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Help! I Hate My Life!

by Vicki Hinze | May 6, 2015 | My Kitchen Table

HELP! I HATE MY LIFE By Vicki Hinze Every now and then, I receive a note from a reader or another writer who says, I hate my life. And that statement is typically followed by some version of I don’t know what to do. Help! Reading these notes are...

Portrait of a Life

by Vicki Hinze | Apr 17, 2015 | My Kitchen Table

PORTRAIT OF A LIFE I want to tell you a story about a young woman. I warn you now, it does not have a happy ending. You can stop reading, but if you have the courage to continue, I hope you’ll discover, as I did, the value in it. We tend to...

Cause of Death: Reading

by Vicki Hinze | Apr 14, 2015 | My Kitchen Table

Yesterday, it was storming. I don’t drive in storms and had a doctor’s visit, so Hubby and I went. While we were out, we had lunch and then headed home. The rain was pretty heavy and so was the traffic, so imagine my surprise when the car in right lane...

THE 7 THINGS ABOUT CHALLENGE–AND WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE IT

by Vicki Hinze | Apr 9, 2015 | Default, My Kitchen Table, On Writing

Yesterday, I was tagged on a social media site to reveal seven things about my writing. I started to ignore it, but decided that, due to my injury and recovery time, I haven’t done my annual life assessment, so this could be a start. The annual life assessment is...

The Bookmark Dilemma

by Vicki Hinze | Apr 7, 2015 | Default, My Kitchen Table

I’ve been creating bookmarks for a long time. They’re long and flat and just tuck between the pages inside books to mark where you left off reading. Here’s a sample of one of my old ones—front and back: Even with them, I still saw a lot of folded corners...

Kathy Carmichael’s Tiara Moment

by Vicki Hinze | Apr 6, 2015 | My Kitchen Table

A few weeks ago, my dear friend, Kathy Carmichael, put a marketing strategy in place for her release, CHASING CHARLIE, a clean and sweet romance novel. I reviewed the strategy and wagered Kathy that the book would be on Amazon’s Top Ten List in the Kindle...