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The AllAuthor Book Cover of the Month competition for April 2025 ends in TWO days, and only the top three covers win. "The Shop Girl of Flowergate" is now at Number 9. You may vote in this round if you haven't already. allauthor.com/cover-of-the... Sure would like those bragging rights! Thanks.

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The AllAuthor Book Cover of the Month competition for April 2025 ends in five days, and only the top three covers win. "The Shop Girl of Flowergate" is now at Number 9. You may vote in this round if you haven't already. allauthor.com/cover-of-the... Sure would like those bragging rights! Thanks.

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In the midst of all the ugliness in the world, there is hope for a better future. My short story may be found here: urbananchoress.net

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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Hands Off- Berkeley” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

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"The Shop Girl of Flowergate" cover made it to the third round, also known as the Round of 24. It would mean a lot if you register your vote here: allauthor.com/cover-of-the... and bring Ella into the next round, and perhaps the final round and WIN. What's the prize? Bragging rights and marketing!

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I'm halfway through "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros. What a story. What a writer. It's like "The Hunger Games" on steroids with dragons. Lots and lots of dragons.

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While I was standing in solidarity with the thousands upon thousands in Berkeley on Saturday, people were voting for my book cover. The second round of the All Author book cover competition started today. The link: allauthor.com/cover-of-the...

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This has nothing to do with the circus in Washington DC, or the penguins protesting the tariffs imposed on them (the nerve!), but it does have to do with voting. I was encouraged to submit one of my book covers for the Cover of the Month Contest at AllAuthor: allauthor.com/cover-of-the...

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The April 5, 2025 Hands Off! Protest Against Musk and Trump is gaining participants and momentum. If you're in San Francisco, here's the link: mobilize.us/s/nmtjEG There are also marches in Berkeley, Oakland, Marin, and San Mateo.

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An homage to Thomas Hardy, "St. Edmund Wood-A Cheshire Tale" is the perfect book for a rainy winter night. Mary Burnley returns home to Knowstone, a marcher village in Cheshire. The good people of Knowstone would rather she'd stayed in London. www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

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Power. Pride. Betrayal. As Florence rises, so does Francesco. What price will he pay to reclaim his family’s honor? Read “The Legacy“ now. #MedievalFlorence #Guelfs #Ghibellines @EllenAuthor Buy Now --> allauthor.com/book/91503/

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The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home. action.everylibrary.org/dodschools Sign the petition and follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more

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My paternal grandparents in April 1912. My grandfather, John Ragnor Ekstrom, was born in Sandviken, Sweden, and came to the United States as a toddler; my grandmother, Iva Mae Whitlock, was born in the midwest; her ancestors immigrated from East Anglia in England. Many of us are immigrants.

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Follow George Ascalon on his transformative pilgrimage to Jerusalem in "George of Grasmere" now. #PartOne #ActionNovel #Adventure #HistoricalFiction #FantasyRead @EllenAuthor Buy Now --> allauthor.com/amazon/88264/

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I've been subbing for the parish deacon at Good Shepherd Berkeley while they're on sabbatical. Here's my sermon from last Sunday: urbananchoress.net/2025/01/28/t...

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A new year, new momentum, and a new catalogue from Whyte Rose & Violet, Scribes, which you may find here on our website: whyteroseandviolet.net/our-books Working on Book Two, The City, of the Neverending Saga of George of Grasmere, which wasn't supposed to be a series. Oh well.

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Oh gosh I can’t pick, I like them all so much, I’ll just take the whole lot! -me, choosing my battles

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Timoclea of Thebes throws man who raped her down a well. She next hurled in heavy stones until he was dead. Painted in 1659 by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, who had a thing for assertive heroines.

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Best wishes to all those celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday today. As a favor to my family, I don't usually cook; that's my husband's bailiwick and our feast is almost ready!

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How lovely to see a blue butterfly rather than a foreboding X. I'm a writer, clergywoman, mother, and grandmother, and in spite of everything negative thrown at me in the past ten years, I still have a sense of humor, like when CoPilot tries to summarize my work, even though I've turned it off.