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Book Review...And Beneath It All Was Love: My Path Back Home Again Through Breast Cancer
Cancer is so ubiquitous, likely most everyone either has had it or knows someone who has been diagnosed with it. I was thirteen when my...
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helentdoan
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Show, don't tell: follow these 4 easy tips to improve your writing & hook readers
Many moons ago, a kind Harlequin editor bounced my manuscript back with a few writing tips. When she wrote about the need to show, not...
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helentdoan
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
Another author spotlight request
Recently Sandra Kopp asked if I would write an article for her #author #spotlight #blog. She wanted readers to learn more about me and...
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helentdoan
- Jan 12, 2021
- 1 min
ReadersMagnet article about how I came to write Passage of Time
I'm pleased to announce to the #WritingCommunity and #writerslife that my @Readersmagnet article about how I came to write Passage of...
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helentdoan
- Dec 4, 2020
- 3 min
Need an arrow removed? Try honey, twigs and some ingenuity
During the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, 16-year-old Prince Henry was struck in the face by an arrow. London surgeon John Bradmore was...
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helentdoan
- Nov 21, 2020
- 1 min
Cheyenne Dog Soldier
The Dog Soldiers were the most powerful and militant of the Cheyenne tribe's six military societies, gaining notoriety during the Indian...
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helentdoan
- Nov 17, 2020
- 1 min
Friend or Foe?
The following passage is from Chapter 3 of the yet unnamed sequel to my historical romance/time travel book, Passage of Time. Is the...
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helentdoan
- Nov 7, 2020
- 2 min
Placer Camp and William G. Russell
In July 1858, William Green Russell was travelling south along the South Platte river when he came to the mouth of a nearly waterless...
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helentdoan
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Passage of Time saga
#timetravel #historicalromance #passageoftime #pikespeakgoldrush
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helentdoan
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
Twitter bots and how to detect them
In my novice days on Twitter, I was surprised to log in one day to find “the official” Keanu Reeves among my followers. For a nanosecond...
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helentdoan
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
Tony Riches...guest blog invite
A few weeks ago, Tony Riches @tonyriches, an author from Wales, invited me to participate in his guest blog. I felt honoured that he...
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helentdoan
- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
Hatching A New Pandemic?
What is happening world-wide because of the #Covid19 pandemic reminded me of a university paper I wrote in 2007, in which I briefly...
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helentdoan
- Jan 29, 2020
- 2 min
Jim Bridger, king of the mountain
It was 1822, and beaver hats were still fashionable. Jim Bridger, barely eighteen years old, didn’t hesitate about signing on when he saw...
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helentdoan
- Dec 24, 2019
- 2 min
Recent reading at retirees luncheon
I felt honoured to be asked to speak about my book, Passage of Time, at the December meeting of the Niagara Branch of the National...
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helentdoan
- Mar 28, 2019
- 1 min
Stripper Syndrome
I’ve just finished reading Colorado Legends & Lore by Stephanie Waters, and found some interesting facts about Colorado’s arid climate...
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helentdoan
- Mar 11, 2019
- 2 min
1864 Denver Flood
Despite there being lots of available higher ground, and against the warnings from the Arapahoe Indians, plainsmen and mountaineers about...
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helentdoan
- Feb 14, 2019
- 2 min
My First Book Reading!
I gave my first book reading last night, thanks to an invitation from The Good News Unit of Stamford Lane United Church. I began by...
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helentdoan
- Feb 9, 2019
- 1 min
German Shorthaired Pointers
In my book, Passage of Time, Kate Hunter owns a German Shorthaired Pointer named Ali, who goes missing in this initial book of a time...
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