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  • Traits Every Great Nurse Has

    I discovered a great nursing blog: Diversity Nursing Blog. Here is a post I especially liked. Hope you do too.   DiversityNursing Blog Traits Every Great Nurse Has Posted by Erica Bettencourt Fri, Mar 23, 2018 @ 09:19 AM   What makes a good Nurse? What are the qualities of terrific Nurses? The Nursing profession is… Read more

  • The Building as Character

    This was originally posted on November 5, 2018   Memoir Writer’s Journey   November 5, 2018  By Kathy Pooler The Building as Character by Memoirist Marianna Crane   “Home is a shelter from storms—all sorts of storms.” —William J. Bennett     As a family nurse practitioner, I read Marianna Crane’s memoir with great interest… Read more

  • Announcing Publication Day: Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic

     Immediate Release  RETIRED RALEIGH GERONTOLOGICAL NURSE PRACTITIONER’S IMPORTANT MEMOIR OFFERS LESSONS FOR TODAY  Retired nurse practitioner and Raleigh resident Marianna Crane’s memoir, Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers, has earned kudos for its depiction of the early days of gerontological nursing. Windy City Reviews called the book “important” and Kirkus Reviews praised… Read more

  • Countdown to Publication Date: One Week

    I have three readings scheduled at local books stores in the next few weeks. I will send out an e-vite tomorrow. It’s both a stressful and exciting time. I have to remind myself to “have fun.” The latest review of my book: Chicago Writers Association, Windy City Reviews: Stories From The Tenth Floor Clinic. Marianna… Read more

  • Countdown to Publication Date: Two Weeks

    My book has been printed in advance of the November 6thpublication date. Twenty were shipped to Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina. This past Saturday the bookstore hosted an Author Speed Dating Dinner as part of the first Wake Forest Lit Fest. Proceeds from the event will support distribution of children’s books to… Read more

  • COUNTDOWN TO PUBLICATION DATE: THREE WEEKS

    This past week I promoted my book. Monday, after a class I attended on public speaking, I collared a woman who had also attended the lecture as she exited the ladies room. “How will you use the information?” I asked. She told me she had planned to start a class for widows on ways to… Read more