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amorinarose · 6 hours
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Chilling in March 2024, a spotlight on K.E.Turner and timeout
The end of this month is closing in and I have actually finished my post. Last minute is always so stressful but I was determined Chilling in March would be on time. Lately, health issues and self-doubt have had me wonder just what I am doing. My efficiency has waned and so has enjoyment and where reading has always been my ‘go to’ relaxation, it has become a means of raising the stress levels.…
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amorinarose · 2 months
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January 2024 with a spotlight on Elizabeth Hunter, and what makes a good story
Photo by Marcelo Chagas on Pexels.com Though a little late with this I am very happy to spotlight one of my favourite authors who somehow never fails to deliver stories with warmth, drama, action and some very unusual far from human characters. She is prolific yet nothing ever feels repeated. Rather there is a constant feel of continuity and connection to characters and events. Having just…
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amorinarose · 3 months
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The what if syndrome, a Gorilla, and moments
I debated what I would start the New Year with for most of the month of December 2023. The obsessive desire to say something meaningful stunted ideas before they began. Then, quite by  accident I came across a blog I wrote a few years ago. It was based on an article by Richard George, entitled Find your Gorilla: career lessons from Sir David Attenborough and it struck a writing nerve. Gorillas…
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amorinarose · 3 months
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Chilling with Books December 2023
Happy holidays wherever you are and may the New Year bring happiness and peace.
Spotlight on farewell to the year and continued reflections into 2024 As the old year ends, Chilling with Books December 2023, reflects on the good and the bad. Firstly however, I would love to begin by wishing everyone a festive and joyful season and a Happy New Year as we enter 2024. Positivity is necessary for survival. For me, last year is one I can happily forget for so many reason. There…
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amorinarose · 4 months
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Chilling with Books November 2023
Spotlight on obsession, passion, writing and a glutton – reflections on behaviours An Indie Author’s life is difficult no matter the passion for the art form, or should I say, obsession. The process is fraught with stumbling blocks allowing self-doubt to raise its ugly head constantly.  Thus, the question arises. Are Indie Authors gluttons for punishment? In fact, are authors in general gluttons…
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amorinarose · 5 months
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Chilling with Books October 2023 and a spotlight on Kirsty McManus
This month’s author has a special place in my heart. She offered help when she barely knew me. That kind of person is special and not one to forget easily. She currently has a new book out which is very entertaining for many reasons – the writing, the characters, and the subtle demonstration that misunderstandings occur because we don’t always stop to think. Kirsty McManus writes light-hearted…
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amorinarose · 6 months
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Chilling with Books October 2023
Thanks for reading, see you again
Spotlight on Barbara Strickland, Indie Author and on the unexpected In recent times I have become extremely aware of the frequency of the word or expression unexpected in my life but in particular with other book titles out in that big wide universe. I did have an inkling, more than an inkling that the word might haunt me, but life’s realities are often unexpected, and it felt right to use those…
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amorinarose · 7 months
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Chilling Corner for July and August 2023 with a spotlight on The Hare and the Tortoise and a box of chocolate.
July flew for me but not in the right way. It reminded me of  Aesop’s fable about the hare and the tortoise. Do you remember this one? The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race, or that overconfidence can lead to failure. Outcomes depends on choices, on how one looks at life and the chocolate you choose in that box that is offered to you. Am I mixing metaphors, fables, ideas or…
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amorinarose · 8 months
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Distractions of the Heart (For the Romantics)
I thought I would start the month with one of my poems. Having arrived at the formatting stage of my second novel I have been wondering how to make the process a little more interesting. Or perhaps, I should say more romantic. The book contains its own touch of drama, something the romantic in us expects but there needed to be something more. As a result I started thinking, reflecting on what a…
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amorinarose · 9 months
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Chilling with Books June 2023
Spotlight on what makes a good book – the genre or the emotions evoked on the page. My time has been limited this month hence June 2023 has been written in July. I have been busy but not so much I haven’t read a few more books and also re-read, because sometimes I can’t help myself. I’m addicted to the emotions evoked; the satisfaction of a tale told well. What leaves a good feeling, what makes…
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amorinarose · 10 months
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Chilling with Books Corner May 2023, Julia Blake, long roads and hiccups
May came and went far too quickly. I have been caught up with editing and so many other things. The result is I am blogging later than I intended despite a promise to myself about maintaining a routine. Unfortunately, hiccups come at the oddest times and if you let them upset you they take forever to disappear. Everything becomes a long road to travel. The truth is I didn’t seem to accomplish…
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amorinarose · 11 months
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To blog or not to blog – connecting makes it worthwhile
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Lately I seem to come across numerous bloggers who are questioning whether or not to continue blogging. Or more specifically, whether they are achieving anything by continuing to blog. I think most bloggers wonder the same thing from time to time especially when their followers are small in number. In the past I certainly have and no doubt I will in the future.…
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amorinarose · 11 months
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Chilling with Books Corner Spotlight on C.R. Alam
April 2023 One of the authors that I have spotlighted in the past on my Chilling with Books Corner, has just released her third book. It is so thrilling to see C.R. Alam stride ahead in her series and getting better and better each time. Unexpected Entanglement, her third book takes its place in the The Echo Series with more to come in the near future. One of the things aside from the main one…
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amorinarose · 1 year
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Complicated is best achieved by simplicity. Look at colours.
Last month I spoke about The Colour Connection and on looking back I can’t help but reflect how much colours are like families. I looked at a simple thought and applied it to life; it became complicated. It is the blending that creates the new and that process is complicated, but the rewards are plentiful. How wonderful to see the differences evolve and how difficult it then becomes to choose…
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amorinarose · 1 year
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Chilling with Books Corner, changes, and inspiration
Normally my Chilling Corner would be featuring an author for March 2023. However, for the last few months my time has been limited and probably will continue to be until the end of the year. The whole idea of support is not to withdraw it when time poor but to work with it, particularly when these authors I spotlight are so incredible and where I draw constant inspiration. But I am on a mission…
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amorinarose · 1 year
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The Colour Connection
Although I have been slow with my blog this year, it has nevertheless been an interesting first couple of months. Most of the time has been spent reflecting on the world around me and the effect others can have on our lives whether we welcome their contributions/intrusions or not. When I wrote The Colour Connection, and that was a few years ago I wanted distance from people to reflect. I don’t…
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amorinarose · 1 year
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Haibun, heritage, and it was such a Nonna thing
The New Year is well on its way and yet my first blog of the year is still sitting here waiting for me to do something. I have fiddled with a few things but mostly I have struggled to start and finish. Christmas 2022 was one of the saddest Christmases I have had in many years. I felt the lack of something and it’s been difficult to explain. The feeling leans towards a kind of nostalgia for the…
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