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I am thrilled to be able to post an interview by Clare Austin, author of Hot Flash.



How did you first become interested in writing?

I’ve always had stories running around in my head. It’s a bit like a movie playing all the time. When I was eight years old I submitted a story to a big New York publishing house. I got a rejection, but just the act of sending something in…

We have all been frustrated at one time or another by a telemarketer. Whether they interrupted dinner or just wouldn’t take no for an answer (even after you said it 10 times). But usually we just treat it as an annoyance you just deal with. However, in the new book out by Steve Ostrow, How To Sue A Telemarketer: A Manual For Restoring Peace On Earth One Phone Call At A Time, he shows that you can stop these annoying calls.

A little about Steve and why he wrote the…

Did you know…

1. 50 percent of American adults are unable to read an eighth grade level book.

2. More than 20 percent of adults read at or below a fifth-grade level – far below the level needed to earn a living wage.

3. The average reading level of American parents of young children is 7th or 8th grade, but 80% of pediatric materials for parents are written at the 10th grade level or above.

Don’t you think that’s a problem?…

If you forgive someone you have to also let whatever you forgave them for go. It makes no sense to say “I forgive you” and yet still obsess and bring it up. Now let’s be honest, you may still obsess for a while. Saying you “forgive” is much easier than actually forgiving. But you need to work through it and deal with it yourself. Not continually pout the person you “forgave” through hell every day.

I am completely speaking from personal experience. I know firsthand how…

I had a great conversation the other day with someone about kids and the younger generation and the sense of entitlement some of them seem to have. I was a spoiled only child but I worked. My mom refused to just hand me everything and so I had to also work to supplement the money my parents gave me. This taught me that when you want something you have to work for it. It will NOT be handed to you. So why do so many people feel that they are deserving and should be given what they want rather…