by Kassandra Lamb ~ Up until last Friday morning, I’d planned a completely different blog post for this week, one on mystery subgenres (which we’ll run next week). Then I realized there…
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by Kassandra Lamb ~ There’s been a debate going on in the writerly world over whether we should include references to Covid in our fiction stories going forward. There are three schools…
by Kassandra Lamb ~ Philosophers and artists are very aware of the contrast between darkness and light. But we normal mortals go about our lives, weathering the ups and downs, without thinking…
by Kassandra Lamb Celebrating Independence Day this year was bittersweet for me. I’ve lived through the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, multiple assassinations of leaders, the Gulf War, 9/11, the War…
When employees were sent home to work remotely at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, most assumed they’d be back in the office within a few weeks. As the predicament drags its…
by Kassandra Lamb Another author’s recent post, about how a random conversation changed her career dramatically, got me thinking of a few such random moments that have affected my life. In a…
Hi, all! Gilian Baker here. When I asked myself how I could best serve the global community during this national emergency, teaching others a skill they could use to provide security for…
by Gilian Baker Our fast-paced modern life can keep our nervous system running on full-tilt. So, what happens when a global crisis like the Coronavirus comes at us from nowhere, changing our…
by Kassandra Lamb My daughter-in-law posted the link to this article today. It really nails what a lot of us are feeling right now. We are grieving…for what has already changed, and…
by Kassandra Lamb We interrupt our regular blogging schedule… This is not what I had planned to write about this week, but it’s an important reminder to stay calm. Not only for…