Teri Polen, Author
@teripolenauthor.bsky.social
Author of young adult #horror, #scifi, and #fantasy. Likes books, red wine, chocolate, music, and movies. Caters to Bond, my Feline Overlord.
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Tuesday - Anything Possible - Finger Point Prompt - "Trash" johnwhowell.com/2026/02/03/t...
Tuesday – Anything Possible – Finger Point Prompt – “Trash”
Today, I randomly opened The Power of Three by Teri Polen to page 67. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word closest to my finger is “trash.” That is our prompt today.…
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February 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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February Book Reviews! #NicoleSara #LindaBroday #TerryTyler #writingcommunity #mustread #whattoread dlfinnauthor.com/2026/02/03/f...
February Book Reviews! #NicoleSara #LindaBroday #TerryTyler #writingcommunity #mustread #whattoread
Welcome! Here are the books I read and reviewed in January that are four stars or higher. The Blues and the Beautiful By Nicole Sara This is a beautiful collection of poetry infused with the colors…
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February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
February Book Reviews! #NicoleSara #LindaBroday #TerryTyler #writingcommunity #mustread #whattoread dlfinnauthor.com/2026/02/03/f...
Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 - Share an Excerpt - Boost one of your books - #SocialHistory #Biography Leora's Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression by Joy Neal Kidney smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/s...
Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 – Share an Excerpt – Boost one of your books – #SocialHistory #Biography Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression by Joy Neal Kidney
In this regular series for 2026, you are invited to share an excerpt of 400 to 500 words from any book you have written you would like to give a boost to. This feature is for any author who has bee…
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February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Smorgasbord Book Promotions 2026 - Share an Excerpt - Boost one of your books - #SocialHistory #Biography Leora's Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression by Joy Neal Kidney smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/s...
Weather, Bond, and More Legos teripolen.com/2026/02/02/w...
Weather, Bond, and More Legos
This is the first day in over a week that our temps are forecasted to get above freezing. All the snow and ice we got last weekend hasn’t budged. Main roads aren’t so bad, but our neigh…
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February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Weather, Bond, and More Legos teripolen.com/2026/02/02/w...
Top Ten Things Not to Do at a Super Bowl Celebration johnwhowell.com/2026/02/02/t...
Top Ten Things Not to Do at a Super Bowl Celebration
Since the Super Bowl is this weekend, I thought I would pull some advice from a January 26th, 2015, post. It all seems to be relevant. Top Ten Things Not to Do at a Super Bowl Celebration 10…
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February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Top Ten Things Not to Do at a Super Bowl Celebration johnwhowell.com/2026/02/02/t...
January Book Reviews mythsofthemirror.com/2026/02/02/j...
January Book Reviews
Image credit: troll enwikipediaorg3 This has been a horrifying and tragic week in the US as the rampage of cruelty, corruption, lies, and lawlessness continues. It shocks me beyond belief that abou…
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February 2, 2026 at 1:31 PM
January Book Reviews mythsofthemirror.com/2026/02/02/j...
Author Interviews - Meet Colleen M. Chesebro and a review latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/01/28/a...
Author Interviews – Meet Colleen M. Chesebro and a review
Meet Colleen M. Chesebro Today, I am thrilled to introduce author and poet, Colleen M. Chesebro, for my February author interview on LatinosUSA. Colleen and I have been blogging friends for years a…
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January 30, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Author Interviews - Meet Colleen M. Chesebro and a review latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/01/28/a...
Friday JohnKu - TGIF - Fri-Yay/Good News johnwhowell.com/2026/01/30/f...
Friday JohnKu – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network ‘DC Snow Heroes’ Shovel Neighbors Out of Trouble After Winter Storms By Andy Corbley – Jan 29, 2026 After low winter temp…
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January 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Thursday - A Little Personal - Twiggy and Tempeste Inside. johnwhowell.com/2026/01/29/t...
Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Tempeste Inside.
Here’s what was outside. Meanwhile inside. “The puma makes a preemptive strike on the panther.” “The panther is ready.” “The puma does the famous step over maneu…
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January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Thursday - A Little Personal - Twiggy and Tempeste Inside. johnwhowell.com/2026/01/29/t...
#TankaTuesday #Poetry #Challenge No. 49 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poem #tanka #nature dlfinnauthor.com/2026/01/28/t...
#TankaTuesday #Poetry #Challenge No. 49 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poem #tanka #nature
It’s been a while since I’ve participated in a Tanka Tuesday Challenge. This week, Yvette Calleiro challenges us to write a syllabic poem that focuses on mental wellness. I wrote a tank…
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January 29, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Robert Burns Day darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/r...
Robert Burns Day
On January 25, 1759, Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. A poet and lyricist, he is regarded worldwide as the national poet of Scotland. He passed away at age 37 on July 21, 1796.…
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January 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Robert Burns Day darlenefoster.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/r...
Imagine Something Wondrous 3 (like WordPress not ruining something else) teagansbooks.com/2026/01/24/i...
Imagine Something Wondrous 3 (like WordPress not ruining something else)
Saturday, January 24, 2026, Does that title sound cranky? I don’t care. I’m ready to “resign.” WordPress has destroyed my (constantly adapting) way of creating posts one ti…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Imagine Something Wondrous 3 (like WordPress not ruining something else) teagansbooks.com/2026/01/24/i...
