As a child, I told long, involved, and very complicated stories involving my animals. (I wasn’t much into dolls, but I did have a collection of different stuffed toys.) The teddy bear–Pooh Bear–was always the prince, and who often needed rescuing. Generally it was the horses who would get him out of whatever situation he […]
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I haven’t written much this week. Not at all. Some of it was physical–felt like shit for a couple of days, got hit by a freight-train of a migraine that knocked me on my ass for a day as well. But I could have written other days. I just didn’t. Couldn’t figure out WTF was
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On July 9th, my new novel, The Guardian Hound, is being published by Book View Cafe. I continue to be excited about this. In the five weeks leading up to the novel release, I plan on publishing a short story a week, and having each available for free for that week. All the stories are
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I blog about inspiration both here and at Book View Cafe. Feel free to comment either here or there! ————- I have a secret. But I’ll tell you. Since it’s only just us two, right? (Looks around) Come closer. I’ll whisper it to you. I’m a geek.
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As I said in January of this year, this was the year I would be looking for my Sams. (Frodo wouldn’t have gotten very far without his Sam. This year, I’ve been looking for my Sams, the people and groups to support me in my life.) I’ve been incredibly lucky to date. (I believe that
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On July 9th, my new novel, The Guardian Hound, is being published by Book View Cafe. I am still incredibly excited about this. In the five weeks leading up to the novel release, I plan on publishing a short story a week, and having each available for free for that week. All the stories are
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On July 9th, my new novel, The Guardian Hound, is being published by Book View Cafe. I AM SO EXCITED! Ahem. In the five weeks leading up to the novel release, I plan on publishing a short story a week, and having each available for free for that week. All the stories are about the
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Today, I figured I’d turn back to one of my first loves, fashion. I also do these blogs over on the Book View Cafe blog. Feel free to comment here or over there. I adore the way her skirt flares up, how like a bird she is, and yet, so powerful. Though she’s in black,
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Had an interesting realization today. The most important thing for the day, today, was typing up chapter eight. 33589 / 70000 I was about halfway through, taking a break, when I realized that for some reason, I felt I wasn’t doing the most important thing. Where the hell was that coming from? Writing is the
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A couple weeks ago, I took a three-day class covering “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” Most of the material wasn’t new to me. For example, habit one is about being proactive. Part of that is eliminating “have to” from your common, everyday usage. Years ago, I made the decision that I was no