Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop Love and Murder

Author: A.E.S. O’Neill

After having been set up in Iraq, Alby O’Brien is on the Iraqi hit list. Therefore, Alby is now hiding in southern New Jersey to avoid […]

Woman’s month last day. Read the quotes below by famous women. Bill authorbillbutler.com

1) “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. Margaret Thatcher

2)” Men, […]

Many freelancers end up working with clients who are not an ideal fit for them especially at the beginning of their business, but bad clients and even toxic clients can still land in your lap as your business […]

COVID-19 Hospitalization Linked With Substance Use, Psychiatric Disorders in COVID-19

Ron Goldberg
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March 28, 2023

Hospitalization is more likely for patients with COVID-19 who have […]

After landing on the moon . . . that could have been a fun location for a murder.

The Egyptian Pyramids, Eiffel Tower, or White House? They would be great locations for a good murder. In fact, they have […]

April: English Language Month. A month-long celebration of the uniqueness of the English language and all the learners working hard to master it.
April: National Poetry Month. Spend time this month writing, […]

I wrote “Navigate the Medical Maze” so the readers, their families, and their friends could see the value of 2nd and 3rd opinions for safer options and life-saving choices.
In 2011 (spine) 2015 (right hip), and […]

1. “I gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face – I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along – We […]

Play invigorates the mind and informs our design work, opening the way for countless new projects to unfold. The exploration of ideas, the discovery of new forms and colors, can occur when least […]

Writing the novel you want to read might be fun, but it doesn’t mean your novel will sell (or even get published). If you want to write novels that sell, you have to write for more than yourself—you have to […]

The copyedit is the last stage in the process of bringing a manuscript to publication, and it is the last time the manuscript will be reviewed before being typeset and laid out in book format. All substantive […]

Collaborating effectively with writers is essential to good editing. That may seem obvious, but it nonetheless needs to be said. When writers and editor are on the same page (pun intended), the editing […]

First published in Belle Ombre, fall of 2019

For those of us who grew up during the 1980s, the indoor mall—first etched into the landscape by architect Victor Gruen three decades earlier—was a hub […]

It was a strange year, 2020. Thankfully, during the interlude of lockdown riots and “protesting,” Maxwell’s House of Books survived, the owner standing watch through the night, ready to defend his busine […]