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Top Books to Take to a Desert Island – My Check-List

As an eternal book lover, an Indie author, and a keen world traveller, I’ve found a lot of things, books and otherwise, that inspire me on a daily basis. Without inspiration, life would have been exceedingly boring and mundane, perhaps … Continue reading

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The Eye of the Leopard – Breathtaking Africa Meets Stunning Sweden

Junying’s Rating: 5 Stars I have never been to Africa. Yet somehow I feel like as if I have been. Swedish Writer, Henning Mankell took me on a journey to discover that amazing continent, like no other. He showed me the … Continue reading

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Meeting Outgoing, Fun and Compassionate Marilyn Slagel

My guest today is contemporary women’s fiction writer Marilym Slagel, all the way from America’s Illinois. Welcome to my virtual home across the pond, Marilyn . Marilyn, can you please tell us something interesting about yourself?    This is difficult.  … Continue reading

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Social Media: Do Facebook & Twitter Change the Face of Friendship?

How many of you spend your days regularly checking on your social media updates? As soon as you wake up? Before you turn off your bedside lamp at night? Even taking your iPad or iPhone into the washroom, so you … Continue reading

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The Next Big Thing

I have been asked to participate My Next Big Thing, on a couple of occasions. The first time I was going to Korea and then again to Spain, anyway, Sarah R. Yoffa, did a good job persuading me that I … Continue reading

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Speaking Different Languages? “Land of Hope” in Chinese, English and Spanish

As a professional interpreter and translator, I have a passion and fascination for languages, not just my own. English has been the very first foreign language that I was blessed with learning while still at school in China, and I … Continue reading

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