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everafter, published 2009, is the first in the Everafter series of books written by Nell Stark and Trinity Tam. The two main characters are Alexa Newland and Valentine Darrow, and the novel is split in two, the first half narrated by Valentine, the second half narrated by Alexa.

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It's preoccupying that McDonalds markets itself towards illiterate people. "I'm Lovin' It" is not only bad grammar, it might show the true attitude of people.

Love is a stative verb, in that it implies something permanent. The verb, "to be" in "I am a man", is stative because unless I have some dr... Read more of this blog post »

A month abroad goes something like this:

Home → Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland → Oslo, Norway

Oslo, Norway → Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland → London, England

London, England → Prague, Czech Republic

Prague, Czech Republic → Vienna, Austria

Vienna, Austria → Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelber...

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Very exciting news today! My Twelve Planets collection is finally done, dusted and off to the printers. It’s called Caution: Contains Small Parts and will feature two short stories and two novellas. As she has done with the rest of the series, Amanda Rainey has produced a brilliant cover that man...

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Sub-title:

If you totally lost your memory, and never regained it back, are you (the previous you) dead?

I have been reading quite a few things lately.
Asymmetry by the Thoraiya Dyer.
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig.
The Man Who Forgot His Wife by John O'Farrell.
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley.

Asymmetry i... Read more of this blog post »

With the news from Oklahoma, it feels odd to be posting less sombre stuff - thoughts and prayers very much with the victims of the tornado today.

Am blogging over at Britwriters, about the delights of 2012 and how we followed the torch in a uniquely literary fashion!

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Tom's a bit ill at the moment, full of phlegm, but at least he's gone back to sleeping through the night, the poor little guy. We are both also therefore suffering from what should be called Baby Lag, waking and sleeping at mad hours, and trying to work in the gaps.

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Photos taken in LA by Gerard Kent. Read more of this blog post »

When I read that Stephen King is refusing to release his next book in e-book format, I did a search to make sure I hadn't missed something. I thought surely this must be a mistake. However, I have two links and it's evident King is serious about this.

I wonder if this is for publicity. I wonder i... Read more of this blog post »

I opened my laptop this morning and ran my eye down the emails that had arrived overnight. Two lovely letters from readers. Some pictures of my granddaughter from Australia. A couple of invitations to join online casinos and other spam. And an email from Amazon. I clicked it open… This is what it... Read more of this blog post »

Let us first realize, first and foremost that the womb manifests! The womb combined with a loving heart conceives, creates, births and gives life to!
An awakened womb can work at the deepest levels of manifestation, literally orchestrating the forces and powers of creation into materialization.
The... Read more of this blog post »

The first novel published through Hardie Grant Egmont's new Ampersand Project, an imprint dedicated to debut YA novels, Life In Outer Space is just the loveliest. As a result, I am very much looking forward to what the Ampersand Project discovers next.


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I'm blogging at two places and would love to see you there to join in on the discussions. Come on over to Romance Books 4 Usfor my guest blog on My Love For Opening Scenes in the 1st Place.
http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com/2013/05/my-love-for-opening-scenes-in-1st-place.html

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Mole Suit's first burrowing into the Soundcloud!

Moonclue

Dear Reader,


I am writing in a cabin on a cliff surrounded by blackberry bushes and ferns. There are old madrona trees and California poppies, stairs to climb, and a small bunny that runs through the grass occasionally.



As they say in the Chicago song, "Everybody needs a little time away..."



To the... Read more of this blog post »

If you did not win a set of my paperback through the giveaway, I am gifting 10 electronic copies to readers that are interested in reading and reviewing Damaged Girls.

Interested?

Email your request to

janice.ross@culturalcocktails.com

The number one request we got when we asked you what you’d like us to talk about? Short story writing. Mary is our resident expert, and if she weren’t already a member of the cast, she’d our go-to expert for an interview. Convenient!

