Category Archives: Life in a 24/7 World

Blogs about me and my life

Catching Up and Valentine’s Giveaways

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Mari Manning

I must be an unrepentant optimist. I embrace January as the dawn of a new me. It sort of works, but hey, if you don’t overreach a little, you won’t get anywhere. I’m skipping my usual plans to lose 10 … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the debut of Stranger in My House

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Mari Manning

If you’d like to find out what happened before this and after, go here. Then pour yourself an ice tea, find a lounge chair under a shade tree and enjoy a lazy summer afternoon with a great read. You earned … Continue reading →

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My Triscuit Diet

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Mari Manning

A heated controversy erupted recently over the “extreme diet” of Candace Cameron Bure, who was one of the kids on Full House. I know. There’s been an outbreak of Ebola, women and children are getting slaughtered all over the Middle … Continue reading →

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Performance Art or Lady Gaga + Vomit

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Mari Manning

It appears that there is a new genre of entertainment known as “Performance Art.” I know, I know. Performance Art is not new. In the old days, it involved scripts written by men in which naked women uttered philosophical lines … Continue reading →

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Spring Has Sprung (Not)

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Mari Manning

I am not sure why, but the advent of spring inspires me to write about … food. Maybe it is because I am so tired of stews and roasts and apples and oranges and pink tomatoes that I could SCREAM!!!!! … Continue reading →

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Sold!

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Mari Manning

It’s official. I have sold my two romantic suspense novels to Entangled Publishing! That’s all I know right now, but the contract has been signed, and I submitted my manuscript to my editor, Terese daly Ramin. The books are Stranger … Continue reading →

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My Most Fascinating People of 2013

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Mari Manning

Another year has passed, and Barbara Walters has unveiled her “Most Fascinating People of 2013.” We will have to wait a few days to find out who is number one, I can tell you that she is fascinated by a … Continue reading →

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See My Guest Blog – Fountain of Inspiration

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Mari Manning

I am guest blogging today at Katherine Givens website. Katherine is a member of the Romance Writers of America and Romance Writers of America PRO. She has two novellas, one already released and another upcoming.  In Her Dreams (Harlequin Australia’s Escape … Continue reading →

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Distracted by Gwyneth Paltrow

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Mari Manning

I was researching squash recipes the other day instead of writing when I fell into a rabbit hole. Not literally, but a headline “The 12 Most Ridiculous Things Gwyneth Paltrow Has Ever Said” got me going down an internet path that took … Continue reading →

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Why Girls Like Horses

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Mari Manning

If you are a regular reader of this blog or (even better) a regular reader of Mari Manning, you know that I am working on a series of romantic suspense novels that take place in Texas. The book I am … Continue reading →

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