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  • Welcome To My Blog
  • WHAT DOES A WRITER DO?
  • About Me
  • Writing Resources
  • Let’s Go to the Museum! Writing Challenge
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  • WHAT DOES A WRITER DO?
  • About Me
  • Writing Resources
  • Let’s Go to the Museum! Writing Challenge

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  • author interviews,  Be A Better Writer,  the writer's life

    How I Interviewed Myself

    Kay Castaneda / May 14, 2026 / 4 Comments

    The idea for this blog post came about after I completed these questions from a woman who asked to interview me on her blog.  But…….I lost her contact information and forgot the name of her blog! I’m not an organized person at all. I take notes and create lists, but those lists disappear. So instead of deleting my work here,…

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  • memoirs

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Kay Castaneda / May 8, 2026 / 13 Comments

      Tuesday Afternoon Tuesday afternoon I’m just beginning to see Now I’m on my way It doesn’t matter to me Chasing the clouds away Moody Blues   Those of us of a certain age probably remember this song by The Moody Blues. Where I lived, a radio station always played the song, of course, on Tuesday afternoons. Not just once…

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  • Blog Tours,  Book Launch

    The Rock Star and the Outlaw 2: Double Visions– Day 3 Word Crafter Book Blog Tours

    Kay Castaneda / March 25, 2026 / 7 Comments

    Hello everyone! I’m happy you stopped in at bookplaces.blog where The Rock Star and the Outlaw 2: Double Visions by Kaye Lynne Booth is the featured book today. I’ve read some of Kaye’s other books and anthologies, and I’m sure you will be entertained by this one. Don’t forget to visit the other stops on the tour for a chance to…

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  • Blog Tours,  Book Launch,  Book Promotion,  memoirs

    The Ones Who Stayed With Me – Day 4 Word Crafter Book Blog Tours

    Kay Castaneda / January 14, 2026 / 7 Comments

    The Ones Who Stayed With Me – Day 4  Word Crafter Book Blog Tours   Hello everyone! I’m glad you stopped in for Day 4 of Word Crafter’s Book Blog Tour. We have a wonderful book, The Ones Who Stayed With Me, by Nurse Sammy. Give Away Leave a comment for a chance to win a free digital copy of…

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  • family,  memoirs

    What Are You Going To Do When I’m Gone?

    Kay Castaneda / November 30, 2025 / 8 Comments

    The lady at home” Henry Margetson ( 1861 – 1940 ) British Painter Reprint from The Memoirist   What Are You Going To Do When I’m Gone?    “Everybody dies.” Tony, my husband, didn’t like it very much when I said that. The two of us were up early driving through the flat cornfields of western Indiana. His sister Yolanda…

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  • Anthology,  Blog Tours,  Book Promotion,  Dark Fiction,  Paranormal Fiction,  Short Stories

    Welcome to WordCrafter’s “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour Day 3

    Kay Castaneda / October 29, 2025 / 20 Comments

    Day 3 Tour Stop – Midnight Oil     Welcome to Day 3 of the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour. Today, we’ll be learning a little about three stories in Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, volume 3 in the Midnight Dark Fiction Anthology Series from WordCrafter Press. First, well see excerpts from stories whose authors weren’t able to…

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  • author's life,  Faith,  family,  Inspirational Books,  memoirs,  Poetry,  Reviews

    Review of Embracing the Power to Live by Marsha Ingrao

    Kay Castaneda / September 29, 2025 / 10 Comments

    Embracing the Power to Live is a memoir written in prose, verse, and photographs. Author Marsha Ingrao reflects on the milestones of her life such as childhood, moving, parents, friends, career, the death of her first spouse, and a second marriage. Her retirement as a teacher now gives her the opportunity to reflect about the deeper meanings and reactions to…

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  • memoirs

    The Beauty Lesson

    Kay Castaneda / September 17, 2025 / 10 Comments

    I still fume when I remember a boy in my 5th-grade science class. That was a very long time ago. I was shy and silent at that age and everything bothered me. My mom had moved my sisters and I away from Indianapolis to Detroit after she and my dad got a divorce. It made me sad and angry to…

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  • Angels,  friendship,  sisters

    Short Sweet Life

    Kay Castaneda / August 1, 2025 / 29 Comments

    Featured image: Big Moon Hug by Jerry Kirk   Short Sweet Life The little girls are angels now. But first they had to dive into the water, swim down the river, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly stroke. The current carried them, they floated, heads above the black water. Arms quit moving, legs stopped kicking until their tiny hearts quit beating. Blue lips…

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  • Angels,  Faith,  Jesus,  memoirs,  Saints

    I Am Your Guardian Angel Stephen

    Kay Castaneda / July 24, 2025 / 7 Comments

    I Am Your Guardian Angel Stephen Do you believe in angels? I am now absolutely sure they are here with us on Earth! About twenty years ago, I had a strange accident while driving on a highway. An old truck came up behind me, bumped my car and pushed me into the grounds of a car dealership. I knew I…

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