Valerie Wilcox

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The sea captured my heart as a young girl and I've been drawn to it ever since. So when I began writing my first mystery series, I knew intuitively that the sea would figure prominently in the stories. I also used the mystery as a vehicle to explore other themes such as adoption searches and reunions, elder abuse and identity theft. The three books in the series have been updated and are now available for e-readers.

I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and I'm currently living in Camas, Washington. My new mystery series is loosely based on my experience as concierge at a luxury condominium in a wealthy Seattle suburb. See my website at www.valeriewilcoxwrites.com for more info about me and the stories I write. I welcome reader comm
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Introverts

“Solitude matters, and for some people it is the air that they breathe.”

This quote is from a talk by Susan Cain who is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant—and a self-described introvert. She posits that introverts have much to offer the world but that our society typically places more value on the socially outgoing personality. Cain argues that we design our schools, workplaces, Read more of this blog post »
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Published on March 28, 2012 14:37 Tags: introverts, solitude, writing
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“Let me spell out the facts so even you can understand: your country, the good ol’ U. S. of A., sets itself up as a model of democracy. It spends billions of dollars to help other nations, nations they owe no obligation to, while a people—whose country they seized by force of arms, incidentally—are not only refused help but have the very treaty obligating the help overturned.”
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