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Maria T. Henriksen
- Nov 23, 2019
- 3 min
Ho ho holiday shopping!
Greetings! This blog is more of a newsletter of past and future events that evolve around some sort of shopping. Gotta love retail therapy! Make sure you reach the end for the special GIVEAWAY! I'm pleased to announce that my very first in-person event as a published author at the Hope Community Church Bazaar on November 9 was a success! I was so nervous in the beginning to the point of shaking. Fortunately, after my first signature, I was fine. Saturday, November 30 from 1 t
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Maria T. Henriksen
- Oct 17, 2019
- 2 min
The First Featured Writer
This month I'm featuring Christian novelist and poet, Kerenza Ryan who is openly schizophrenic. Her first novel, The Romance of Psychosis is on preorder for ebook and will be available for paperback and free on Kindle Unlimited on November 1, 2019. Here's the buy link for The Romance of Psychosis: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YLW7F2P Here's a blurb of The Romance of Psychosis: When Brazilian cancer researcher Hugo Sousa starts seeing things that aren’t there, and believing th
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Maria T. Henriksen
- Jul 7, 2019
- 3 min
Punta Cana, a Destination Wedding
My family and I recently came back from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic where my brother had a destination wedding at the Majestic Elegance Resort. The trip was absolutely fabulous! We thoroughly enjoyed our time there. The resort provided various activities to keep the guests entertained. A foam party was the first scheduled event at the swim up bar pool. This is where they shot foam out of a giant tube and played games while playing festive dance music. As one who lov
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Maria T. Henriksen
- Apr 28, 2019
- 3 min
Junior Prom
As promised here is an excerpt from my debut Novel, Not Again. This scene is circa 1985. After greeting one another and settling in to the evening, the music cranked up signaling it was time to get this party started. Upon hearing “Material Girl,” I grabbed my date and raced onto the dance floor. Nothing got my blood pumping to dance like Madonna did. What a great way to kick off Prom! The festive mood exploded with “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The flashing colored l
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Maria T. Henriksen
- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
And the winner is...
March 21, 2019 was the release of my very first interview/blog with my book and me being the subject. The blogger, Robin, did a fabulous job! All along I had the confidence that she would do me proud so I asked her to reveal my cover. And I was so impressed with the way she did it. I hope you like my cover. In addition to the interview and the cover reveal, there was a giveaway for a $10.00 gift card. This was my very first giveaway too. The winner of the gift card is... Jen
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