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March 21, 2019
Personal Update and Poll
Hello frenz! We are officially into spring and wrapping up the first quarter of 2019. The year has already contained so many surprises, good and bad. I determined at the beginning of the year that I would do new things and reach out and be brave this year. Some of that has already paid off …
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February 28, 2019
The Most Dangerous Mythological Creature: The Perfect Book
Authors often spend their entire life chasing it. Readers often dish out undue criticism because of it. What is it? It is the PERFECT BOOK. The only problem is that I am going to argue that the perfect book does not exist, but it is skewing our perception of what defines good fiction. “The perfect …
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February 21, 2019
Writing Lessons I Learned From Doctor Who
I may not be the biggest Whovian in the world. Honestly, the show often veers a little too close to horror for my taste and there are scenes and entire episodes I have had to skip. But the parts of it I love, I REALLY LOVE! I have watched seasons 1-9. Christopher Eccleston and David …
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February 7, 2019
An Announcement, A Double Cover Reveal, A Giveaway, And More!
Wow. So much to talk about today! We’ll start with the bittersweet news and move on to the amazing news, because I think it will more than make up for it. If you’re part of my newsletter, you’ll already know this, but this is my public announcement. Beast in the Machine, which was originally slotted …
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January 31, 2019
I Rank All the Marvel Movies
Yeah, you read that right. I am crazy. Cause there are like a billion Marvel movies. I might not be able to rate them ALL as there might be one or two I haven’t seen. But I have seen most of them and I intend to rate them. My only other caveat is that I …
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January 24, 2019
Indie Author Interview #14 T.A. Hernandez
A new year and I am getting back to indie author interviews because I just love the indie community, meeting new authors, and discovering why they write! Tanni and I have interacted here and there and we have a few friends in common! She was also kind enough to review my most recent release Nomad …
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January 17, 2019
Things That Make Me Put a Book Down
I saw an author do a post similar to this last year and thought it was really interesting, so I slowly started coming up with my own list. One of the difficult things about this is that some of them are very subjective and there are often exceptions. There may be a lot of things …
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January 10, 2019
7 Characters That Were Plot Devices
Plot can be a tricky thing and a good author uses every tool in her toolbox. Let’s be honest, most characters are plot devices–they fill a specific role in advancing the plot or developing other characters. The best authors make it feel completely natural as if the story couldn’t have been told any other way. …
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January 3, 2019
The Danger of Homogeneous Thinking
This is a topic very close to my heart. We live in an interesting age. There is a very real sense in which globalization has put us more in touch with the world around us. But there is another sense in which we are more ideologically isolated than we have been in decades. People are …
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December 29, 2018
Last Day For Deals on Science Fiction and Fantasy Books!
It is the LAST DAY of the massive PFW book sale! In case you were wondering, no you’re not going to see these prices for the rest of the year. If you are interested in any of these reads, now is the best chance to pick them up! Thank you so much to everyone who …
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