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Jun 28
4 min

Ten Things I've Learned in Quarantine

Children are great...Until they kick you (routinely) out of your writing room because it's the best place to take a final, AP exam or study.

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C.S. Smith

Aug 5, 2019
3 min

Immersed in Romancelandia

Last week I attended my first national conference of Romance Writers of America (RWA) in New York City. I literally did not leave the hot...

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Live, From the Top of the Roller Coaster

C.S. Smith

May 16, 2019
2 min

Live, From the Top of the Roller Coaster

If you have ever braved riding a roller coaster, you know that feeling as you reach the summit of the long climb upwards and are cresting...

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C.S. Smith

Apr 15, 2019
2 min

Ishvara Pranidana (Surrender)

Ishvara Pranidana is a yogic term that means surrendering yourself to a higher power. My yoga teacher, Greg, begins each class with what ...

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C.S. Smith

Mar 4, 2019
2 min

Perseverance

A week ago, I was riding high. My website was ready to go live, I had a new logo, the business cards were ordered. I had submitted the fi...

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C.S. Smith

Feb 24, 2019
2 min

A Second Wind

Sixteen years ago, my youngest child (5 months old at the time) spent a week in the hospital with pneumonia from a virus picked up in day...

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