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I can see clearly now
After seven months in a traveling and writing haze, I can see the goal. 50 chapters, over 500 pages, and a new travel book for women. Hip hip hurray! Only two more chapters to write and I will have a completed manuscript that will be on my editor’s desk at Penguin Books on March 1….
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Merci Apple
2 hard drives, 3 logic boards, endless telephone calls, 11 chapters, 3 Mac geniuses, and 1 corporate executive liaison and I have a brand spanking new PowerBook G4. Thank you God! Now I can get back to what I do – write! I have uploaded my Microsoft Office, my word files, and some of my…
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Visionaries: Suzanne Siegel, Off To See The World
by Suzanne Siegel What is that ingredient that gives some women the courage to shed the shackles of fear and dive headfirst into life? If you ask Suzanne Siegel from Atlanta, Georgia you’ll get a pretty dramatic answer: murder, mayhem, and Metallica. With a career in police work and passion for travel, this thirty-four year…
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Becoming a published author
A question I frequently get asked is,“What it is like writing a book that you know will be on bookstands next year?” Honestly, I can’t think that far in advance right now. I have around 45 days until my manuscript is due at Penguin Books in New York and my piece of crap Apple PowerBook G4…
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Culture: Confessions of an Israeli Folk Dance Addict
The type of dancing that I do is Israeli Folk Dancing. But the movements are nothing like what you might have seen at a wedding or bar mitzvah. While International Folk Dancing strives to be as authentic and traditional as possible, Israeli Folk Dancing prides itself on generating new dances to contemporary and totally eclectic…
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My Rotten Apple
Sorry that I have been away for a while. Funny, I’m in Europe for 16 days and I blog everyday, then I come home and I disappear. It was for good reasons, I assure you. Remember that my Apple PowerBook G4 went into the shop before my trip? Well the saga took a turn for…
