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Parenting while Living in the Shadow of the Greats

There is very little I know about this life. One thing I can reasonably state as fact, however, is my direct connection with the greats of literature. This isn’t because I sit around reading their...

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Tipani Walker and the Nightmare Club

HawkHill flying tall and proud, HummStreet unseen among the crowd, BriarRaven lost within her shroud. Pull the veil, tear the seam, and walk where wakers only dream.

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It’s Almost Here! Book 3 of Guts and Glory!

You’ve been waiting patiently. You’ve been wondering when it would be OUT already. You’ve looked for SOME sign on this website  that it is actually coming. Well, here it is! August, 2014… At Spocon,...

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Update on “Rise of the Nefarious Numbots”

Well, I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is: “Dr. Fixit’s Malicious Machine” — now published through Second Wind Publishing LLC (YAY!) — will be available at Spocon, as will “The...

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My Top Five Surprises about Signing with a Publisher

Trade publication. It’s the Holy Grail of career advancement for many writers. I’ve personally dreamed of it for as long as I can remember. While most little girls around me where playing out their...

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2015 — the Year of Learning

I have gained a bad habit over the course of the last few years. A habit draped in egotism and jealousy. I stopped reading other writers’ blogs, stopped studying writing manuals, stopped trying to...

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Words of the Day: -opia Edition

I forgot what “day” I was on. Initially, I was annoyed with Myself. Then Myself reminded I that I much prefer words to numbers. With that recollection, I decided to begin categorizing these posts...

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Trying Something New

I’ve been looking inside a lot of boxes lately, trying to find the path I need to be on for my family and my future. The boxes haven’t held any answers. Tonight, I decided to build my own box. You can...

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The Problem with Puppet Characters

Let’s just admit it: writers are megalomaniacs. It’s okay, we deserve to be. At least in our own worlds. We control everything that happens within the pages of our stories, from the last breath of a...

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A Straight Person’s Guide to Labels

We’re a people of labels. In order to understand each-other, we have to put each-other into categories, such as: “Straight” – “I can talk to this person like a “normal” person, because they represent...

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