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The End of the World as We Know It

By A.J. Llewellyn I am not a doomsdayist but ever since my niece started telling me that one of her teachers believes December 2012 will be the end of the world and several readers have written me to ask for my opinion on the subject – I am starting to wonder. I’ve always longed for [...]

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Hidden Mickeys and Astro Burgers

By A.J. Llewellyn As a kid growing up in Australia I fell in love with Hollywood…old Hollywood and pined for it from afar. When my father sent me to LA to stay with a woman he was dating and I began to attend school here, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. I tasted [...]

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Harriet Klausner: For the Love of Books

By A.J. Llewellyn As a writer I am an avid reader but I confess most of the stuff I read is non-fiction, or if it is fiction, it tends to be material related to things I adore, such as Hawaii. I have devoured a wealth of material this year but what I have found more [...]

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Books for Christmas

By A.J. Llewellyn Some years ago I heard an awful story about a spurned gift that still resonates in my mind. So much so that the first thing I do when I receive a book is to open it and check there’s nothing inside. It’s a good habit to fall into because some people, especially [...]

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Christmas in Flip Flops

By A.J. Llewellyn My latest release, “Christmas in Flip Flops” is one of my new favorites. The idea came for it whilst I was in Honolulu this past September researching my fourth and final Pearl Harbor series book, “Avenging Heart”. Mt friend Shani had just taken up an unusual post as a dental hygienist at [...]

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Love in US

by A.J. Llewellyn I had an incredible experience on Saturday night that I wish many more people could have shared. But for those of us who witnessed the giant opening of a butterfly’s gorgeous, all-encompassing, shimmering rainbow wings at the Beth Chayim Chadashim, it was an evening none of us will ever forget. The GLBT [...]

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Dream Maker

By A.J. Llewellyn When I was twelve years old, my father gave me the best Christmas present of my life. It was an Olivetti portable typewriter. He was a little concerned about my obsession with writing and reading, but somebody must have given him the idea of the typewriter (he says he regrets it now [...]

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ABIDING HEART

By A.J. Llewellyn My new book Abiding Heart is out today and this third installment of the Pearl Harbor series is probably my favorite. Tinder and Jason are together, united in their desire to protect Hawaii and help rebuild their precious island home in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor. I’ve immersed myself [...]

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Passages

By A.J. Llewellyn The past few days have brought about a huge change in California weather. We have gone from 90 degree temperatures of last week to 50-60 this week. Some people are grumbling…me, I’m singin’ in the rain. I love the changes of season and yes, we do actually get them here like I [...]

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The Morning After Candy

By A.J. Llewellyn Growing up in Australia, I grew up without the benefit of Halloween. To us back then, it was one of those holidays we envied as kids since anything that involved getting loads of sweets was a fantastic thing. I had cousins here who lived on their Halloween hauls for weeks… Perhaps those [...]

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