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Poor punctuation on the first page especially is what made the first impression. Plus what I thought was a major spoiler in the first few paragraphs but as the foreshadowed incident happened very quickly after that point I revised my thinking.

Chapter 3 contains a description of a walk in heavy cr... read more »

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

What was your inspiration for this book?

I have an unhealthy interest in cryptozoology and have studied it extensively, for my own amusement, for years. Not to the extent of going in the field, or though that would be cool, I do fancy myself as an Indiana Jones type, but via books... read more »

PRAGUE (CNS) – A young Czech woman says she allowed an American man to have sex with her so often it felt like he was using her as a “masturbation machine”!

“He was sex having with me six, seven times on a one day, whenever he want,” revealed the bosomy, brown-haired 26-year-old.

“It felt like some... read more »

I have found a new advantage to using Pinterest. As a writer you can create a board for your books and add pics of the actors you see as your characters, pics of settiing, etc. I've made a board for the Order of the Spirit Realm series and one for Crushed. Here are the links if you want to take a... read more »

Amazon introduced Amazon Coins last week. Everyone with a Kindle Fire was offered 500 Amazon Coins which equaled $5.00. The coins can be used for apps and games. By using Amazon Coins, Kindle Tablet owners will save 10% automatically on apps and games because you receive a 10% discount when you...

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A concise, personal read to share with you eight easy-to-implement strategies to make your book better. No gimmicks, no get rich quick schemes, just the lessons learned by a writer, writing personally to you (i.e. not a textbook or a collection of empty words and promises).




INK transcends all leve... read more »

COVER REVEAL!!!!
I'm so thrilled to show off my beautiful new cover, for Beyond the Shadows, coming soon from The Wild Rose Press. Arial Burnz is the cover artist (she also did Affinity)and I'm blown away by how perfectly she has captured the essence of the story. I even had a friend point out to... read more »

Just got back from a fantastic trip to Guernsey - it's only a 50-minute flight from London. It's a gorgeous little island, lovely beaches, azure sea, surrounded by gun batteries from Napoleonic times and from the second world war. The island reminded me of Bermuda - also a tax haven it has to be... read more »

Fear The Penguin!

As I’ve discussed previously, among my biggest pet peeves are the predatory practices of vanity press companies like Author Solutions (which is part of the Penguin Group) and its subsidiaries, which take terrible advantage of authors by hoodwinking them into paying outrageous su...

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Over the last 2 1/2 years, I've learned that it's nearly impossible to explain to others what it's like to be a writer, so I expect what I'm about to attempt to be even more difficult.

People write for different reasons and, from the very beginning, I've told y'all that I write for you, that it's... read more »

In 1857 – William Francis Channing of Boston, Mass. and Moses Gerrish Farmer, of Salem, Mass. received the first U.S. patent for an “electromagnetic fire alarm telegraph for cities” (No. 17,355).

In 1961 – Venera 1 became the first manmade object to fly-by another planet by passing within 100,000...

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Today is National Sea Monkey Day. No, I am not making that up.

I am bummed that I missed Lumpy Rug Day (the 3rd), No Socks Day (the 8th, followed by Lost Sock Memorial Day on the 9th), and Dance Like a Chicken Day (the 14th). Must pay closer attention to holidays.

What are you celebrating this wee...

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Natasha and I have finished watching the first season, and I am pleased to report it is one of the few TV series I like. It pretends to be about “two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. in order to spy on the United States.” But it’s actually...

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It was a time of unprecedented prosperity and incredible disparity, one of astounding scientific discovery and breathtaking paranoia. The Cold War, the Space Race, the fledgling rumblings of Civil Rights movements – all of these were part of the consciousness of the time. Amid all these discoveri... read more »

Many of the most important things in my life have occurred on the 18th of the month, which has made 18 my lucky number. Both my kids were born on the 18th, and on this day in May 2005, another of my "kids" was officially born when I wrote the words THE END for the very first time in TREADING WAT... read more »

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To wake you up in the morning.

AKA, Jessewave’s response to my email from last night, in which I expressed my anger and disappointment over her refusal to offer a free copy of Flawless because it features a trans* hero…

“So trans* men aren’t real men? Uh, wow. That’s about a hundred shades of offen...

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Ei pessoal!!!

Eu sei que faz tempo que eu não escrevo aqui, mas esse vídeo aí é a razão pela qual eu meio que sumi durante um ano! HA!

É o produto de quase oito meses de muito trabalho e é meu projeto final do curso de 3D Animation and Visual Effects da Vancouver Film School.

Eu achei que seria lega...

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Signed a contract last week with Decadent Publishing for HEAT WAVE, my next Sleepy Hollow series 1Night Stand story. No release date yet. Maybe late summer or fall. It's the story of Lily and Dagney's sister, Zena, and Max Raines' cousin, Bhyrne. She's a naughty succubus. He's the queen's enforc... read more »

From time to time I get questions about the audio situation overseas, so here we go—all the answers. Like, ridiculously detailed stuff you probably didn’t want to know. But when people ask WHY THIS and WHY THAT and I say IT’S COMPLICATED they’re like BRING IT, SON, so here we go.

When audio rights...

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The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that the world was made of four elements: Air, Earth, Water and Fire. Many of them also believed that human beings were full of liquids or HUMOURS that matched up with these elements.

