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More episodes of College of the Crones
Check out Kindle Vella, a new way to read stories. From your Amazon page or app, you can go to Kindle Vella. There you can read the first few episodes for free, and then purchase tokens to read more.
My young adult fantasy romance College of the Crones is up with 24 episodes so far. If you like your heroes ugly and your handsome prince wicked, check this…
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Creepy Holiday Stories to Keep You Up at Night
As if worrying about the Christmas feast and visiting relatives wasn’t enough, you can cuddle up by that fireplace and read some creepy short stories from another great anthology edited by Knight Publishing. My story, “Homeless for the Holidays,” is included:
What would a homeless man do when he realizes he’s an exiled faery who needs to complete a heroic task to regain admittance to the Winter…
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The quiet creative zone or what happens after you sign with an agent
For the last eight years, one of my writing goals has been to find a literary agent. Last October, in a surreal moment on my birthday, I got “the call.” Actually, in our post COVID world, it was a request for a Microsoft Teams virtual meeting.
It was really happening.
At the meeting, we talked about ourselves, our dreams, my book. Then Tia Mele made me an offer of representation. Because I…
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Happy Book Birthday to me and my friends
There is a chill in the air. Something is coming.
Change is coming.
It’s a time to celebrate. It’s a time to hide.
It’s a time to get ready for the things we don’t expect.
It’s time to open up the Autumn Breezeway.
Get your ebook or paperback now:
https://books2read.com/u/4EpjEe
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Read Episode 3 of College of the Crones
Read my young adult faery tale on Kindle Vella. Episode 3 is live now with Episode 4 coming tomorrow.
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0CFTH17JF
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More episodes up for College of the Crones
A young widow must choose between remarriage or turning into an ugly crone. Erin joins the College of the Crones where unmarried women can learn vocations and survive in a world controlled by an exiled faery prince. There she discovers the crones are not feeble old women and other dangerous secrets that will challenge her beliefs and change her life…
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College of the Crones is live on Kindle Vella
Check out my fantasy/romance tale on Kindle Vella. The first episode is free!
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Message in a bottle
Waiting for a query reply is like being stranded on a desert island after you’ve sent out messages in bottles. As the waves continue to crash onto the shore, you squint against the blazing sun to scan the horizon. Hoping to see the glint of a returning bottle.
Or you check your email box. Twenty times a day.
Experienced writers advise you to start a new project. Ignore the fact that somewhere,…
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The Squirrel on the Wire
I have sassy squirrels in my neighborhood. The past few days I’ve had to bring my border collie, Davey, inside the house in the morning because he can’t stop barking at the tiny creatures.
The homes in my block were built in the late 1940s, back in the days when trash trucks picked up your cans from a network of back alleys. These narrow roads provide the route for our electric, phone, and cable…
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Expecting the Write Things
As I hang on the edge of another writing retreat, I consider my expectations. This week, I will attend the SCBWI Writing Retreat in the San Bernardino Mountains, near Lake Arrowhead. Last year was our first in-person event since the pandemic. Last year was all about being in the presence of other writers, allowing their creative energy to infuse with mine.
I wonder what will happen this…
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Why camping?
At home, my husband and I fall into routines. Every day, we get up at the same time, drink our coffee, make breakfast, clean our home. We run errands, meet friends for coffee, go to church. Since we are both retired, we mostly stay at home, working on projects, or playing with our dogs. I spend time at my laptop, creating and refining stories.
But something magical happens when we go…
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The Season that Wouldn't Go Home
You may argue Southern California doesn’t have seasons, but my umbrella would eyeroll if it could.
Usually Winter behaves itself nicely, not putting his feet up on the coffee table or rearranging the couch cushions. He usually arrives late and leaves early, making it possible for me to plan any number of outside gatherings and activities.
Not this year. Winter knocked on my door precisely on…
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Books are better
As I scroll through my streaming channels, looking for a TV series I haven’t watched twice already, I realize a great truth.
Books are better.
Books are better because on my Kindle, there is an endless supply of new stories. This is helpful when you finish a book at 3:00 am.
Books are better because I can skip over the boring parts. Or linger over the marvelously crafted ones.
Books are…
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season to pause
I’ve been living in a parallel universe recently. Isolated from my husband and friends, I live in a shadow world. My days fill with phone calls, long waits at the pharmacy, and housekeeping.
My mom’s in the hospital recovering from heart valve surgery. It’s been a four month journey for her to get here, due to the holidays and insurance.
Since my husband and I live an hour away, we go back and…
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Four Toddlers on Fridays
On Fridays, I have four toddlers in the house. It’s delightful and exhausting.
When my daughter had twins, I was eager to help watch them. James looks like Dad and Kinsley looks like Mom. My daughter went back to work part time after six months. I started watching them on Fridays. It had been a long time since I had a baby in the house, and I was excited and terrified. My husband assured me he…
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While I'm busy blowing up the end of my novel
Have you ever decided to become an expert at something, only to find out the more you spend time doing it, the less you actually know about it?
In my earlier years, I was a visual artist. For most of my childhood, I expressed ideas through drawing and painting. My first degree was a BFA in Fine Arts. But after college, real life intruded, and I had to make money. My creativity was expressed in…
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A toxic lake with a glamorous past
One good way to procrastinate about writing is to do research.
Yesterday I was working on a ghost story set at the Salton Sea. My husband and I had been to the Salton Sea a few times. Twice we rode along the length of the giant saltwater lake with the HOGs (Harley Owners Group). Once we stayed at a nearby RV park with friends and went Jeeping along the north shore.
To a Californian accustomed…
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