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Hello, Readers! I’m excited to announce that my book, A COVID CHRISTMAS STORY, will be available as part of a promotion on Smashwords for the month of July as part of their Annual Summer/Winter Sale! This is a chance to get my book, along with books from many other great authors, at a discount so you… Continue reading Mark Your Calendars!
Today has been a hard day for me. I completed all of the necessary tasks. Everyone was fed, everyone is clean, and nothing caught on fire. I got all of my work done. Everything is done that HAS to be done. But something has been off all day. It is June 8th, TEN days away… Continue reading Today I Tried But I Failed
In my life, I have lost many people, but none so close to me as my father. I thought I was prepared to say goodbye. I thought I'd had enough time ahead of the loss to be mentally ready to lose him. I was wrong. So very wrong. When I was a child, I sat… Continue reading The Weight of Grief
On April 30, 2023, exactly 61 years after he was born, a relatively unknown small-town country boy named Kenneth Andrew Welton (known as Andy) passed from this world into the next, surrounded by his wife and most of his children. While his life was not spectacular or fancy, he was beloved by those who knew… Continue reading Eulogy to my Dad
I'm working on a few different projects right now, given that my mind is everywhere and nowhere all at once. I know I need to write more every day, but depression is keeping me underwater, and to be honest, it's hard to want to create anything. Last night, I started playing around with a few… Continue reading Book Cover Ideas
I’d spent the last ten years building my cooking skills, working in every professional kitchen I could, so I would qualify for Chopped and be the most confident person on the stage. As the first-round buzzer sounded and I looked at my plates, missing ingredients with raw chicken, I knew it was over. Until Next… Continue reading Microfiction – A very short Contemporary Story
My non-fiction book of the week is... To be honest, I was a little leary about reading a book promoting being single. However, I highly recommend this book to anyone. So, I'm about halfway through right now, and this book is fantastic! Kim has a lot of insight into how we sabotage ourselves and our… Continue reading What I’m Reading…
I’d spent my entire life searching for vampires, finding nothing until the moment of my death. As the creature bit down, I knew I would spend every day of my afterlife searching for a way to become human again. Until Next Time, Cathy Marie Bown
Losing Maggie on her thirtieth birthday had been devastating for Jason but hearing her heartbeat inside the chest of the beautiful woman in the other car had brought tears to his eyes. When the woman took his hand and thanked him, their eyes locked, and he knew he would do anything for her and follow… Continue reading Microfiction – A very short Romance story
Juliet had already decided to die, of that, nobody could argue. Deciding to take Romeo with her was the greatest act of rebellion she could imagine. Until Next Time,Cathy Marie Bown
Cathy Marie Bown 