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May 1, 2020
Another Camp NaNo in the books! (and update on Bastard of Blessing)
I "won" Camp NaNoWriMo! Set a goal of 20k words for the month of April. Wrote 21,683. This is the 7th Camp NaNo I've "won"... here's some musings on my process...
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March 23, 2020
These are the journeys of the starship DEFIANT (civilian class): An Unplanned Launch
These are the journeys of the starship DEFIANT (civilian class). It's continuing mission: to survive a long space journey as a family in isolation, while maintaining our health, happiness, and sanity... aka, to boldly go where no one family has gone before!
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February 7, 2020
Sorry (not sorry!)… no choices for you!
Choose your own path… orrrr maybe not… So I told you all this next book series, The Legacy of Lucky Logan, first began when I wanted to explore more the idea behind an outlaw falling in love with a law-abiding woman, inspired by Mary Linton and Arthur Morgan’s relationship in Red Dead Redemption 2. Well, […]
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January 29, 2020
How Mary Linton inspired a whole book series…
You can get book ideas from anywhere... but usually the book that ends up being written is nothing like the original idea! I'm currently writing a 6-8 book series that now has two spin-off series of its own... and it all started with a character from a videogame...
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November 11, 2019
Of Donkeys, Cogs, and Hot Bodies … an excerpt!
My next book, the third (and final?) book in my co-written Starship Ass series, will go live on Amazon on Thursday, November 14th! Here is an early look at Chapter 1 if you're curious to see what this book is all about!
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November 4, 2019
The NaNoWriMo 2019 Grand Experiment, Day 1: Writing Into the Dark = lower word count but better world-building!
For the first time since 1990-something, I'm trying a totally different process to write my next novels. I started writing up a whole post about this process and my thoughts about why it seemed to lead to better world-building than when I tried to create a world before starting a draft ... but it was getting really long and frankly, I got bored. So instead, I made a video!
October 28, 2019
There’s a giant herd of buffalo 15 minutes from my house and I had no idea…
How the discovery of a buffalo herd near my house led to both a fun fall day with my son... and awesome novel research...
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October 16, 2019
What We’ll Do for a Duck…
As you may or may not know, I have pet ducks. And when the ducks won't come off the pond after dark, well... drastic measures must be taken...
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October 11, 2019
Friday Factoid: Gangs of the Old West Actually Had Mostly Boring Names
Gangs in the Old West had cool, intimidating names, right? Well... not exactly. Here's how my research into this subject influenced the name of the gang in my steampunk western series...
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October 7, 2019
Writing “into the Dark” for NaNoWriMo 2019: The Set-Up
Bar fights, stagecoach chases, and well-dressed villains, oh my! I'm not starting out completely with nothing for my NaNoWriMo 2019 project... so what DO I know about it? Well, I know it will contain several of my favorite things...
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