Top Ten Things Not to Say in a Doctor's Office. johnwhowell.com/2026/01/26/t...
Top Ten Things Not to Say in a Doctor’s Office.
This list was first published on January 18th 2016. Since we all end up in a doctor’s office sooner or later, I think it’s still useful. Top Ten Things Not to Say in a DoctorR…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Top Ten Things Not to Say in a Doctor's Office. johnwhowell.com/2026/01/26/t...
Who's That Indie Author? John Howell bvitelli2002.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/w...
Who’s That Indie Author? John Howell
John Howell Name: John W. Howell Book Title: Detour on the Eternal Road Genre: Suspense Action Fiction Tell us about yourself: I began my career in business, where I pursued a marketing path in Con…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Who's That Indie Author? John Howell bvitelli2002.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/w...
Robbie's Inspiration - Tanka Tuesday, Collaborature winning entry, W3 and art news robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/r...
Robbie’s Inspiration – Tanka Tuesday, Collaborature winning entry, W3 and art news
Hi everyone This week I have a few fun things to share. Firstly, I hosted Tanka Tuesday this week and I am sharing the poem I wrote as an example of an oxymoron. Michael and I won the December Coll…
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January 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Robbie's Inspiration - Tanka Tuesday, Collaborature winning entry, W3 and art news robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/r...
Thursday - Anything Possible - Twiggy and Tempeste at Home johnwhowell.com/2026/01/22/t...
Thursday – Anything Possible – Twiggy and Tempeste at Home
” “You know I haven’t jumped off the couch in months.” “This is not the time to start again.” “It does look pretty far down there.” “A dislocat…
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January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Thursday - Anything Possible - Twiggy and Tempeste at Home johnwhowell.com/2026/01/22/t...
Simple Pleasures: Reading and Eating - Dead of Winter by Teagan Riordain Geneviene and Buckwheat Polenta latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/01/21/s...
Simple Pleasures: Reading and Eating – Dead of Winter by Teagan Riordain Geneviene and Buckwheat Polenta
Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle with you today and I’m sharing my reviews of the first three books in Teagan Riordain Geneviene’s Dead of Winter series and her recipe for buckwhe…
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January 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Simple Pleasures: Reading and Eating - Dead of Winter by Teagan Riordain Geneviene and Buckwheat Polenta latinosenglishedition.blog/2026/01/21/s...
#NewRelease! “Silverhills’ Rescue” by #SandraCox #writingcommunity #whattoread #mustread dlfinnauthor.com/2026/01/20/n...
#NewRelease! “Silverhills’ Rescue” by #SandraCox #writingcommunity #whattoread #mustread
I’m thrilled to have Sandra Cox here today to share her latest book, “Silverhills’ Rescue!” It’s an amazing addition to the Silverhills stories, and my review is inclu…
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January 21, 2026 at 10:31 PM
#NewRelease! “Silverhills’ Rescue” by #SandraCox #writingcommunity #whattoread #mustread dlfinnauthor.com/2026/01/20/n...
Top Ten Things Not to Do on a Bicycle johnwhowell.com/2026/01/19/4...
Top Ten Things Not to Do on a Bicycle
The inspiration for this list is my three-day-a-week three-mile ride on the single-speed beach cruiser bike. I get some crazy thoughts while moving along, and I thought I would share them with you.…
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January 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Top Ten Things Not to Do on a Bicycle johnwhowell.com/2026/01/19/4...
WW: The Veil of Midnight's Dance booomcha.com/2026/01/ww-t...
WW: The Veil of Midnight’s Dance
A masquerade poem.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
WW: The Veil of Midnight's Dance booomcha.com/2026/01/ww-t...
The State of One Writer’s New Year's Resolutions storyempire.com/2026/01/13/t...
The State of One Writer’s New Year’s Resolutions
Determined this would be her year of change,she sharpened a #2 pencil to a fine point andopened her spiral notebook to the first clean page.There she wrote resolutions in a column. Resolutions sure…
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January 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The State of One Writer’s New Year's Resolutions storyempire.com/2026/01/13/t...
January Book Reviews! #sandracox#YvetteCalleiro #ColleenChesebro #RobbieCheadle #mustread #writingcommunity dlfinnauthor.com/2026/01/13/j...
January Book Reviews! #sandracox#YvetteCalleiro #ColleenChesebro #RobbieCheadle #mustread #writingcommunity
Here are the books I read and reviewed in December that are four stars or higher. Plus, included are the 76 books read in 2025! Silverhills’ Rescue By Sandra Cox I have loved the Silverhills series…
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January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Punctuation Part X: Periods, Question Marks & Exclamation Points storyempire.com/2026/01/08/p...
Punctuation Part X: Periods, Question Marks & Exclamation Points
Greetings Storytellers, Diana here with my final post on punctuation. Perhaps you thought this series was completed in 2025, but alas, there was one more to go, and what an exciting way to kick off…
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January 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Whatnot Wednesday: the Scoobies, #CFFC, & a Reading teagansbooks.com/2026/01/07/w...
Whatnot Wednesday: the Scoobies, #CFFC, & a Reading
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Daphne: Yummy Human, doesn’t all this seem awfully…. random? Yes, Daphne. That’s what makes it a “Whatnot Wednesday” post. Daphne: I get …
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January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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