The paperback and eBook versions are now available on Amazon. If you read the book, please leave your review on Amazon, etc. If you’re not into writing reviews, even a sentence or just a star-review is greatly appreciated, especially since …

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As is often the case, go directly to the source when you want the whole truth. Regardless of rampant rumors on YouTube and elsewhere, Dr Jeff Young is alive and well and in fact, he, his wife, Dr Petra, their …

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I read a well-written article titled, The Sacrificing of Suga (K-Culture with Jae-ha Kim, a culture journalist), and felt I had to respond, even though I had written a post two weeks ago, dated August 8, 2024, speaking of how …

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I ran across a blog a while ago and rediscovered it tonight, rummaging through my inbox. How appropriate, I thought, since I just finished writing Tukaa’s Tale, a spin-off of The Story of Q, my tween trilogy.

It appears that too many recent books fall short of young people’s expectations, causing them to lose interest in reading. Authors (libraries are guilty too) have taken the joy out of the equation and placed it on the back burner. Instead, their focus lies with dealing with today’s issues – child abuse, failed relationships, war., etc. While we may want our children to be aware of history and the world around them, shouldn’t childhood also be filled with wonder, enchantment, imagination and escape? They are only kids for so long, and in today’s world, that seems to be even shorter because they are bombarded with conflict daily.