We begin by addressing the popular notion that writing short s...

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Like I’ve been sharing with you on FB and Twitter, the wonderful reviews are pouring in for IF I SHOULD DIE. And I can’t even tell you how gratifying that is. Because, quite basically, what one hopes for is that the more they write, the better they get. And all of the reviews for Book 3 of the DI...

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One Facebook, fan Katie has been creating some pretty awesome Demon Cycle fan art lately. Check it out.

First, she posted this action-packed scene of Arlen and One-Arm duking it out.

Amazing detail! Katie perfectly captures the moment when one arm becomes, well, one-armed.

Then, she above and bey...

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A trip to Yemen, Syria and Turkey is illuminating, but also raises many questions. Read more of this blog post »

Hi everybody!

So thrilled to come to you today with something that has been in the works for a very long time.

As many of you no doubt saw, last week EW.com unveiled the title, cover, and description for the sixth–and final–Gallagher Girls book. (Read the original announcement here.)

Well, now I can...

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Put the date in your diary! This Saturday my new horror comedy Killer Abs will be FREE on Kindle... head to Amazon to grab a copy later this week!

Some of my fabulous Twitter followers may recall me mentioning a Super Secret writing project. Well, here it is! It's official.

There is going to be an Ivy Granger series spin-off focusing on the mysterious Hunters' Guild.
Yes folks. That's a whole new series set in the urban fantasy world of Ivy G... Read more of this blog post »

I’m speaking today at An Event Apart San Diego about Feedback Without Frustration. Here’s a summary of my best related blog posts:

How To Get Better Feedback
How To Run A Design Critique
How To Give andReceiveCriticism
How To Run A Brainstorming Meeting
How To Be Good At Anything
Top Mistakes UX Design... Read more of this blog post »

Hello, ALM Action Force members.

Today’s mission is as simple as reading this short update of some stuff I have going on across the web. Couldn’t be simpler, could it?

Oh, and sorry these aren’t links. I’ve been having trouble getting links to work but my webguy is working on it and the problem sho...

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brielleus:

Delirium Trilogy by Lauren Oliver

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Finally! It’s done. After 9590342213 years of deciding for a design.

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Review for Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

I did something with this book that is always a good thing. I read it without reading the blurb first. I'd heard it was quirky, funny, and had a character named"Sir McHotpants." That was good enough for me.

I start reading. It's first person POV, n... Read more of this blog post »

Here the wild garlic, also know as wild onion and allium, is still in its pod. My dad had found them growing along a creek and harvested and planted them. So every year without fail, we have a group of them resprout and grow in the backyard.

And they are edible. :)


Isn't it pretty? Here are two... Read more of this blog post »

A Mutual Interest in Numbers, Book 2 in my Love and the Library series is now available!

Love and the Library--A celebration of the beginnings of love wherein four Regency gentlemen meet their matches over a copy of Pride and Prejudice at the library.
A Mutual Interest in Numbers
BLURB:
Love and... Read more of this blog post »

my read shelf:
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On May 11, I’ll be doing a panel at LitFest Pasadena:

PANEL: SciFi & Fantasy Bridging Genres: The Novel, Short Story, & Graphic Novel(2:30pm-3:20pm, Harriet Doerr Stage)

Award-winning anthology editor & co-host of Wired.com’s The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcastJohn Joseph Adams(The...

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Matt Danmor thinks he’s lucky. Not many people survive a near death accident with nothing more than a bout of amnesia, a touch of clumsiness and the conviction that the technician who did the MRI had grey skin and hooves.

Still, it takes time to recover from trauma like that, especially when the... Read more of this blog post »

Rasana Atreya’s debut novel, Tell a Thousand Lies, is a hard hitting tale that focuses on the curse of being born a woman in India. Pullamma, the protagonist, she is doubly cursed as she neither has the much sought after fair skin nor the handsome dowry that could have helped in procuring a good... Read more of this blog post »