If you’ve moved into a new house or just moved your ex out of your house, you know that sometimes your living space just feels…icky. Some people sage. Others open all the windows and let the stagnant air move around and fresh air move in. Some dance, drum, raise energy to get old energy cleared [...]
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A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years.
At the center of this image made by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B1509-58, or B1509 for short…..
Photo copyright and more info at
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/b1509/.
Huh? What am [...]
The last book I wrote for Silhouette’s now-defunct Bombshell action-adventure line, with the fabulous Natashya Wilson as my editor. Loved this story, loved my editor. And yes, it’s very dark for anything Silhouette has ever produced.
This article is from the upcoming book, 23 Ways I Screwed Up My Life with the Law of Attraction—and [...]
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Why is it easier to create new fiction about a situation rather than simply ASK? If you hear a rumor or have a question about Spilled Candy Books, just ask me. It’s that simple. Or start by reading our FAQ—there’s lots of brutally honest info there. I’m flabbergasted when a publishing blog reports they can’t [...]
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Today’s Book Spotlight is on Elements of Fun: 14 Nature-Based Projects to Enjoy with your Children.
Lady Sialia has put together over a dozen projects related to the four elements, all with Nature-based themes. The book is not specific to any particular religion but Nature-lovers and followers of Earth-based spirituality will appreciate the suggestions. This [...]
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Originally published in Third Degree of Freedom.
Two women from the Philippines are helping me with a home project. They’re smart, they work hard, and they’re compassionate. Traits I obviously admire. And even though they’ve both been handed their share of tragedy, they still agree, “Life is good.”
One is a single mother of six who just [...]
Balancing work with play at Grayton Beach State Park. Photo credit: Aislinn Bailey
Have you ever discovered that your intentions came true, just not in the way you planned? Happens to me all the time.
A little over a year ago, I put the intention out there in a Law of Attraction exercise to take [...]
Originally published in Third Degree Ebb and Flow.
My third workshop for the Florida Pagan Gathering was fairly crowded. I never saw several of the attendees at anything else related to the weekend events. Maybe they were aliens or angels or something just dropping by!
In any case, that was the workshop on building worm holes, Field [...]
Today’s Book Spotlight is on Salt and Fire: Cleansing and House Purification Rituals. Lauren Hartford uses a “novel approach” to explaining how to perform a complicated (and possibly dangerous) ritual to cleanse your home. All details are provided in the form of a short novella, covering the materials needed, the actual process, the [...]
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Occasionally I get questions on the books sold through this site, particularly on ones I’ve written. I frequently write new articles that are related to some of these books and new insights that have arisen since they were published. Some of those articles will be incorporated into future editions, but for now, they’re [...]
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My dearest, darling Lorna:
We are about to send you someone who will tell you some great and useful things, many of which you already know but need a new way of thinking about them… but the real gift will be more in what this man shows you than in what he [...]
Book cover for Working through Grief: Tips for Coping with the Pain of Loss
Traumatic experiences, grief, and loss can take a heavy toll. Death, dying, divorce, sexual abuse, and suicide aren’t things you just “get over.” You have to heal them from the inside out.
Forget everything you’ve heard about “getting over it” and coming [...]
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Cindy Lu’s The Four Man Plan: A Romantic Science dating guide offers advice that may help you attract back the love of your life—or at least attract a social life in the meanwhile.
The most difficult thing for people looking to “attract back” lost lovers is to stop fixating [...]
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The Male Submissive has no problem purchasing a “submissive man” book for his domme or for seducing a dominant woman–as long as he can do it discreetly.
Here’s what happened.
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Can’t attract back an old lover or friend using the Law of Attraction? Maybe it’s YOU who changed.
When you’re trying to attract an old friend or lover back into your life and seem to be getting nowhere, consider that the other person may remain the same-and that it’s YOU who’s changed.
In this day of [...]
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The Long-Awaited Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy
(Plus 23 More Tips for Living Your Joy)
Author: Lorna Tedder
Publisher: Spilled Candy Books
Available in pdf in a condensed format for easy reading/printing.
Ebook (PDF) $19.95
Special for our blog readers: $9.95 at http://www.spilledcandybookstore.com/The_Secret_To_Being_Happy.html
If you enjoy making others happy (or trying to) to the point of losing your own happiness—and [...]
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Around the riverbend, life is sometimes pretty amazing.
Photo by Chan Worley, Copyright all rights reserved. Used with permission.
Inexplicably, things suddenly seem shinier than they have in previous years. Given the state of the world at the moment—and the state of my current social trend toward being, well, unsociable after several of my dearest ones had [...]
I know, I know. After everything you’ve heard about Kristin being all evil from those Generation Hex authors, you probably expected her new cookbook to be about newt eyes and Hansel and Gretel cookies, but nope, sorry.
Instead, you get 188 pages of really wonderful and different recipes that will keep you from ever having another [...]
I’m not sure whether to be appalled or amused by the news, but one of Spilled Candy’s long-running books is apparently a bad influence. Here’s the message I received from author Kristin Madden:
“When Pagan Parenting first came out, the Fundie Christian Right compared me (and MTV) to Hannibal Lecter. Now a new book entitled, Generation Hex: [...]
About a decade ago, my friend Vicki Hinze had a literary agent, Helen Breitweiser, who was a blast to be around. Helen was young, hip, intelligent–and had a mouth on her. That was part of her charm. (In my opinion, at least.) One of her favorite phrases was to refer to someone’s literary masterpiece as being [...]
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Not everyone keeps a Book of Shadows in the “traditional” way. You know, the hardback tome of paper, perhaps even wrapped in some kind of animal hide or decorated with all sorts of magickal symbols.
In my guest room, affectionately known as “Brian’s Room” because of his extended summer stays, I [...]
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Highly recommended–here’s a beautiful book for the Autumn season, beginning today!
Mabon: Pagan Thanksgiving (Revised)
Author: Kristin Madden
Trade Paperback, 6×9, 280 pages
Publisher: Spilled Candy Publications
ISBN 978-1-892718-68-6
Acclaimed homeschooling author Kristin Madden shows adults, parents, teachers, and children how to celebrate the Autumn of the year with myths surrounding Mabon (the Harvest), customs and traditions from around the world, recipes, [...]
See that light blue dot in the panhandle? That’s me. My relatives are all pink and purple. Photo credit: National Weather Service.
I have to be careful about admitting this because people will throw rocks at me. There’s something about hurricanes that I just love. Two somethings.
First of all, there’s the raw power of Mother Nature. [...]
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