Growing up, the ultimate fixer was MacGyver. Guy could be sitting on a bomb with his legs tied and darn it if he didn’t find duct tape within reach and diffuse the bomb with seconds to spare. He got the job done. This month I’ve watched several people close to me struggle, suffer, and grieve….
Hello everyone. Welcome to Trumpet Tuesday. My name is Sharon Rene and my young adult/dystopian book, Hesitant Heroes, launched on September 7, 2021. In 2062, a teenage computer geek must stop an assassination and rescue her kidnapped friends. In Hesitant Heroes, a group of diverse teens from all over the planet are sent to a…
I learned that October 18 is World Menopause Day. As a woman, back in the day I wished more had been said about PMS. Then I longed to feel less alone about having a miscarriage. I think those topics are talked about more and carry less of a stigma. Menopause? I think we have a…
A CHARACTER INTERVIEW WITH ITHYANNA, TITLE CHARACTER OF ITHYANNA: LAST DAUGHTER OF ATLANTIS BOOK I: HOW THE WORLD ENDED MILLENNIA AGO, PART II By Don Edward Cook In Part I of my character interview with Dr. Ithyanna D’Yel Tiekka Ekkleono of the Vansqvaa Institute for Higher-Learning in Loxxdiekko, Atlantis (and principal character of Ithyanna: Last…
A CHARACTER INTERVIEW WITH ITHYANNA, TITLE CHARACTER OF ITHYANNA: LAST DAUGHTER OF ATLANTIS BOOK I: HOW THE WORLD ENDED MILLENNIA AGO, PART I By Don Edward Cook What if our current times of trouble, which many in our day and age have described as having no parallel to the calamities of the past, actually has…
My new release, “America of We the People,” is a book that profoundly touched my heart as I wrote the words. It is my first attempt at a Christian poetry and short commentary book. But I was compelled to write this book more than any other book I have written to date. You see, my…