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Hitting the Restart Button.

Whenever I’ve been gone for an intense few days… and it’s always intense… I have to recharge before I can write again.  Even posting is difficult. So while I’m plugged in here’s some interesting...

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The Next Big Thing!

I normally don’t participate in this stuff, but a dear friend, Sandra Cox, an author who has stuck with me since the day I signed my very first contract, tagged me, so here I go.  (Quick answers!) The...

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Fame.

I suspect you want it.  Most authors do.  Who doesn’t want to be the next big thing? I realized a long time ago I would never write the great American novel.  I lowered my expectations and did away...

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Watch out! Here comes another Ranty McRant.

I keep reading complaints around the blogosphere about indie authors spewing word vomit instead of writing good books.  I fear I must object. Even the icons heard the same criticism. Lawrence...

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I am, like, green with envy. M.H. Mead.

Anyone who accuses indie authors of spitting out word vomit should read Taking the Highway, by M.H. Mead.  The book sure puts the lie to that claim! Schooled! (Yeah, if I could only spit out such...

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Pullin’ A Rebecca…

*This is the post I’ve been planning for a couple weeks.  Still unsure… Remember DSB?  Dirty Sexy Books?  Rebecca’s blog site/review site, Dirty Sexy Books was my absolute favorite blog site.  Nobody...

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The To-Do List.

1.  Heal dislocated left ring finger so I can type reasonably well. 2.  Work on ‘static’ website.  Cool! 3.  Edit and re-release two books.  Yee-hawwww! 4.  Complete new YA.  Can’t believe I’m...

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Because Hugh Howey says so. An Admission.

It’s something we don’t really talk about because we all like to be nicey-nice but his words resonated with me, probably because I am guilty of being nicey nice. Hugh Howey’s Top 10 List of...

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It’s the story…

It’s not always the prose. When I wrote Come Back To Me, I told a story.  The prose is rough and it might seem to some readers as if the editing is slapshod. The story shifts from past to present to...

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Monday Monday…

What did I do this weekend? Apparently I spent a way too much time clenching my teeth because my TMJ, which I haven’t felt in years, really flared up. I think I was channeling Sheldon Cooper– Yeah,...

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Seriously belated update.

I’m dreaming… Well, it’s like this — have house guests and, uh, just like in 2013, loads of personal stuff going on all at once.  I’m hoping for an opportunity to write.  I’m currently (not) writing...

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Joffrey Baratheon- Or Buh-Bye Game of Thrones.

Spoiler Alert–   The king is dead. Long live the king. Joffrey Baratheon Yes, I read all the books way back when, back when each was released. The two most not-so-recent installments bored me beyond...

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I wept…

…when I finished the first draft of my new work in progress. Today. Coming Soon.     Related posts: Monday Monday… What did I do this weekend? Apparently I spent a... Had to take this damn picture...

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A Quick Note.

I’m finished with edits. Done with my blurb. Working on my cover. Taking my own photographs this time and working with my own personal cover artist. He created the cover for One Foot In Heaven,...

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Time to Reboot.

When I finish a book I feel drained. Empty. Climbing Mealisval on the Outer Hebrides. I’m in front. I’d like to go back right about now. I have ten days all to myself. I intend to do some much needed...

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Unbridled (Cowboy Poetry Press Anthology, Volume I)

Unbridled (Cowboy Poetry Press Anthology) One of my stories from ages ago- Natural Born Horsewoman – is included in this wonderful anthology highlighting stories, poetry, art… This is great stuff. Not...

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