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Feb.24.2012
So, our friends at Redroom have asked us to blog about when we first knew we wanted to become writers. Hmmm. That’s a tough one, because it seems I was born wanting to write. When I was five, I took my first long road trip with my parents. Sitting in the backseat in the days before mobile phones...
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Feb.20.2012
Dear Redroom Colleagues:
This is an open letter to you here on my Redroom blog today to let you know about a wonderful conference I've organized which will be taking place on March 24, from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at San Domenico School in Marin County, The Women’s PowerStrategy Conference. Speakers at...
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Dec.23.2010
I'm a first-generation Italian-American. That slash says it all. It means that though I was born in the United States, my blood corpuscles are suffused with foreign tendencies for which science has yet to find an antidote. One of those predilections is this: if I invite guests to my home for...
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Aug.09.2010
What makes Bridgette and Joe's love story unique is that it prominently features "another woman" -- Bridgette's best friend, Brandy. But before you think, "uh-oh," it's important to note that Brandy is Joe's sister.
"I met Brandy when we were both in seventh grade,...
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Jul.10.2010
Matthew Bernstein has seen firsthand the promise of the Internet in attracting new American fans to soccer.
The 43-year-old founder of the 500-member Hapoel Soccer Club in Maryland explains: "In the 1970s, when I watched the World Cup final on TV, I missed at least one goal due to...
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Jun.30.2010
What are the secrets to a long and happy marriage? Well, it took me a while to find a dozen couples who have been married for 30 years or more who could answer that question, but once I did, their answers were surprisingly simple. Below are their top five rules for maintaining a joyful, lasting...
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Jun.24.2010
The spring I turned twenty-two, I was desperately trying to recover from a ravaging love affair that had changed me from a girl who was somewhat confident for her age and mostly happy, to one who was completely demoralized. It was not only the relationship itself, but the reactions to the demise of...
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Mar.04.2010
One of the best things about living in the Bay Area of San Francisco is that I get to meet and mingle with some of the most talented artists in the world: Amy Tan standing six feet away from me, singing “These Boots are Made for Walking” with the band, Los Train Wreck, as I sit drinking cheap wine...
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Jan.22.2010
My favorite short story is “The Chain”, by Tobias Wolff. I first read this story in the 1980’s when I was still living in New York, and when I moved out to the San Francisco Bay Area, it was a thrill to meet the author himself at Book Passage in Corte Madera, and tell him face-to-face the impact...
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Dec.12.2009
Like a number of other wonders now in my life, I came late to appreciating the importance of scientific knowledge for the common person. In high school, my lack of such was stupendously appalling. In 1970, when I was a freshman, I had a crush on a boy who came to class one day in April, quite upset...
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Oct.05.2009
Several months ago, I decided I wanted to do podcast readings of my book, Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece, to coincide with the re-release of the book with its new cover. (November 2009) The new cover, I'm so very pleased to report, features more book blurbs by...
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Aug.19.2009
(by Patricia V. Davis - Ph.d in Patrichism, Certified FRE*)
All religions based on the teachings of Abraham, Mohammed, Christ, or whomever else you’re partial to, started out as marvelous ideas, I’m sure. But through extensive study, here’s what I discovered happened: One fateful day, Satan said...
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Jul.29.2009
Joyce Maynard has a big mouth. It’s either that, or she has too much integrity to lie about anything, despite the fact that telling the truth often gets her into trouble.
When you hear our podcast interview, you decide which it is.
I first met Joyce Maynard when I signed up for one of her writing...
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May.21.2009
Now that you have your newly-edited manuscript down to 143,122 words, (not including the 36,310 words of the ‘Back Section’ which includes recipes, a guide to additional reading, a history lesson, a wine list, and other information you deemed pertinent to your readers as addendums to your...
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May.06.2009
I am no Longer a Person; Now I am Officially a Writer
May 2009 marks two years since I wrote my first blog , which was on VOX.com. These two years have been an extraordinary writing journey for me.
I started ‘blogging’...
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Davis is like the cool aunt who tells it like it is. With two failed marriages and 50 years of life lessons under her belt, she’s comfortable with her role as a horrible warning rather than a good example.”
—Deseret News
About Patricia
PATRICIA V. DAVIS is the author of the bestselling Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss and Greece, and The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know. She is the editor-in-chief of the non-partisan HS Radio e-magazine...
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Causes Patricia Davis Supports
Make-A-Wish International, Girls Inc. The Palermo Protocols, Amnesty International, Valley of the Moon Children's Shelter, Brenda Novak's Online Auction for...