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Blog Housekeeping
OK. I’m new to blogging. This post is here just to take care of some housekeeping stuff, so feel free to comment if there’s some advice you can offer or an image you can share. I had some images I …...
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The Inverness Press
Welcome! I hope you enjoy my blog, and please do leave a comment or two. I love getting feedback. For my regular blog, please simply scroll down. To read some of my short stories and excerpts from...
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Who Knows Best?
Have you ever listened to an author in a live interview stumble over details of their own stories? Does it seem odd that the very creator of the fiction doesn’t know the story nearly as well as the...
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Han Shot First
When I first started my blog, I planned to carefully type every post into MS Word, proofread it carefully, and then copy and paste it into a well formatted blog entry. That lasted a day. I do sometimes...
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Choose Your Own Romance
I was not the first to have this idea. In fact, Jen Kirchner is doing a version of “Choose Your Own Adventure” right now! And several other writer friends have mentioned the idea for the blogosphere....
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When Good Blogs Die
In my misspent youth (or, rather my overactive goody-two-shoes youth) if no one laughed at an obviously hilarious joke I’d made, I would simply repeat myself. Loudly. And often. I was annoying....
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GO!
My hubby bought me a bottle of sangria. This is notable because neither of us drinks much, and we hardly ever have any in the house. Last night I decided that I would have a small glass while I began …...
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The Comfort Zone
I have a long list of writers I love. I have a separate, largely overlapping list of authors whom I feel are an influence on my writing. But the ones I go back to the most, not just to read … Continue...
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Hopping Hiatus Batman!
Perhaps I should explain… I’m not feeling well, and I’m a little loopy. I need to take a little time off. In April I’ll be going to my first writer’s conference. I expect to learn a lot and make some …...
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This Is It!
During my first year of NaNoWriMo, I didn’t have a blog yet. My second year, I did all kinds of preparation, including finishing interviews and SciFi Q of the Day posts in advance. (By the way, I...
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Sample Group Interview
I’ve been published in several anthologies, and one challenge is how to promote the book with so many wonderfully diverse writers. For both Felt Tips and Precipice, I interviewed several of the...
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Yes, I Am Tech-Savy Enough to Use a QR-Generator
…as long as I’ve already asked on facebook “Is this how you do it?” and my hubby is beside me saying “It’s fine. You’re doing it right.” Next, of course, is printing it and showing it to someone and...
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Seeking Other Author’s Advice on Contests
My writing update for the week: I remembered what happened last week regarding my ‘finish the short stories you start within a few days’ goal, and vowed not to make the same mistake again. I started a...
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Interviews on Hiatus for NaNoWriMo
You’ve heard me debate this with myself a lot lately. Should I keep doing interviews? I love the interaction, and interviews have earned me some wonderful connections in the writing world. I often...
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The Night Before my New Release
The Moon is Almost Full. This has new meaning to me now. Starting this month, every time there’s a full moon, I will release a new short story in The Cities of Luna. This month, the stand-alone story...
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