Dana Glossbrenner
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I'm not alone when I say I'm sick of politics. When people believe their side is the only correct way and the other side is ignorant,...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Jul 6, 2020
- 3 min
Raise Your Hand If Tech Drives You Nuts
I wish I looked this cute while being crazy. When I was young and cute like this (sort of), I was one of the first people to get a word...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Why I Love Book Clubs
For anyone suffering from "I hate chit-chat" disease, I know an escape. Join a book club. I love nothing better than talking about and...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
Where the Crawdads Sing: A Novel
Author Delia Owens is a zoologist, as a reader will realize. "Where the Crawdads Sing" paints a picture of the outer banks of North...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min
Trusting the Reader
"Trust the reader." It's great advice. I've also heard it as "Let the reader do some of the work." These comments and others like them...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Oct 6, 2019
- 2 min
We Can All Use a "Which Way Tree"
Texas author and Spur Award Winner Elizabeth Crook brings home another winner with her historical fiction in "The Which Way Tree." It's...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Apr 12, 2019
- 2 min
A Writer Adds Spice
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni--a mouthful of a name to remember for this Texan, but well worth the effort when searching for her many books....
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Jan 18, 2019
- 2 min
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith): A Review
I've buried my head in some wonderful books in the past year--The Funeral Dress by Susan Gregg Gilmore, The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
A Review of Iain Pears' "Stone's Fall"
The central mystery of Iain Pears’ Stone’s Fall concerns how John Stone died. Was the rich and powerful ship-building magnate pushed from...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Jun 17, 2018
- 2 min
What's more fun? Writing a novel or writing a biography?
Someone recently asked me which was more enjoyable--writing fiction or nonfiction. First, I had to narrow the terms for myself. I think...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Apr 18, 2018
- 2 min
All This in a Flower
Here's one bloom from the many on an African violet I have been nurturing the past four years. (Photo by Jim.) It's a beautiful reminder...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Oct 18, 2017
- 4 min
A Man Called Ove: A Review
Swedish author Frederick Backman was repeatedly rejected in his attempt to publish his novel, A Man Called Ove. One publisher told him...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Sep 15, 2017
- 3 min
The Pitfalls of Writing Contests: A Case Study
Note: PM me if you want to know the contest and its associated workshop that I am hereby boycotting. I have had an awful experience with...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Jul 14, 2017
- 1 min
More Stinkin' Priorities
So many hopes--so much dashing of hopes. Preparing for the special session happening NOW in the Texas Legislature, Drew Darby (R--San...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Jun 15, 2017
- 2 min
What to do, what to do?
I'm hearing from some of those affected by and concerned about Texas's negligence toward teachers and education. They read my March blog...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Jun 15, 2017
- 2 min
A Review of Amor Towles' "A Gentleman in Moscow"
Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, saved from being shot after the Russian Revolution because a poem attributed to him expressed the People's...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Mar 16, 2017
- 4 min
Texas Betrays Teachers
Noting the priorities of our Texas State legislators, I’m ready for a regime change, because current priorities stink. Treatment of...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Mar 14, 2017
- 5 min
Bathroom Bills
Laws about who can use which bathrooms should be recycled into toilet paper. They’re just in place to make a statement— most notably in...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Mar 2, 2017
- 2 min
Women Protesters and the Hats They Wear
Please note: I am NOT talking about the cute pink toboggans with cat ears. I love those, and I want one. I am talking about the...
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Dana Glossbrenner
- Feb 6, 2017
- 3 min
Book Review: The Gold Coast, by Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille’s The Gold Coast, a bestseller from 1990, is a lasting classic. Author of crime series thrillers and a host of other...
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