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I dated a guy in a wheelchair. Yeah. I don't need any awards, not really. Plus, it was just one date. And I was hell-bent on making it a wonderful time for the guy. His legs didn't worked, but at least he had me. Part-way through the appetizer I decided I'd marry the guy.

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When Clive first joined Twitter - some years back now - he encouraged a very small offshoot group for creative friends...
Unearthing some of our posts there, we rediscovered this visual and emotional character description of Christ which we were then working on. It comes from Clive’s unstaged Pass... Read more of this blog post »

This week I have started to write my third novel. It is great to get back to writing! I struggle a bit with the publicity and marketing, but I am making progress.

Hello again everyone. Welcome to my sporadic updates. Anyway, today's post is a Spot the Muppet one (in the Glaswegian sense of muppet!). Whether it's due to baby brain, sleep deprivation, or I am just plain dense, I managed to screw up the... dates on this article. I'm only 16 days late in annou... Read more of this blog post »

Not much to say today other than to introduce you all to my brand new site! I happen to think it is awesome(but then I am a tad biased), and it is chock-full of new stuff for you all to browse, including new short stories, 101 things about me you probably didn't know, and my favorite of all, a Fa... Read more of this blog post »

Hell's End, book one in my new Hellscape futuristic sci-fi gay romance series, released this morning from Samhain Publishing. I am really really excited about it. I grew up reading sci-fi, and I'm finding that I absolutely LOVE writing it :)

The book is out in electronic formats. It's available... Read more of this blog post »

Hey all! Wanted to take a minute to show you the book trailer for FOUR SUMMERS. Also, don't forget my contest. Scroll down for details!




“What I love the most is when I can find a book that makes me feel like I'm not reading anymore, I'm living in the character's world for a little while.” ~Lili A... Read more of this blog post »

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Hey, guys!



So, I have news! The paperback release of THE DARK LIGHT isgoing to havea brand new awesome cover!



*screams*



I know!



"But why?" you ask. "Doesn't The Dark Light have the most gorgeous, sexy, irresistible cover of all time?"



Well, yeah...insert gratuitous shot of TDL hardcover....











So, why is... Read more of this blog post »

*Given the tragedies that have occurred in Oklahoma today, we are giving winners a few days to respond (vs. the previously announced 24 hours), in case winners are in affected areas. Praying, praying, for everyone in the viscinity….*

Hopefully, everyone who participated feels they won by finding o...

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Fifteen published reviews, and all five-star ones.

It took a year to research it, and six months to write it. It is based on a true story, under the shadow of WWII planes and '40s Mafia.

I'd love you to review it too. Goodreads is the best community for some sound feedback.

We’ll start with the dancing! It’s finale night on Dancing With the Stars and given the final four, it’s bound to be one of the most entertaining in recent memory.

Each of the four pairs will dance three times. First is the Judge’s Pick, then the Cha Cha Relay (I have no idea, either) and finall...

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I have always loved the fantasy genre. Ever since I first started reading books of my own choosing, I read fantasy and SciFi novels. Perhaps I loved the idea of being transported away to another world or to another time and place. Maybe I was fascinated by learning about beings who are different...

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I'm happy to announce that because of your votes, I am officially trying something new with Book 3 in The Billionaire's Beck and Call Series!

By a whopping 77%, YOU let me know you'd love to read it as a full novel, even if it meant waiting a bit longer :).

Your wish is my command!

Tied to Him:... Read more of this blog post »

It aired today. Here’s the link. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?i... Very surreal, to say the least. Read more of this blog post »

I'm realizing if I would just link my main blog to goodreads this would have showed up automatically....ooops.

Anywhoo....deets for blog tour are below. Please please click over to these sites and show them some traffic love. Most of them are here on goodreads too -- Ooh...I'm going to make a list... Read more of this blog post »

Me, Scott and Emma

When the Red Rose Chain invited me to see their play Fallen in Love: The Secret Heart of Anne Boleyn, there was no way I could pass up the opportunity of seeing an Anne Boleyn themed play at the Tower of London on the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution. So, off we went for a...

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As some of you know, my sister is a tornado chaser and meteorological scientist, and both her family and our parents live near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (I've received a number of messages asking after them. Thank you so much!)



The devastation from the series of tornadoes on Sunday and Monday has... Read more of this blog post »

“There’s sometimes a pressure in fiction to transcendence. To completion, a sense of wholeness, things working out or really not working out. Toward something happening. Utterly off-the-cuff example, and it’s not even fiction, but take the ending of the movie Downhill Racer, with Robert Redford—h...

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joyofbooks:

So true…

Finding Abigail is on being fetured on: http://www.facebook.com/EreaderNewsToday
Check it out and click "LIKE".
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Whoops, sorry to disappear, but I predict a return to more regular entries starting now. At least until circus edits land. In the meantime, I'm accumulating research material for a new thing and pecking away at a collaborative project with C that has been major fun so far. And soon now The Woken... Read more of this blog post »

Hello friends!

God, it feels like I haven't written a blog post in forever. But it's all good because I've been writing a book and that's what really counts ;-)

A book, you say?

