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December 14, 2010
Celebrating Upcoming Release of DEARLY DEPARTED by Tristi Pinkston
I am a sponsor over at Tristi Pinkston's blog today to celebrate the upcoming release of DEARLY DEPARTED, book two in her SECRET SISTERS mystery series. Today, you can enter to win a signed copy of my book. Return often! She's giving away a prize every day this month, plus a grand prize at the end. Have fun!
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December 12, 2010
December 1, 2010
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November 24, 2010
747 Words For Thanksgiving
Authors Incognito, a writers group I belong to, recently had a writing exercise which I participated in. The story had to be less than 750 words, and be about someone who comes to Thanksgiving dinner. You can read my story, "Thanksgiving with George", over on the AI blog, here:
http://authorsincognito.blogspot.com/2010/11/november-challenge-daron-fraley.html
I tried really hard to show something about the character without telling. Let me know what you think. 
Have a wonderful, safe Thanksgiving holiday!
November 22, 2010
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November 19, 2010
Book Signing Tomorrow
Just a reminder . . . this Saturday (tomorrow), from 5 to 7 p.m., I will be signing books at Dragons & Fairy Tales with:
Dan Wells (Mr. Monster), Howard Tayler (Schlock Mercenary), Eric James Stone (Blood Lite II: Overbite is out), David West (Heroes of the Fallen), Berin Stephens (The Dragon War Relic), Jaleta Clegg (Nexus Point), John Brown (Servant of a Dark God), Larry Correia (Monster Hunter Vendetta), and Jake Black (Authorized Ender Companion).
I will be doing a special giveaway at the event. If you purchase a copy of The Thorn at Dragons & Fairy Tales during the signing, I will also give you a free copy of the ebook version from
November 15, 2010
2 Reasons Why It Is NaNoWriNot For Me
I think National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fabulous idea. I have a lot of friends participating. And the desire to take part calls to me.
But I just can't do it. Or at least not this year.
Writing a new yarn with reckless abandon . . . not caring about spelling, punctuation, or other grammatical nuisances, and certainly not caring if the entire story threads together in a proper fashion on this first draft . . . is something I would love to do. But I have a problem. One of the rules is that your NaNo project should not be a current work in progress. It should be a new idea so that you can cut the chains which bind you to perfect story and just TYPE LIKE CRAZY.
That is why I can't make myself do it. I am woefully behind on my WIP. Any writing time that I do have, I must be dedicating to Heaven's Garden. And as for just letting go and typing and not spelling and not caring about mechanics and stuff makes me feel like I am running through a forest of
