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May 23, 20180 min read


Millionaire's Companion Inherits Crusade
Laura Winston and Ben Weingart, right, with President Kennedy in 1962 They breakfasted together at five every morning, reading the...
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May 14, 20186 min read


Motherhood Myth
There are as many ways to be a mother as there are women. If mothers try to imitate the parenting style of others, they will fail and...
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May 12, 20183 min read


Motherhood Myth
There are as many ways to be a mother as there are women. If mothers try to imitate the parenting style of others, they will fail and...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
May 12, 20183 min read


Tolstoy Doesn't Judge in Anna Karenina
“I don’t understand anything! Today girls want to do as they like, they tell their mothers nothing.” I am agog when I read lines such as...
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May 1, 20182 min read


Myth of Motherhood
There are as many ways to be a mother as there are women. If mothers try to imitate the parenting style of others, they will fail and...
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Apr 24, 20183 min read


How Journalism Improves Your Fiction
Working as a reporter helps your writing in three ways: accuracy, practice, and camaraderie. Have you ever read a news story that gets...
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Apr 22, 20182 min read


First Cuckoo
I heard my first cuckoo, harbinger of spring, this week! My pear trees are blossoming. #Cuckoo #peartree
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Apr 14, 20181 min read


Call for Book Clubs
Invite me for book club discussions of my novel, Turn On, Tune Out. Reading and writing a book are solitary endeavors communal in nature....
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Apr 12, 20181 min read


E-Book or Paper?
Buy Turn On, Tune Out, available in both formats.
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD
Apr 10, 20181 min read


"Ready Player One"
Inhabited trailer homes are piled on top of one another in metal junkyards. This image is burned into my brain though I saw this Steven...
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Apr 9, 20181 min read


Author Spotlight
Who should read Turn On, Tune Out If you find your life bombarded by information and noise, read about this musician’s challenge to quiet...
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Apr 7, 20182 min read


I Am a Writer; I Am a Businesswoman
Imagination creates possibilities. When I wrote my novel, Turn On, Tune Out, I used my imagination. I became acquainted with a...
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Apr 2, 20183 min read


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Apr 1, 20180 min read


Becoming Fearless
“I’m lighting a candle for you that you get your book published.” Every time I telephoned my mother in New York from Los Angeles, San...
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Mar 31, 20183 min read


Samir by Leonie Postma
Read Samir and shudder. The futuristic novel, Samir, instills a promised unease and fear in the reader. Leonie Postma’s debut novel opens...
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Mar 30, 20181 min read


Renovation
Outside, the wood stacks harboured nails From the old house Standing proud. Inside, the metal survived the fires of necessity But not my...
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Mar 22, 20181 min read


"Turn On, Tune Out": Buy It Now
Buy and read my novel, Turn On, Tune Out: https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Tune-CYNTHIA-ADINA-KIRKWOOD/dp/9899987301/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF...
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Mar 18, 20181 min read


"The Unity Game" by Leonora Meriel
Leonora Meriel deftly weaves together three separate stories in “The Unity Game,” so that all the characters become a part of the same...
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Mar 11, 20183 min read


"The Mandibles" By Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver riveted me in the world of “The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047” when U.S. dollars lose monetary value and life becomes...
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Mar 7, 20182 min read
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