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Word Blindness

By A.J. Llewellyn I’ve blogged before about my work as a volunteer at Braille Institute, work I am passionate about and committed to. Words and reading are my life. I can’t imagine a world without books but for millions of blind children this has been a sad state of affairs fast changing now that the […]

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For Erik and James

    By A.J. Llewellyn   Erik Rhodes, real name James Elliott Naughtin left this life last week after a long effort to do so. We communicated online. I got to know him through my friend, director John Bruno. I knew him just a little. I cared about him – a lot. He was a […]

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Stronger than Death

  I am blogging about Jun Lin and his search for love – a fatal attraction of the worst kind – over at Midnight Seductions Authors today about love – and why some men and women fall for violent wackos in the quest to be loved: http://midnightseductionsauthors.blogspot.com/2012/06/stronger-than-death.html Please stop by and check it out!   Aloha […]

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Hop Against Homophobia

The International Day Against Homophobia, held on May 17 every year, is a rallying event offering an opportunity for people to get together and reach out to one another. 2011 was marked by a series of breakthroughs at the United Nations concerning the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. On 17 June 2011, […]

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Good Grief

By A.J. Llewellyn It is nine weeks today since I lost my beloved dog, Venus. I’ve had pets die in the past…I once had a cat stolen and the shock and worry over her were tremendous but my grief right now seems endless. I cannot believe how broken I feel and how easily I burst […]

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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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