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Out Loud – Amplified Whispers

Wise, witty and wacky words from Yours Truly, Sharon Delarose – the strange girl who lives down the street. If I’m thinking it, surely someone else must be thinking it, too!

  • Cork in a Bottle
    Writing isn’t always logical. The inspiration does not always follow the flow that you believe it should. If you get hung up on what you think you should be writing next, you could find that you …
  • Poke Me When It’s Done
    When you’re an Indie writer you don’t have a publisher directing you on changes to be made for spelling, grammar, wording, story flow, and so forth. So how do you know when the book is don …
  • The Dumbing of America
    Like most Indie writers, I have a day job. Yesterday the schools were closed for a holiday so the boss brought her daughter and friend to work for the day. These two girls were fourteenish and I was p …
  • Neck-to-Neck with The Art of Racing in the Rain
    I discovered that Bad Dog to Best Friend had a new rating on Goodreads and the rating, which did not include any comments, floored me. This girl had given the book two stars. While many readers don …
  • The Book That Got Me Banned From Photobucket
    It’s hard being an indie author and pounding the pavement to sell your book without the weight of a big publishing house behind you, especially if it’s your first public book and you …
  • Do not anger your fans
    I was going to release a short story on Kindle but my beta reader talked me out of it. I wrote it about 15 years ago and I was editing it for new release. I turned it over to him and he gave it back w …


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