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August Update: Where did July Go?

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you’re all doing well today. Wow, where did July and the first week of August go? It’s been a busy few weeks, so I want to share some updates with you and get you caught up on all the wonderful and exciting writing activities happening in my writing world. I’m going to try to keep this short. We’ll see how I do.

First up, I’m thrilled to share that Steve Connor (find his works here) is busy working on my next audiobook; Conspiracy (A New World, Book 3). Find Con...

New Book, Free Books, and Book Sales

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you’re all doing well today and having a great week. As the title said, this week I have a book announcement for you and an offer to get several free books, along with an incredible book sale, so you don’t want to miss out! Let’s get right into it.

My buddy Randall Krzak has a new book out. As I’ve mentioned several times, I’m not a big military thriller reader. However, Randy is a wonderful author and I’ve read all his books, so I’m excited to share his new boo...

BayCon 2023 and Book Sale

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you are all doing well today and having a great Summer. This week I have a short up date and reminder for you. Let’s not waste time and get right into it.

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The Outsider

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, this past weekend, Eric and I went to Disneyland for Pride Night and as we enjoyed the night and experienced this wonderful event that Disney offered (officially for the first time). I took the opportunity to talk with folks and hear their stories and why this event was important to them. Eric and I also talked and the more I listened and heard everyone’s thoughts, even the thoughts of the cast members, I realized there was an underlying theme to the night. Not only a...

Pride Month 2023

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope your Pride month is going well. I can say for certain, this has been the busiest Pride month I’ve had in quite a while and I’ve been having a blast. As you may have seen I’ve been active at several Pride Events all over Northern California and I have a few more to go. But that’s not all, I have some additional announcements to share with you this week.

Let’s get too it.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been at several Pride events: Placer Pride, Davis Pride and Sac P...

What’s happening? What’s Going on?

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you all had a great long weekend, celebrating Memorial Day (here in the US), for everyone else, I trust you’ve had a good week and a restful weekend. It’s been a busy couple of weeks and things aren’t slowing down any...

Is it too Soon for Pride 2023?

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you’re all having a great week and a wonderful day. Is it too soon to start celebrating Pride 2023? That is the question. This past weekend, Eric and I packed up the car and drove to Roseville, CA for Placer Pride (learn more here). This year Placer Pride celebrated its second year. I was part of the group of six from QSac (learn more here) who all shared a booth so we could sell books, talk to folks, and basically have a great time. And we did! This experience...

Creating Interesting Characters

Happy Wednesday Scribblers, I hope you all had a great week. This week I thought we could talk about creating interesting book characters. Creating interesting characters is one of the most important aspects of writing a novel or a short story, especia...

AI for Authors: Pros and Cons

AI for Authors: Pros and Cons

Happy Wednesday Scribblers. I hope you are having a great day. This last week my boss and I were talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ho...

Skin Session (Short Story Series) by J.P. Jackson

Happy Wednesday Scribblers. I know it’s been a minute since I last posted anything, I’ve had a lot going on and sadly couldn’t find a minute to pull my thoughts together and get something posted. However, today that changes. I’m excited to share with you my good friend J.P. Jackson’s (find him here) new creepy and sexy short story series; Skin Sessions. I’ve had the pleasure of reading each of these shorts and I can tell you they are not only sexy, but in his typical fashion, creepy.  As some of...