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April 2, 2019
Mood Stripes 090: Huddled
Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the worried one. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.
Chapter 90: Huddled
Kagome didn’t understand Inuyasha’s urgency as he hustled her toward Sesshoumaru’s room. She barely had time to kick off her shoes before he dragged her up the step and across the porch.
The sliding door rattled in its frame, and he all but shoved her...
March 26, 2019
Mood Stripes 089: Ungrateful
Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the one who’s outnumbered. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.
Chapter 89: Ungrateful
Just as surely as he’d known she was gone from his world, Sesshoumaru knew the moment when the miko re-entered it. Not by any scent or a sound. Only a feeling.
Wait. It was even worse. Doubly so.
When he opened stinging eyes, Inuyasha’s fl...
March 22, 2019
Mood Stripes 088: Focused
Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the affected one. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.
Chapter 88: Focused
Days passed, and nothing moved him. Not his brother’s growling. Not the monk’s witty asides. Not the kit’s soft whines. Sesshoumaru refused to speak, to eat, to bathe. He closed out the world so completely, he would not even open his eyes.
He needed t...
March 21, 2019
Udon
Itadakimasu. I’ve been working my way through the soup menu at a little Japanese restaurant I recently began to frequent. (I’m there enough that the waitress recognizes me now, so I get an extra-warm “Irasshaimase!”) Ramen. Udon. Soba. Different soup stocks. Different toppings. This time around, I had a bowl of mabo udon.
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gochisosama deshita
March 19, 2019
March 12, 2019
Mood Stripes 087: Absent
Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the attentive one. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.
Chapter 87: Absent
Perturbed, Sesshoumaru closed himself off, avoiding all contact, ignoring every inquiry. Hiding. Two days passed without incident, but when he woke on the third, panic robbed him of breath, dread roiled in his gut.
His door opened with a snap. Steadyi...
March 9, 2019
Mood Stripes 086: Felt
Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the uneasy one. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.
Chapter 86: Felt
Sesshoumaru knew the miko was coming. He felt her approach, and that unsettled him. Before he caught the sound of her step, her voice. Before her scent betrayed her presence, her mood. Before he could properly sense her, he felt her.
When had this started?...
March 5, 2019
AUDIO: Kimiko and the Accidental Proposal
Coming Soon! You can now pre-order the audio edition of Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox, which is narrated by Travis Baldree. Here it is on Audible. And my publisher tells me that the audiobook will also be available through other distributors, such as OverDrive, Hoopla, OneClick (RB Digital) in the library market, iTunes, Google, Audiobooks.com, Kobo, Findaway, and other smaller distributors in the retail market. Whew!
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Releasing: March 19, 2019
Mood Stripes 085: Blended
Disclaimer: I do hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this audacious adventure… especially for the one who’s included. A nod of recognition is bent towards Rumiko Takahashi for her creative prowess.
Chapter 85: Blended
Kagome had mixed feelings about the taijiya village. Terrible things had happened here, courtesy of Naraku’s scheming. But Sango and Kohaku seemed prepared to reclaim pieces of their past, each in their own way.
“Do you want to stay?” she asked....
March 3, 2019
Post Office
Signed Books. I’m plotting a post office run tomorrow. (Gotta love it when a bunch of people suddenly decide it’s time to order a signed book or bookplate.) Anyone else want to join the stack? Signed Books >>
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