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Ahmad & Motivations

So, I decided to share a bit of the book with you today. This is early on in the book and is in regard to Sir Ahmad, a knight of the Twelve Realms. He, like many of us, carries the baggage of his past and lets his emotions overrule his sense. I spent a portion […]

The Laughing Death

Dan Alatorre Flash Fic & #BlogBattle Challenges Here’s my entry for author Dan Alatorre’s Best Christmas Flash Fiction Challenge. I’m going to attempt to combine it with my own #BlogBattle “Tango” story. We’ll see what craziness I create. THE RULES (Of Dan’s Challenge) First of all you go to this website:http://www.kitt.net/php/title.phpAnd get six titles. Pick […]

#BlogBattle Week 40 “Tango” Entries & Voting

#BlogBattle 40 Story Theme:Tango (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list. RULES for VOTING: Anyone can […]

Join the Captive Hope Editing Team

Here’s an update on Kickstarter about the campaign. Go and make your pledge today! No risk! We all win! Monday, December 14th, 2015 Update By giving your support for this final editing and publishing push, we’ll be able to ensure the BEST possible version of Captive Hope is published. THANK YOU! Filed under: Book Related, […]

E. Rawls: “Arrival” #BlogBattle Winner Interview

A couple of weeks ago, our friend, E. Rawls, won the “Arrival” Blog Battle, and was kind enough to do a quick interview for us. I’m sorry for the delay, but it’s always worth the wait to talk with this lovely woman! Here we go! So, I gotta ask, 1) If you were only given […]

How It Works

I’m so excited about this book! If you’d already planned on or are considering purchasing it when it’s published, you canjoin the campaign and help ensure it’s done and available by the end of January. You not only fulfill the crowdfunding goal, you also get a great book! Thank you! 160 people at $5 will […]

Phrases – More Origins

Originally posted on sfarnell:
I’ve been working on this post for some time – I thought it was high time I finished it off: Fit as a fiddle – A musical instrument has to be well maintained to be in good working order, the fiddle was possibly used because of it’s popularity at the time.…

From High Fives to Kissing of Your Feet

There is no end to my gratitude when you make a donation. Every little bit helps! Here it is! I finally got theKickstarter Crowdfunding Campaignfor Captive Hope up and running. This is a big deal because I was about ready to pull my hair out trying to get the video to load to their site. […]

The Writer’s Life According To Jack Sparrow

Originally posted on You Write Fiction:
Yo-ho, yo-ho, a writer’s life for me…I think. Here are 11 gifs that sum up a writer’s life quite nicely. When a new idea hits you. When your cat mocks yournew idea. Writer’s block. This chapter needs some work… The cat’s on the keyboard again. The first time someone…

Gap (or Oh, Bricks!)

#BlogBattle 39: Bricks I need to cry. I wrote a lovely poem for this week, and somehow I clicked on something and lost it all. :( I’m kinda a lot mad at myself. If bricks was a bad word, I’d probably be saying it right now. As it is, I thought it in my head […]