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June 3, 2020

Day After #BlackOutTuesday: Dedicating Time to Reading Black Fiction Authors

Well, here we are, a day after #BlackOutTuesday. I feel like America went through one giant self-awareness “aha” moment during a difficult therapy session. And now we’re all trying to figure out how to change things for the better. It’s hopeful. I am certainly no one to lecture, and hell, this fight is nothing new. […]

June 2, 2020

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I acknowledge I may never understand, but I see you, I will continue to listen to you, and I support you. #blackouttuesday

May 28, 2020

To Those Who Mourn in Silence (100,000)

© To Those Who Mourn in Silence, Shari Lopatin, 2020 (written 5-28-2020) I see your pain in Silence. As you curl Away Into your private world, Lost, never found, And missing your 100,000. I sink with you Alone. And scoff at the smiles That mock Your loss. If silence is your Cry, I will […]

May 25, 2020

Does Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’ Measure Up to ‘Handmaid’s Tale’?

*Please note that I may earn a small commission should you click any of the links in this post to make a purchase. However, I bought my own copy of this book and reviewed it independently of any commissions, payments, or trade-offs. Book: The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale Author: Margaret Atwood Link […]

May 13, 2020

4 Ways to Tell if Information is Real or Fake: Advice from a Former Journalist

When I was a daily newspaper reporter, I always had to navigate through multiple versions of a story before I learned what really happened. We have a saying in journalism. It goes, “There are three sides to every story: side one, side two, and the Truth.” The Truth usually falls somewhere between the first two […]

May 5, 2020

I Have a Right to Protect Myself and My Loved Ones, Too

To all those angry protestors out there, yelling at people for wearing masks, refusing to respect reporters’ requests to stay six feet back, and screaming in the faces of police officers, I have a message for you: I HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTECT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY, TOO. If I want to wear a mask […]

July 24, 2019

Read My New Short Story About Mental Health for Free: ‘Pomegranates’

“They say Arizona is a place for folks to start over, and that’s what I had in mind when I landed in the high desert of Prescott. I remember, it was the year the sun rose red over the United Kingdom, and boilin’ wine flowed across the hills of Northern California.” ~ Pomegranates ~ Sometimes, […]

July 16, 2019

Help #StopFakeBooks

I’m Launching a Campaign to Support Authors and #StopFakeBooks, but I Need Your Help I recently came across an article from Vox, and then the New York Times, that (quite frankly) pissed me off. Apparently, Amazon has a problem with counterfeit books. I’m talking about entities that plagiarize an author’s book, print a fake copy […]

May 2, 2019

Why I’m Cutting Back on Social Media as an Indie Author

A week before Christmas in 2018, a virus attacked my brain stem. Technically, it was my vestibular nerve, which is responsible for communication between the eyes, inner ears, and brain. The condition is called vestibular neuritis (yes, you can Google it). The result of this random, weird sickness was the world wouldn’t stop spinning and […]

February 18, 2019

Naomi Alderman’s ‘The Power’ Flips Girl Power on its Head (Book Review)

*Please note that I may earn a small commission should you click any of the links in this post to make a purchase. However, I bought my own copy of this book and reviewed it independently of any commissions, payments, or trade-offs. The Power makes a strong societal and political statement meant for girls and […]