LAURA BOWERS

Hello and welcome! I’m a novelist, mother of two great boys, reader, runner, roller coaster enthusiast, Disney World lover, and author of Beauty Shop for Rent, a “Steel Magnolias for the younger set,” and Just Flirt, a “sweet and lively summer read,” PW. Grab a cup of coffee and visit for a while!

Videos I could watch again and again …

December 6, 2013

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Love the smell of an old bookstore?

December 4, 2013

Then you’ll appreciate this:

I adore the dank, musty, mildewy smell of old paperbacks so I’m seriously considering buying this just for the poos and giggles. I don’t think my husband would appreciate it, however, if I smelled dank, musty, and mildewy.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 28, 2013

“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Awesome article link: How Running is Like Baseball

November 26, 2013

Since I’m a runner, Orioles fan, and writer who just submitted a novel about girls baseball … I loved this article and had to share!

How Running Is Like Baseball

And now, I’m off to the grocery store along with ten thousand other people. Why oh why didn’t I do my Thanksgiving shopping last week???

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Tuesday’s Writing Tip

November 12, 2013

Today’s don’t-do-what-I-did writing tip:

If you’re doing book research and discover tons and tons of wonderful tidbits and facts that most likely won’t be usable in your novel no matter how clever you are at slipping them into random conversations … write an Author’s Notes on the side at the same time! That way, those tidbits won’t go to waste and it will be MUCH easier remembering them while they’re fresh in your head rather than six months later … which is what I’m finding out now.

Sigh. Back to work for me.

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