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
I blog about this both here and over at Book View Cafe. Feel free to comment either here or over there. When I moved into my house about three years ago, I had no idea that I was horribly allergic to a plant in the front yard. I didn’t find out about it until after
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I also blog about these things over at Book View Cafe. Feel free to comment either here or over there. My writing process has evolved and changed over the years. I anticipate it will continue to change. Currently, I write everything out by hand, first, then type it up on the computer. Creating fiction using
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I blog about inspiration both here and at the Book View Cafe Blog. Feel free to comment here or there. A while ago, I took an online class about designing covers. (Full disclosure: I’ve created all but two of my covers, and am in the process of redoing all of them.) As part of the class,
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I’ve started working on the next novel, “Siren’s Call.” I wrote the first three chapters while I was in New Orleans, and for various reasons, stopped. On first glance, I had assumed that I could use at least half of what I’d originally written. I just finished redrafting the first chapter. And yes, much of
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Though fall is my favorite season, I love the Seattle spring, and I particularly adore all the flowers blooming in my yard. (True fact: one of the paths to my heart is to bring me flowers regularly.) So under the cut are pictures! And more pictures! And even more pictures!
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