Yes, a book.

It's a new adult romance called The Nature of Crueltyand today is the day that you get to see the cover and tr... Read more of this blog post »

Read the review on Into the Books.

"The Forbidden Man is a story that runs off smoothly despite being basically rather boring and sounds overly traced to a now well-known erotica trilogy. The character of Matt remembers so exasperating Christian Grey, (the characteristic of ice-blue eyes, a square...

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In case you were wondering how to interact with an authoress, this etiquette book from 1839 has some helpful suggestions, including accepting the state of an authoress’s writing desk:

At least I’m not the only authoress with an untidy desk. Make sure to click through for more helpful suggestions....

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Just wanted to let everyone know the the Spanish version of my first book is now available on Amazon "Las Extraordinarias Aventuras de Ashley y Daniyyel"

The link is

http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss... Read more of this blog post »

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. has announced the recipients of the 2012 Nebula Awards®.

The Nebula Awards® are voted on and presented by the active members of SFWA for outstanding science fiction and fantasy published in 2012. The awards were announced at the Nebula Awa...

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Writing my book was one of the hardest things I have done, but it was also a very healing exercise for me.I have suffered 45 year of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of the closest men in my life. I was repeatedly raped by my stepfather from the age of four year old until I was... Read more of this blog post »

Mum licks kitten clean soon after birth.

Bo, our very beautiful cat, has finally had her first litter of kittens after an elephantine pregnancy. She only produced two kittens in the end, perhaps because she is still quite a young cat, but both kittens are large and healthy, and were feeding strong... Read more of this blog post »

PLUR, BITCHES! PLUR!

Ahem...That's PEACE LOVE UNITY RESPECT! for all of you who didn't go to raves a decade plus ago. I dunno. Do the furry-booted, barely clothed candy girls and boys out there still say that shit? Who knows? Didn't hear it this weekend. Why would I have heard it this weekend? Bec... Read more of this blog post »

YES! ANOTHER FREE PROMOTION!


My saga from the old whaling days, A Love of Adventure, will be free on Amazon for a limited time from May 21.


Born at sea and raised on shipboard, adventurous young Abigail Sherman wants nothing more than to be wedded to the ocean for life. Like her mother, a pioneer... Read more of this blog post »

Hi all! Apologies for my AWOL status lately, but I've been burning it up trying to put the finishing touches on My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding. That's the book due out on July 1. In fact, you can find an excerpt here.

It's all about Lizzie the demon slayer and her attempts to fight off the Earl... Read more of this blog post »

Slavery exists in many forms and although it's outlawed it's still very pervasive in society. Prostitution is an example of this, not always, but common enough.

It's sad that people can put a value of currency on a life. It seems that even with the media covering this issue more than ever before,... Read more of this blog post »

A hundred years ago, snake oil salesmen roamed the countryside, staging shows and selling phony cures. Medicine shows were the precursor to TV commercials; the tradition of packaging entertainment with sales pitches goes back to the Middle Ages. Med show hucksters often made their potions in hote... Read more of this blog post »

Check it out!! From the NTEN blog:

When it comes to tracking and using “engagement” data –the actions, interactions, and even conversations that relate to an organization’s work but don’t necessarily represent the transactional or financial data that have been traditionally used for measuring...

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On the eve of its ninth anniversary the UPA government is besieged by scandal and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is under personal attack from every end of the political spectrum, including from within his own party. These are the dying embers of a failed ministry and an election is the only remed... Read more of this blog post »

Get your copy of my awesome debut of the Assassins Series for 99 pennies for a limited time!!

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We have a great new Help! webinar headed your way in June. I’ve seen Katharin do a similar session before and she is the bomb (disclaimer: and my co-author). Good times right here.

Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian presents … Just the Facts, Ma’am! Getting Started with the...

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When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

I was a very active girl scout when I was in elementary school and my scout leader, Mrs. Ford, brought a gift of a notebook for me to one of the meetings. When she handed it to me she said, "This is for you, Debbie. I noticed that you like to write." I... Read more of this blog post »

Why Roses Wilt

By Stephen Woodfin

It was just another day for Samuel Williams, a family court judge in a small jurisdiction in East Texas.

Or so he thought.

He never looked at his docket ahead of time. He had seen it all before, divorces where love had turned sour, child custody hearings where pare...

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Petty or significant, we all have things that annoy or exasperate us.
I cheated and listed 10 peeves instead of 5. (5 important, 5 petty.)


Important peeves:



HAUGHTINESS
I've met people with their noses so far in the air they'd drown in a rainstorm. No matter what we do for a living, who or where... Read more of this blog post »

(To get into the mindset of a crazy fellow [or at least, a different brand of crazy than I already am] can be a trying process. While characters flit to and fro in the brain, craziness is one that you may not want to spend a lot of time with–for obvious reasons. That said, over the weekend I was...

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Went to my mom's today; she was in the cellar, so of course, I assumed she'd fallen down the stairs and was lying in a puddle of blood, waiting for me to save her. I went down to do just this, tripped, and nearly fell to my death, clinging to the railing for a few graceless seconds before scrabbl... Read more of this blog post »