Use of dry-cupping to suck "bad humours" out of a man in San Francisco
Th... read more »

DARK NIGHTS DANGEROUS MEN is officially live and will be on sale for 99 cents for one week only! What's this anthology all about?

Six of us got together and decided to put together our indie 'firsts' into a collection. With both paranormal romance and romantic suspense, we've got a blend of stori... read more »

I'm joining in with theSeductive Studs and Sirens Bloghop, for authors and bloggers of LGBT romance, erotic romance and erotica. Follow the linkie to read other wonderful authors and bloggers of the best genre there is.












This week my snippet comes from Mr Plum, my gentle commuter romance.

Dave star... read more »

A few weeks ago, the Little Man injured his right thumb. It was by no means a serious injury, just one of those things that happens when 4-year-olds play. He didn’t even cry. We noticed that he couldn’t straighten out his thumb afterward. We visited the urgent care, then his pediatrician, who sen...

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Since I went to Asia in December, I have made up every excuse in the book to avoid sweating. I would pack a gym bag everyday, carry it to work and then I would cough on a sip of water and think, "Oh God - with this asthma acting up like this it's best that I just sit here and eat some Doritos. I... read more »

The Kindle edition of one of my favorite books on prayer is on sale for just $1.99: Praying Backwards by Bryan Chapell. Christian Focus has several of their Trailblazers series on sale for just $2.99 each. These are biographies targeted at young teens. Helen Roseveare: On His Majesty’s Service,Ge...

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One of my award-winning novels is Free Today & Tomorrow! read more »

The adage might be 'do much of one thing, not many things,' but unfortunately I am firmly in 'multa' mode at the moment and have many small items of news to report.

Item the first: I have finished an iteration of my latest manuscript and sent it to my agent - huzzah! It's under 90000 words, a far...

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Today I'm over at Barbara De Leo's blog, chatting about disasters, of both the standing-in-doggy-doo and major-earthquake-destroys-city varieties.

I'm also giving a copy of A Heat Of The Moment Thing to one commenter, so what are you waiting for? Share this link with all your chick lit loving mate... read more »

Gypsy Witch by Suz deMello The Sacramento Sheriff's Department is no place for airy-fairy wimps, and Ben McCullough is the toughest of the tough. He tells himself he's bedding the luscious Elena Lautari only because she's a babe, not because she's a card-carrying member of the Northern Californi... read more »

I can think of several coaches deserving a noble place in Spanish football history, but Jose Mourinho is not one of them.

Cowardice dictated his red card in the King’s Cup final, his verbal outburst the cheap shot of a bad loser. He had promised more than he could deliver and knew it but rather th...

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I thought it was time to do a blog post about how much I appreciate everyone who has ever helped or supported or even read my book Crush. I am eternally grateful to Debbie McGowan, Nigel Paice, Tracy Hibbert, Andrea Harding, L.M. Steel, Sean Jones, Jacob Woods, Trisha Harrington, Leslie Purkey, J... read more »

I mean, this book review is meant to sound intriguing and inviting and I think the writer of the review expects to hook your interest and get you to add it to your Must Check It Out List. But, just, no. The book is THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS by Claire Messud. The review is fascinating, in kind of the sam...

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Made by Nitrome, the award winning studio from London UK, Icebreaker combines dynamic ice-slicing mechanics with an of... read more »

While doing the research for Trouble in Store, I realized I needed to learn more about ancient Native American ruins. Any why settle for photos in a book or online when the real thing is near at hand?
I’m always ready to jump at a road trip opportunity, so my daughter and I loaded up the miniva... read more »

Now comes the mess with the I.R.S. The president could use a little J.F.K., and a little Bulworth. read more »

Cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett is one of America's foremost thinkers. In this extract from his new book, he reveals some of the lessons life has taught him

1 USE YOUR MISTAKES

We have all heard the forlorn refrain: "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!" This phrase has...

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The Democratic candidates for mayor in New York are campaigning to win the support of the teachers union. They threaten to return the city to the horrors of the David Dinkins era. Back at the turn of the 1990s, New York City was a mess. Crime was rampant. The schools were dreadful. Children in fo... read more »

Visually Stunning and Rich with Star Trek MythologyThe opening sequence in this movie reminded me so much of the hammy action sequences original television shows. Yet, there was more to it- something in the eyes of the aboriginal people- that shot straight to my heart. Kirk has broken the rules... read more »

Good things. Happy things. First off, Auntie Heather went to RT (Romantic Times Convention), where she got to hang with a bunch of Minions and author friends and amazing, amazing peeps that my my heart go pitter-pat. Oh! And it was held in Kansas City.

Do you watch Ghost Adventures, Minions? I am...

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I don’t generally write about the Baftas . It’s the work do for Tristrams, the end-of-term disco for the vaudeville folk, and they don’t want a critic wandering around confiscating their fags, Es and condoms. Baftas mean quite a lot to the industry, and next to nothing to the ­viewers.... read more »

The other night, I was having dinner with some friends in a fairly decent restaurant and was at the very peak of my form as a wit and raconteur. But just as, with infinite and exquisite tantalizations, I was approaching my punch line, the most incredible thing happened. A waiter appeared from no...

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Okay-- I spent all week editing. First there was Forever Promised, which is on it's second edit and will probably get one more. Then there was Bitter Moon I&II, which Harmony Ink, the LGBTQ YA imprint is going to look at.

Shaking my editing coma is rough. I seriously didn't realize I'd forgo... read more »

In which we all look very attractive.

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