Tag: HOG
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Hearts of Glass Tour: The Next Chapter Begins
As the crowdfunding chapter on Indiegogo comes to a close in less than 2 weeks, I find myself filled with gratitude and excitement. Together, we are bringing Hearts of Glass: Living in the Real World to life through the support of an incredible community. This YA novel—set in the late 1980s—dives into some heavy themes…
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Why We Need Indie Bookstores to Resist & Hope!
How have used and indie bookstores survived the winds of change? Do they matter? What can we learn from them? Over the last two weeks I have lost count how many bookstores I have been inside and had conversations with as I get closer to releasing Hearts of Glass Living in the Real World. Over…
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Twenty Eight Days of Friendship and Top Three
All the rest have thirty-one, except February, twenty-eight days clear. It is the shortest month of the year. But you, the readers, have shown some fascinating insights based on your clicks and you clicked more this short month than last month. There seems to be a yearning for deeper than surface nostalgia based on the…
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I have loved that song for decades and never knew this inspiring backstory--thank you for this!
It was new information for me not too long ago. It all started seeing a young gay man dancing to…