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Legacy of Silence - Spooky Houses and Hot Air Balloons by Flo Fitzpatrick 11/8/2025 8:27:59 AM
My first Abby Fouchet novel,“Sweet Dreams”, was originally published by a small press. I don’t know the precise negotiations but they were able to sell the contract (with my permission) to Worldwide Mystery (WWM) which was a Harlequin Publishing imp... more
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Eva’s Byte #549 – Stepping Back in Time by Eva Pasco 11/5/2025 3:24:50 AM
The end of Daylight Savings Time occurred on Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 2 a.m. when we set our clocks back one hour.
I’m turning back the hands of time to step back into the Sixties, the Baby Boomer generation, applicable to those born fro... more
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Another Batch of Kolaches and a Pack of Tonys by Flo Fitzpatrick 11/2/2025 8:19:30 AM
Serenade to a Cuckoo
Confession: I was a huge fan of the CSI forensic dramas that hit TV screens starting in 2000. (I didn’t watch Cyber or CSI: Vegas, mainly because I quit cable around 2015 so didn’t realize they were on.) But by then I’d watch... more
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Eva’s Byte #548 – The Ice Tongs by Eva Pasco 10/29/2025 5:21:34 AM
Ice tongs, hitherto never used, come in handy during an uh-oh moment.
These ice tongs have a history rooted in a memoir I’d published on Authors Den, September 28, 2019, “Homespun Goodness.” I sing the praises of Modern Diner, the Pawtucket... more
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Eva’s Byte # 547 – The Page is a Stage by Eva Pasco 10/22/2025 3:57:56 AM
All of the pages are a writer’s stage, and the characters have their entrances, key roles, and exits.
*My modified version of character Jacques’ opening line from the “Seven Ages of Man” speech in Act II, Scene VII of William Shakespeare’... more
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Deadly Deja Vu - In Time for Halloween! by Flo Fitzpatrick 10/21/2025 5:56:49 AM
Zillow was the inspiration for Deadly Deja Vu, although I doubt having a mystery/romance novel was the intent of their listing!
I was in the process of looking for a place to live and still deciding whether to rent or buy. One afternoon, wh... more
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The "Making" of Remake the Song by Flo Fitzpatrick 10/17/2025 7:15:36 AM
Remake the Song:
This one was inspired by Phil Ochs, protest singer (1941-1976). But before I get into the where, why, and when…a confession. I am a music binge listener. Not in the way someone binge watches Seasons 1 through 24 of Midsom... more
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Eva’s Byte #546 – Falling in Place by Eva Pasco 10/15/2025 3:47:46 AM
As the leaves begin to show their true colors, and the invigorating crispness pervades the autumn air in my neck of the woods, things are falling in place like acorns.
After careful consideration, objectives to foster my peace of mind were a... more
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Paris Nocturne: Inspiration by Flo Fitzpatrick 10/11/2025 8:19:21 AM
Coming up with Paris Nocturne by merging two ideas.... more
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Eva’s Byte #545 – The Find by Eva Pasco 10/8/2025 3:25:19 AM
I’ve devoted previous blogs to my hobby of foraging for sea glass at Sabin Point, a beach in Riverside, Rhode Island, whose ocean waters are part Narragansett Bay’s shipping lane. A regularly used navigable route for large vessels, I did espy a tugbo... more
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Haunting Melody: Inspiration by Flo Fitzpatrick 10/6/2025 7:00:58 PM
Updated from blog “A Gentle Ghost Story” Author’s Den 2011... more
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Inspiration: Hot Stuff by Flo Fitzpatrick 10/1/2025 5:34:09 AM
How Hot Stuff came to be written... more
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Eva’s Byte #544 – The Eggs-plosion by Eva Pasco 10/1/2025 3:18:42 AM
Blaming what occurred on a writer’s absentmindedness, I had a situation on my hands.
Prior to furthering along the draft of my Contemporary work in progress, I began boiling a half dozen eggs. Caught up in my writing, I completely forgot abo... more
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Ghosts, Wandering Here & There: Inspiration by Flo Fitzpatrick 9/24/2025 9:14:57 AM
Starting today, I'm doing a Weds. (hump day) blog about each of my novels and how I was inspired to write them. Today is the first book published...Ghosts, Wandering Here & There (originally entitled Ghost of a Chance)... more
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Eva’s Byte #542 – Pen-ding by Eva Pasco 9/17/2025 3:38:49 AM
“The pen is mightier than the sword.” (credited to English author, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, from a play he’d written in 1839)
How many pens or swords have any of us seen lately?
As for me:
A consumer who conducts online ... more
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"Review Packages" by Flo Fitzpatrick 9/8/2025 3:00:41 PM
I was watching a few Mel Brooks films last week, including the original version of The Producers. (Still way too funny, by the way!). In this version, along with doing everything possible to ensure a "flop," Zero Mostel's character (Max Bialystock)... more
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Eva’s Byte #540 – The Printed Word by Eva Pasco 9/3/2025 3:56:56 AM
Alas, my old workhorse of a printer fueled by costly, compatible ink cartridges, was put out to pasture. The old gray mare no longer produced the printed word legibly.
In keeping with my minimalist approach to technology without sacrificing... more
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Pushing Back On by Flo Fitzpatrick 8/18/2025 8:11:15 AM
more thoughts on what to do with the influx of emails from folks claiming to love my books and turn me into the next John Grisham (well, in terms of sales anyway!)... more
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From Compromise to Inspiration by Flo Fitzpatrick 8/17/2025 5:56:29 AM
A journey from following guidelines to finding inspiration... more
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Ptiching to Authors...A Nearly Daily Annoyance by Flo Fitzpatrick 8/16/2025 8:49:44 AM
promotional emails to authors - why they don't work... more
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