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This is from my Query letter that I've been developing:

Young Kael of Renwick is terrified he might be dying. The sharp pains in his head and stomach have become unbearable. Waking in the passages deep within his father’s castle, Kael discovers he is sleepwalking. Every day, there are new and ever st Read more of this blog post »

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You can find short stories and sneak peeks on my website!

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Today my memoir of growing up in San Antonio in the 1950s and 1960s was published by Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon. Here's the link:The whole process was very simple and straightforward. Amazon provides all the tools and instructions, and all the author has to do is write the book. The hardest Read more of this blog post »

Weak for Me releases on May 12th! And here is the amazing cover.

Cover design by Kari March

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Today I wanted to share the names of authors who have been an inspiration to me. Everyone has their favorite writers. I am the same. There are a few people whose works have given me ideas for my books.

First, I have to say that Ted Dekker has given us all incredible books. He is a master at his craft Read more of this blog post »

You can now pre-order my new book, The Courageous Choice: An Amish Family's Shattered Dream, at a special introductory price!

The first 50 copies will be signed!

Note: Pre-orders are online only and will ship on the release date of May 3.



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Después de dos años de duro trabajo hemos podido cumplir nuestro sueño de publicar una novela conjuntamente.
Escribimos la primera página el 23 de abril de 2019 y muchos de los lectores que han adquirido una copia la recibirán para el 23 de aril de 2021.
TODA UNA AVENTURA.

Ever since I participated in the 2000 and 2001 Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day, I have wanted to communicate how much the experience meant to me. In 2011, I started this book. It has gone through 10 drafts and has benefited from great reader feedback.

Emmy Wells has a few problems, the least of which is bei Read more of this blog post »

Coming in September from Louisiana State University Project! Already available for preorder on Amazon. Here's the official blurb:

As the modern celebration of Christmas took shape across the nineteenth century, American writers gave it new meaning in the pages of countless books and magazines. No

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NEVER FALL FOR A COWBOY . . . Desperate.  Determined.  Fragile. After escaping an abusive relationship, Amanda finds work on a remote farm in rural Minnesota.  Eager for a fresh start, she tries to will her nightmares away.  She also tries to stop daydreaming about her hot boss’s hard, chiseled body Read more of this blog post »

I caught up with a friend today, or rather we both spoke in half sentences as he answered work emails and I shared what was happening in my life in vague platitudes. To be honest, it wasn’t a great moment for connection or conversation. It was a great moment to remember that sharing these experience

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Spun-out Teslas on snowy roads. Cabins bought for cash, sight unseen. A shoveling disaster. Locals bemoan the pandemic-induced migration of Bay Area residents to the mountains. But there are two sides to the Zoom-town story.

15 April, 2021 – Outside Magazine

“They just kept coming. The day-trippers, A

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Here are a few of my favorites. Let me know yours.

"So it goes." Slaughterhouse Five, Kirk Vonnegut. The narrator's simple line is uttered every time someone dies.

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.” The Fault in Our Stars. John Greene.

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België doet het nog steeds royaal slechter dan gruwel land Brazilië. Hebben ze ocharme gene goeie doktoor nodig? https://twitter.com/Tpfh/status/1382976331911204866

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Il est beaucoup question ces temps-ci de la liberté de la Presse dans le monde, et par exemple à l’épreuve de l’épidémie. À cette occasion s’accrédite, et notamment du fait de la Presse, qui y a tout intérêt, une idée totalement fausse : à savoir que liberté de la Presse et liberté d’expression sera

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Kashmir always seemed out of reach and we had only made it so far as Leh Ladakh in 2014. I was planning for Banaras – the holy abode and Madhya Pradesh the heart of India, but then when a groupmate suggested Kashmir. The poetry I had read on the Chinar, the folk tales of the region, the movies about

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The Legend of Two Wolves​ Julie McGue

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In Cherokee folklore, there’s a tale about how an elder teaches his

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4/21: 931 words. In Action Story by Shawn Coyne, he breaks down the genre conventions and obligatory scenes for … wait for it … action stories. I’ve used that book to guide my writing of both Vulcan Rising and now Walls Ascending.

Action Story tells writers that in Middle Build I (the second quarter

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JK Rowling was a single mom, like me. She lived on pubic assistance. Her parents came from poverty and never went to college. Why should I envy her?

She was born in England. I’m supposed to have an English accent. My ancestry is vastly majority English.

She wrote a seven-book series t

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Frieda esitas küsimusi. 

Ma siis ... vastan. 
Nii palju, kui oskan. Esimesele nt üldse ei oska. 

Kui mitu korda oled käinud oma meilipostkasti luuki lõgistamas lootuses leida sealt midagi, mis poleks arved või reklaam? Mitu korda leidsid arve või reklaami? Aga mitu korda midagi muud?

Jestas, ma ei oska

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Pensieri sparsi intono alla vita, all’uomo e a Dio (se l’espressione lo consentirà)Continua a leggere

NATURE KIDS Ellie learns about lizards.

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NPR’s Glen Weldon is here for the musical that (according to him) made him gay.

Topics include: Herb Alpert (not the dirty one), Charles Emerson Winchester III, Doolittle as a father, Nathan Lane chewing scenery, Eliza’s agency, keeping media fresh, and why album covers are important.

Glen Weldon

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Chapter 7, question 6

The six foundational moral values: I never really heard of these so clearly listed. I see them as ranged from low to high. The lowest are not really moral at all: what is purity? Virginity? Unmixed blood? Bathed in soap and water? Purity seems to me to be a label to give privil

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This is my first audiobook review, so I hope I do the story justice.

I was excited to get a chance to review DM Sicilian’s latest horror novel, Under Another Sun, in audiobook form. I read her previous book, Inside, which is still giving me nightmares. With Under Another Sun, the author presents an

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I'm trying to lose the Covid weight creep. One thing I have been doing is roasting veggies. What are some things that help you get healthier?



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It is National Infertility Awareness Week. I started writing this series several weeks ago as a way to deal with all of the loss I have experienced because of infertility. I never intended to publish it, but I thought there was no better week than this one.

I have been very quiet about my struggles

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