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The story takes place in Northern California, in the spring of 2000, when the dot-com boom was at its peak. Elizabeth Reilly-Hayden is a successful executive in her late fifties and a divorced mother of two. Emotionally armored and living alone, she wants only to maintain the status quo: her long-term significant other, her job, and her trusted friends-five feisty women whose high school friendship has carried them through multiple marriages, dramatic divorces, and maddening menopause. Yet in a matter of days, the three anchors that have kept her moored are ripped away. The group of lifelong pals gathers at Lake Tahoe to attend to the funeral arrangements of their beloved friend and tries to unravel the mystery of her death. Through their shared tragedy, Elizabeth learns how disappointment and grief can bloom into healing and hope.

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Congratulations to

Taylo,

winner of
Motorcycles, Sushi & One Strange Book
and
Boyfriends, Burriots & an Ocean of Trouble
by Nancy Rue.

Welcome to the July 23, 2010 edition of Just Write. We have a superb collection of writing and book related links to peruse. Enjoy! Remember to show the blog owners we appreciate their efforts by commenting and socially bookmarking.

Authors

Scott Social Media Allen presents BookRix Author Elizabeth Towles on Writing posted at Between the Lines, saying, “What walks through your mind throughout the day?”

Book Reviews

JHSEsq presents Book Review: Fly Away Home posted at Colloquium, saying, “Best-selling author Jennifer Weiner’s latest effort is a story ripped from the political headlines. What kind of woman would marry a politician and stand by him when a scandalous extramarital affair is revealed, bringing him — and her — the most devastating public humiliation? “Fly Away Home” is an engrossing story about one such fictional woman and her family. “Sometimes, all you can do is fly away home . . . “”

JuliaWoo presents Shanghai Girls by Lisa See:Book Review posted at Find Your Next Good Read, saying, “Shanghai Girls by Lisa See:Book Review”

Jim Murdoch presents Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, “When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he can’t resist. As he is pulled into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey – named Beatrice and Virgil – and the epic journey they undertake together. ‘Life of Pi’ was a huge success but has Mantel managed to capture the magic a second time? The reviews are mixed but have they missed the point?”

Books

Tina Sans presents 50 Novels to Read When You Need a Good Laugh posted at Best Colleges Online.

Cynthia Merritt presents 101 Books That Hook Kids On Reading | Online Universities posted at OnlineUniversities.com.

Freelance

Leineriza presents Before You Start Writing for Money Online posted at Writing for Money, saying, “Although it’s fulfilling work, working for money online is not for wimps, ninnies, or slackers. Here are three important questions to ask before shucking your day job and diving headlong into the online writing life…”

Suzanne presents The Secret to Successful Freelance Writing posted at Incurable Disease of Writing, saying, “Tips on how to give editors and publishers what they want and need.”

Love Affair with Words

Samantha Miller presents 75 Signs You’re a Bibliophile posted at Online University Reviews, saying, “We swarm the world with a voracious hunger cured only by sufficient mental and creative stimulation. We are in your office. We are in your schools. We may even be in your homes. You may even be one of us…”

Poetry

Jim Murdoch presents Ideas which imprison us posted at The Truth About Lies, saying, “Do you have a clear idea of what a poem is? Do you have a clear idea of what an idea is? We use words all the time without really understanding them. Is that why poems are so hard to understand much of the time? Do our ideas of the way things should be free us or imprison us? Just because we hold certain things to be true does that prohibit us from being open to new ways of thinking, to new ideas?”

jeanroy presents Right For Me To Do posted at Cherry·Vomit | My Life Outloud & In Transition.

jeanroy presents As Beautiful As Him posted at Cherry·Vomit | My Life Outloud & In Transition.

Igor presents Connect with Nature posted at Be Zen, My Friend.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Refudiating Sarah posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

Igor presents Heaven is a place on Earth posted at Be Zen, My Friend.

Poetry Prompts

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Lame Limerick posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

The Writing Life

Kim Koning presents The Blank Page…a challenge or a bane? | Sagacious Sentences and Perspicacious Prose posted at Sagacious Sentences and Perspicacious Prose, saying, “I have just recently blogging as a way to firstly get my name out there in the bloggosphere by building a readership and in this way creating a market for my writing. Secondly I started blogging to connect with and share experiences with fellow writers out there.”

Tiffany Colter presents Organizing your time: Define Success posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This article helps writers to organize their time by defining their success”

Tiffany Colter presents Organizing your time: Scheduling your breaks posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This article helps writers to realize the importance of taking a break.”

Tiffany Colter presents Organizing your work space: Mentally posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This article helps writers to mentally prepare to write.”

Writing Mechanics

Nick Daws presents A Myriad Question… posted at Nick Daws’ Writing Blog, saying, “Many authors make mistakes when using the word ‘myriad’. In this post, I reveal the origin of the term and explain how to use it correctly in modern English.”

Writing Tips

Tiffany Colter presents Organizing your workspace: Minimizing distractions posted at Writing Career Coach, saying, “This article helps writers to organize their workspace by minimizing distractions.”

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