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Character Profile – Shannon

Full Name – ShannonAllen

Position –Scout of Team Three

DOB– 12/02/27

Place of Birth –The Vista, Montana

Natural parents – Summer Fiore, Michael Allen

Siblings – none (?)

Professional – Shan qualified as a close quarters shooter andDispatch officer in Jan., 2044; and a Scout as of Sept. 2044 during the Blackout. She has only been assigned to Team Three. The newest member of Security Command, as of March, 2046. She has traveled extensively across the Idaho, Washington, Oregon area at their re...

I Told You So

Eventually, it’s all about the chemistry between two people. This is a good thing! And now, after 160,000 words ofthe series–520 pages – and dozens more of notes, maps and ideas, there it is. I told you so. I told you there’d beromance. There was, before, but notthe main focus.

I have no clue how much detail there will be. At this point, it’s up to them, the characters involved, because they’ve only been dragging me along for the journey. What I wanted them to do and what they actually do are...

Subtle, Aren’t I?

I’ve asked myself a few times, “Is it a romance?” ‘It’ being The Vista, the first book in my sci-fi, post-apocalyptic action-adventure. The answer is – it doesn’t matter. Yes, there is some romance happening, along with many other things, as you can probably tell. Labeling an entire 80,000+ word novel as a ‘romance’ or a ‘mystery’ or any other single word isn’t being fair to the book, the author, or the potential reader. Just read it and call it what you want.

/rant

Ah! A snippet.This is from...

Bloggers! Reviewers!

Since my second book in The Wildblood series will be out in a few short months, I’m looking for people to read and review the first one. The series is a post-apocalyptic action adventure. If you’d be interested or know someone that would, leave a comment here.

What happens, after the end of civilization?

The Vista: Book 1 of The Wildblood – Available now. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00W6R8WNM

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Uncontrollable. Unpredictable. Dangerous. The Wildblood.

Now, Team Three know what they a...

#8Sunday 01/17/16!

Hello there, 2016! I’ve missed a couple weeks (again), but now I’m back. Please check out the WeWriWa blog for tons of links to writers with fantastic WIPs.

And now, my 10. This is from Renegades: Book 2 of The Wildblood, which is back on track. Yay me! Here are some words.

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“One question, of all of them, I want you to be honest about. Between you and me – did someone kill Rafe?” Harlan asked, point blank.

“Like I said, I can’t divulge details,” Mac told him.

“I know.”

“He didn’t g...

Character Profile – Wade

~under construction~

Full Name – Geoffrey Thomas Wade

Position – lead officer of Team Three

DOB– 02/26/2024

Place of Birth – Sao Paulo, Brazil

Natural parents – LydiaJordanHalley, Thomas Rylin Wade

Siblings (both are half-sisters, shared mother) –Angelica (Annie), b. 02/02/30; Nina, b. 04/23/33. Their father is Richard Clarke Cameron, a Vista Council member.

Professional – The youngest Commander ever appointed by Security Command in The Vista. Joining Security in Jan., 2041,Wade quickly ga...

2016 Plans

I see so many of my author friends posting lists of books they’ll publish this year. Don’t get me wrong, this is awesome. My problem is – I have one book on my plate. Sure, there are ideas everywhere and some of them will get to a book, eventually. I’m not certain why I write slow, or if it’s just because of the mess Real Life dumped on me last year, but thinking I could get two books out this year doesn’t seem plausible. I hope I can, but I won’t cry in my coffee if I don’t.

The first draft...

Happy New Year

Congratulations on surviving another trip around the sun!

These are my New Year’s Resolutions. Usually I’ve discarded most of them within a week, so I’ve decided to try something a little different.

Write more.
Listen to music.
Go for walks after dark.
Sing to the grandbaby.
Cook real dinners.
Smile.

Seems easy enough, right?

2015 was a rough year, and when things go bad, people tend to forget the little joys in life. I’m trying to remind myself of those.

No promos today other than a link to...