Category: Author-y Stuff
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Book Reviews

I know. Kind of a boring-ish topic for a Sunday Morning Coffee chat. I’ll keep it brief. Tell you what, I’ll intersperse it with random pictures from a stock photo site. Having your own graphic designer in the house means you don’t really pay attention to stock photos. I’ve just discovered…
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Getting My Nature On

I hate it when a manuscript goes all boring on me. I’m working away and I pause to take stock, reread some paragraphs, reread them again and come to the conclusion that it’s all boring drivel. If I think it’s boring, then my readers will definitely think it’s boring. Why?…
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Author Revisited

I’ve been re-reading Charles de Lint. Right now, I’m reading Moonheart. (Goodreads says I’m reading something else, but that’s only because I haven’t figured out how that works when you change your mind and don’t want to read your current read.) Moonheart holds up beautifully, despite the fact the characters listen to…
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Taking Care of Me

Before I forget…HAPPY EASTER! Hope the Bunny brought you all sorts of numnums to nosh. I’m in What-A-Writer-Should-Do overwhelm and I was forced to give myself an intervention before I turned into George Jetson on his treadmill. Remember that old, Old, OLD cartoon? “Jane, how do I get off this…
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The Case of the Missing Week
“I say, Watson, weren’t you supposed to be writing all week?” “I was, Mr. Holmes, but time just got out of control.” (I don’t know why Sherlock insists on calling me Watson. But, then, he calls everybody Watson…the paper boy, the mail man, the shop girl…everybody. I don’t think he’s…
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I Gotta Admit…

…writing a book series is fun to play with. It’s like juggling. Right now, I’m juggling with reworking Episode One (just got it back from my editor) and writing Episode Two. Working on them both kinda-sorta-simultaneously is helping me make that smooth transition between books, while insuring I maintain personality integrity with…
