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Situations

Rebecca Barrett — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:48:22 -0500

Life happens in a boarding house, especially if your mother is prone to rent to male boarders...

My mother is fond of saying that life is full of situations and that it's up to us to make the most of them, good or bad. I've decided that at eleven and three-quarters years of age, my life is the crossroads of bad situations and there isn't a lot to made of them.

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Is Something Wrong, Mary Margaret?

Rebecca Barrett — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:11:30 -0500

Southern ways, especially southern society's ways, always lends itself to entertaining stories...

I had managed to get through Ash Wednesday with my vow of abstinence intact. The ball gowns were divided into those destined for the cleaners, and those to be left at the Junior League Thrift Shop for recycling by some future patronesses of the Queens of the Nile or the Maids of Ophelia, better known as MOO...

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Beware The Eye, a short story...

Rebecca Barrett — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:45:45 -0500

Story ideas pop up in the oddest situations, inspired by life's little moments...

The Aging Lothario hangs out in the coffee bar, surrounded by older men he tolerates as the young women flitting in and out with their seventies sunglasses, stacked shoes, and short shorts ignore him. They stand at the bar flipping long locks of hair over their shoulders, intent on talking over each other in their need to be the center of attention.

He listens to his companions with half an ear and finally concedes he will not catch an inviting glance. His Saturday afternoon has been wasted listening to tired old jokes, tales of aches and pains, and the subtle currying of favor...

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The Holy Grail of Websites for Writers

Rebecca Barrett — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Jeff Bezos created Amazon to sell books. Before he decided to sell everything else. His platform was all about what readers wanted: easy access to books of all stripes. And now, through Author Websites by BookBub, we’ve come full circle to what writers want (what they really, really want): a website for writers that doesn’t require a degree in computer programming, physics, or a mathematical understanding of the laws of gravity.

After years, and many dollars, of struggling with established hosting platforms, I’ve finally found the Holy Grail. BookBub is a website where readers can find bargain books. The service is free to subscribers. Now, they’ve created Author Websites by BookBub. And it’s almost free at less than $10 a month.

This web hosting site is like all those books written for Dummies without actually having to read the book and do the thing. It does all the work except write your book. Are you an author with a book on Amazon? (And whose book isn’t on Amazon?) Sign up for Authors Websites by BookBub and your entire site is completely constructed for you with a few clicks of the mouse. Seriously.

After many years of paying for but not actually having a functioning website, I now have one that is a thing of beauty. Everything about it works. Have a new book coming out? Type in the title and the platform pulls all the information (cover, reviews, release date—whatever) and your site is instantly updated with working links and a beautiful design.

Say bye-bye to all those platforms that make building a page a frustrating week long process of trial and error. If you just want to showcase your books, advertise them, grow your audience, this is the place for you. We'll save the solution to Pi for another day.

Want to see a thing of beauty? Check out www.rebeccabarrett.com

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Falling in Love with Mystery...

Rebecca Barrett — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

CLICK HERE FOR GREAT BARGAINS FEB. 10-24...

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