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Sticky Blood Relations: A Book Review of The Old Drift
Sticky Blood Relations: A Book Review of The Old Drift

More than just family history, The Old Drift is a complex narrative of blood relations.

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book reviews, fiction, 2020, reading listMadeleine KleppingerMarch 30, 2020Comment
Is it the virus or the people? A Guest Interview with Psychologist and Author Dr. Audrey Davidheiser
Is it the virus or the people? A Guest Interview with Psychologist and Author Dr. Audrey Davidheiser

Only those with the gumption to examine their own heart have the opportunity to address their emotional hang-ups.

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author interview, lifestyle, work lifeMadeleine KleppingerMarch 16, 2020Comment
5 Mistakes that Prevent You from Finishing Your Project
5 Mistakes that Prevent You from Finishing Your Project

We are here to complete and construct great things, useful to those in the world. The resources you collect only build up what your imagination has laid the foundation for.

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lifestyle, work lifeMadeleine KleppingerMarch 9, 2020Comment
Bombs or Books? A Book Review of The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Bombs or Books? A Book Review of The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

“The revolutionary act is to imagine what makes us similar.”

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book reviews, 2020, fictionMadeleine KleppingerFebruary 24, 2020Comment
The Leading Lady: A Guest Interview with Romance Novelist and Pin Up Model Cassie Leigh
The Leading Lady: A Guest Interview with Romance Novelist and Pin Up Model Cassie Leigh

I am an unabashed romance junky!

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author interview, fun extras, work life, 2020Madeleine KleppingerFebruary 10, 2020Comment
Stop Waiting For Love
Stop Waiting For Love

Our challenge is to love what we can, well.

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lifestyle, fun extrasMadeleine KleppingerFebruary 3, 2020Comment
Time to Make Place : A Review of The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
Time to Make Place : A Review of The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

“And what, I wonder, would owning a house mean for me?”

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book reviews, 2020, fictionMadeleine KleppingerJanuary 27, 2020Comment
I Need Your Help
I Need Your Help

Push past what is impossible in your mind, narrow in your focus on the cake slice right on your plate, and take a bite.

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2020, fun extras, work lifeMadeleine KleppingerJanuary 13, 2020 Comments
Cheers and Tears: A Book Review of When All Is Said by Anne Griffin
Cheers and Tears: A Book Review of When All Is Said by Anne Griffin

Maurice Hannigan stalls until the very last night of his life to experience and reflect on all the feels from his eighty-four years.

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book reviews, fiction, reading listMadeleine KleppingerDecember 30, 2019 Comments
An Exclusive Interview with the Name on Everybody’s Lips
An Exclusive Interview with the Name on Everybody’s Lips

To this day I still wonder, with just a small bit of my heart, if I met the real Santa.

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interview, lifestyle, fun extrasMadeleine KleppingerDecember 16, 2019 Comments
A New Christmas Tradition You Can Start Right Now
A New Christmas Tradition You Can Start Right Now

This December, you don’t get just one short story because waiting under your Christmas tree is fifty-nine of them!

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book reviews, short storyMadeleine KleppingerDecember 9, 2019 Comments
What do Santa and Mr. Rogers have in common? – Thoughts on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Film
What do Santa and Mr. Rogers have in common? – Thoughts on A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Film

Mr. Claus and Mr. Rogers are two very special people, that evoke warm fuzzies and smiles. But their commonality is something more meaningful.

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fun extras, film reviewMadeleine KleppingerDecember 2, 2019Comment
A Tapestry of True Community for the Modern Reader: A Book Review of There, There by Tommy Orange
A Tapestry of True Community for the Modern Reader: A Book Review of There, There by Tommy Orange

Each character arrives at the Big Oakland Pow Wow a different person with unique experiences yet Tommy Orange reveals through their background story one element they all share, a hope for connection to their community.

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book reviews, fiction, reading listMadeleine KleppingerNovember 25, 2019Comment
Tame Down the Tornado
Tame Down the Tornado

Damaging collisions can be controlled and repaired. Instead, travel light and airy so when you do come tumbling in, you won’t hurt those around you.

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lifestyle, work life, writing tipsMadeleine KleppingerNovember 18, 2019Comment
Helpful Habits of a Professional Writer: A Guest Post with Creator and Editor Erin Akiko Shishido
Helpful Habits of a Professional Writer: A Guest Post with Creator and Editor Erin Akiko Shishido

Because I write contemporary Young Adult, I write very ordinary characters. That’s pretty relatable, for starters.

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interview, work life, writing tipsMadeleine KleppingerNovember 11, 2019Comment
Our Witch's Story: A Book Review of Circe by Madeline Miller
Our Witch's Story: A Book Review of Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe devotes energy and empathy to the banished daughter of the Sun God in this modern retelling of the legendary hog tale.

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book reviews, reading listMadeleine KleppingerOctober 28, 2019Comment
The Fruits, Raw and Uncut: An Exclusive Interview with the Band
The Fruits, Raw and Uncut: An Exclusive Interview with the Band

Peel back the melon-choly you feel in your life and bite into a fruitful adventure.

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interview, fun extras, work lifeMadeleine KleppingerOctober 21, 2019 Comment
How to Tumble into Your Best Life
How to Tumble into Your Best Life

Let us live diving into the wind instead of shielding ourselves from the storms.

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lifestyle, fun extrasMadeleine KleppingerOctober 14, 2019 Comment
Reservations
Reservations

A young man sits for his routine bowl of spaghetti and meatballs only to have his day flipped upside down.

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short storyMadeleine KleppingerOctober 7, 2019Comment
A Happy Ending to Global Cooling: A Book Review of Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
A Happy Ending to Global Cooling: A Book Review of Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

Good stories work well to disarm us.

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book reviews, fiction, reading listMadeleine KleppingerSeptember 30, 2019 Comments
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