Cynthia Conrad

Tips for Creating a Feline-Friendly Home Setup

After having owned a half-dozen cats over the course of my adult life, I can say with confidence: cats rule the roost. If you’ve ever found yourself sleeping on a foot-wide edge of the mattress, putting litter boxes in locations where you’d rather have, say, a potted plant, or picked…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 30, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured Thrillers

The Glamour and Seedy Underside of the Film Industry

A photographer with a limp and progressive hearing loss. A lithe actress who lands a plum role in an art film. The sometimes drug dealer, sometimes porn producer, recently sworn jihadist whose history links the two together. These are just three of the dozens of fascinating and complex characters that…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 23, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Compelling Literary Fiction Explores Creation, Beauty and The Ideal

“Has anyone in this crowd thought much about — What made thee? What Made Thee? Not who you slept with last or why you put that chalk dust up your nose but — What made thee? Where did you, babe, dude or specialist come from? Why and how? Stuff like…

Cynthia ConradAugust 31, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured Romance

A Tender Love Story That Spans Continents and Faces the Dangers of World War II

It was only by chance that journalist and author Lisa Franco found the seeds of what would become a decade-long passion project. Browsing through an antique shop in Cape Cod, she found a large trove of handwritten letters in a basket marked “World War II Ephemera.” What she would discover,…

Cynthia ConradAugust 26, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Miscellany

Curated Collection of Work by Prolific Poet Provides the Depth and Breadth of a Lifetime

Over 1,600 books of writing. A body of work containing well over 90,000 poems. The sheer volume and speed at which Sri Chinmoy wrote is breathtaking — one collection boasts 843 poems written in a single 24-hour span in 1975. What’s even more incredible is the high quality of thought,…

Cynthia ConradAugust 11, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Novel of Hope and Persistance Under Communist Occupation

Virginia Gemanar is worried. Her boyfriend, university student Jenica Cureteanu, has stood her up for a much-anticipated date. Could he have somehow forgotten? But he had just asked her yesterday to go with him to today’s concert. Then Jenica does not show up for lunch plans with their friends Doina and…

Cynthia ConradAugust 4, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Everything Is Mind: Exploring the Many Forms of Intelligence in the Universe

The cosmos is a network of networks, and everything that exists in it has some form of intelligence that is part of a larger “mind.” That’s the main premise of Metaverse of Mind: The Cosmic Social Network (BlackBox) by interdisciplinary thinker R.A. Varghese. Within its pages lies a well-constructed series…

Cynthia ConradJuly 8, 2022

Fiction Miscellany Potpourri - Featured

“The Strand” Publishes Previously Unreleased Shirley Jackson Short Stories

Andrew Gulli has done it again! Gulli, whose literary detective work over the years has unearthed previously unpublished stories from the likes of John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Chandler, Louisa May Alcott, Agatha Christie and Tennessee Williams, is releasing two newly discovered short stories from Shirley Jackson today in the…

Cynthia ConradJune 10, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Learning How to Manage Your Emotions Through the Conceptual Framework of Chakras

“Emotions trigger actions. Actions trigger reactions. Reactions trigger emotions. This is a never-ending cycle. As human beings we emote; this is in our nature. Whether we like it or not, we must face our and others’ emotions constantly. How we face them makes all the difference.” In Preethi Saravanakumar’s latest…

Cynthia ConradMay 31, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

“Cherry Bomb:” An Explosive Tale of Coincidence, Danger and Fate

An intellectually snobbish, would-be writer living in his employer’s treehouse. The exhibitionist thespian daughter of a beleaguered preacher. A “muscled mercenary thug” with little compunction for killing, whether for hire, vengeance or sport. A sinister Iranian-Russian plot to shuttle a nuclear artillery shell to America’s borders and elicit under-the-radar diplomatic…

Cynthia ConradMay 6, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Spice-Infused Culinary Adventures Abound All Along “The Nutmeg Trail” Cookbook

Variety, as they say, is the spice of life, and there are a huge variety of dishes to be found in The Nutmeg Trail: Recipes and Stories Along the Ancient Spice Routes (Apollo Publishers) by food writer and recipe developer Eleanor Ford. If you are looking for the keys to…

Cynthia ConradMay 3, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Spiritual Memoir Shares One Man’s Journey Along the Path to Enlightenment as a Buddhist

“Life is like a great big role-playing game,” writes Marc Preston Moss, “The way to win isn’t to have the most stuff or the highest status—it’s how to find the way out of the game entirely.” That way out is the path that leads to enlightenment and the cessation of…

Cynthia ConradApril 12, 2022

Book Club Network Fiction Fiction - Featured

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

Mount Olympus has a big PR problem. While the Greco-Roman names of its inhabitants still carry varying degrees of recognition among humanity, it’s evident that today's rank-and-file shmoes don't see them as the almighty forces they once were. At least, not the kind of forces that can control their fates…

Cynthia ConradMarch 22, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Miscellany

“A Life Cycle” Takes Readers Through an Iterative Process of Healing, One Poem at a Time

Poetry, particularly confessional poetry, has the power to make us think, feel, see and hear the world differently. It can also be a transformative force for poets as well, helping them to make sense of their experiences and translating them for others to understand more keenly. Subtitled “a guide to…

Cynthia ConradMarch 9, 2022

Miscellany Potpourri - Featured

Poems of Evolving and Healing in “Flowers Grow on Broken Walls”

It doesn't take long in this life before you realize that you need to protect yourself from the world. Some people are able to set and maintain healthy boundaries without guilt or remorse, while others build walls that become their prison as well as their shield. While boundaries bend and…

Cynthia ConradFebruary 21, 2022

Better Self Better Self - Featured Miscellany

One Woman’s Journey from Trauma to Self-Love Offers Much Wisdom for Growth

"Bloom where you're planted," goes a common saying. For poet and writer Tyesha Mack, that sentiment seems to miss the center of the target. “Grow and remain rooted in who you are," she writes. "That’s what flowers do.” See the difference? It is only one of many moments of profound…

Cynthia ConradFebruary 18, 2022

Cynthia Conrad

Tips for Creating a Feline-Friendly Home Setup

The Glamour and Seedy Underside of the Film Industry

Compelling Literary Fiction Explores Creation, Beauty and The Ideal

A Tender Love Story That Spans Continents and Faces the Dangers of World War II

Curated Collection of Work by Prolific Poet Provides the Depth and Breadth of a Lifetime

A Novel of Hope and Persistance Under Communist Occupation

Everything Is Mind: Exploring the Many Forms of Intelligence in the Universe

“The Strand” Publishes Previously Unreleased Shirley Jackson Short Stories

Learning How to Manage Your Emotions Through the Conceptual Framework of Chakras

“Cherry Bomb:” An Explosive Tale of Coincidence, Danger and Fate

Spice-Infused Culinary Adventures Abound All Along “The Nutmeg Trail” Cookbook

Spiritual Memoir Shares One Man’s Journey Along the Path to Enlightenment as a Buddhist

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

“A Life Cycle” Takes Readers Through an Iterative Process of Healing, One Poem at a Time

Poems of Evolving and Healing in “Flowers Grow on Broken Walls”

One Woman’s Journey from Trauma to Self-Love Offers Much Wisdom for Growth

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