Bring On Lemons

Join us for a multi-media tour Now through August 15th 2016 I just heard from David W. Berner and am excited about his new book (which is right up my alley as a love story). He would like to visit your blog at least once over the next few weeks. He is available for a guest post, but has also provided a complimentary ebook copy of “Night Radio” for you to read and review. Please peruse the details below and email crystal@dreamofthings.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com with following: • Which date works for you? • What is the url for your blog? • Would you like to do a review? • Would you like a guest post? o If requesting a guest post, please provide at least 2 options and I’ll try to assign them fairly • Would you also be interested in a giveaway for your readers? Thank you in advance for your support and encouragement! Hugs, ~Crystal "Night Radio adds a unique and valuable dimension to today’s literary fiction by combining a gripping plot with a deep charac...

Join us for a multi-media tour Now through August 15th 2016 I just heard from David W. Berner and am excited about his new book (which is right up my alley as a love story). He would like to visit your blog at least once over the next few weeks. He is available for a guest post, but has also provided a complimentary ebook copy of “Night Radio” for you to read and review. Please peruse the details below and email crystal@dreamofthings.com or crystaljotto@gmail.com with following: • Which date works for you? • What is the url for your blog? • Would you like to do a review? • Would you like a guest post? o If requesting a guest post, please provide at least 2 options and I’ll try to assign them fairly • Would you also be interested in a giveaway for your readers? Thank you in advance for your support and encouragement! Hugs, ~Crystal "Night Radio adds a unique and valuable dimension to today’s literary fiction by combining a gripping plot with a deep charac...

Thank you to WOW! Women on Writing and Jerry Waxler for making today's post possible. Jerry - I value your friendship most of all and I am immensely grateful our paths have crossed. Thank you for sharing so much with me! Readers - I met Jerry a year or so ago and he is one of the most well known and respected authors when it comes to memoir; it is my pleasure to review his book titled Memoir Revolution.   Book Giveaway Contest: To win a copy of  Memoir Revolution  please enter using the Rafflecopter form at the bottom of this post. The giveaway contest closes next Friday, November 28th at 12:00 AM CST. We will announce the winner the same day in the Rafflecopter widget. Good luck! Book Review by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto I’ve been intrigued by memoir and during my time with WOW! Women on Writing have gotten to know many memoirists. Getting to know these authors personally while reading and promoting their memoirs has been a huge gift for me. Jerry Waxler has be...

Everyone is talking about it and I'm feeling this urge to run to Barnes and Noble to get the trilogy - I've heard some good things and some not so good things, but everyone is reading it. If I buy the books I have something tangible to pass along, but everyone will see what I'm reading (and it sort of feels like bringing Hustler to grandma's to read while she's preparing Thanksgiving dinner). If I download the kindle or ipad version, the data collectors that track your every move online and are going to think I'm having sex, interested in having sex, or interested in (whisper this part so you don't turn to stone) S&M... Here I am, stuck between a rock and a hard place (not literally). What does everyone else think? To read or not to read? If to read...how do I read it? Then...do you want to know what I thought of it? or do we just pretend it never happened...(because of course, good girls who play the organ at church on Sunday would never dream of re...

You don't necessarily have to work more to have more - my definition of success has been completely changed. Previously I would have told you that the summer heat didn't bother me (because I was inside from sun up to well after sun down), I also would have told you that someday the hours would be worth it because I would have a comfy retirement or a larger home, etc... I was putting things off until retirement. I pictured retirement like this: *9am coffee at a quaint little shoppe *10am walk on the beach to clear my thoughts *11am do some reading and writing, play the piano to let my creative juices flow *noon lunch (outside whenever possible) *1pm nap *2pm coffee and a snack *3pm time for family and friends - cocktail in the yard *6pm dinner *8pm glass of wine *9pm off to bed I wonder why I thought I had to wait until I was in my 60's to enjoy my life? I thought being a stay at home parent would be torture but yet there's nothing in my retirement plan so...