house perched on the edge of a cliff that is slowly crumbling into the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks.

One day, Simon receives a mysterious boo...

This week, my little girl started high school. My little girl with the Shirley Temple curls, the little girl who could bat her long eyelashes over her big blue eyes and charm anyone. My little girl who seemed to become a teenager overnight.

I know she’s going to love high school and she’s going to thrive and grow even more. Still, there are a few things I want her to know as she enters this stage of her life.

1.Now is when you’ll find your tribe. Either that, or your tribe will find you.

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When Adam proposes to Sarah, the last thing he expects is to be single and heartbroken less than forty-eight hours later. But Sarah has a secret �� and she’s willing to sacrifice everything to keep it.

Going through a break-up is hard enough but having to live together afterwards is even worse, especially when it’s a break-up neither person wants. For Adam, there are only three ways to deal with it: sex, drugs and alcohol. For Sarah, its keeping her distance and closel...

“Migrations of the Heart Vol. 1��

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An unexpected love in a small, Southern town.

After fifteen months of hiding from the shame of bearing an illegitimate child, two words drive Ruby Bledsoe to face the good citizens of Winslow, Georgia. Never again. She vows to speak out against injustice. For her sisters. For her parents. For her infant son, Solomon.

When she comes to help an injured mill worker, she bristles when a tall, handsome man claiming to be a doctor brushes he...

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Maggie has always put her family’s needs in front of her own, until one day—without forethought—she drives away, leaving behind her indifferent husband and two sulking teenagers.

As she begins a quest of self-exploration, she meets new people, enjoys new adventures, and rediscovers long-neglected passions. For the first time in years, Maggie contemplates what she wants from life and soon realizes that her deteriorating marriage can no longer continue as it is. Can sh...