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November 11, 2016
It’s Veteran’s Day and women rule!
Anyone who has served in uniform knows you can’t do it alone. From the moment you put your boots on, you’re taught there is strength in team and that lesson isn’t forgotten when you take the uniform off. The team concept is especially apparent with veteran writers and the way we help each other. Kayelle … Continue reading It’s Veteran’s Day and women rule!
October 27, 2016
An interview with R. R. Haywood – Author of The Undead
When R. R. Haywood agreed to an interview for my blog, I did one of those crazy dances they say you’re supposed to do as if no one is watching. The cats flew out of the room like cartoon replicas of themselves. I’d scared the crap out of them since dancing is not an everyday thing for … Continue reading An interview with R. R. Haywood – Author of The Undead
September 23, 2016
Winners Announced!
People commented, the contest entered and names drawn. The only thing left is for the winners to claim their prizes. Congratulations go to Cindy Young-Turner, David Lewis and Kathy Cilley. Each of you have won a hardcover copy of Wolves, the new novel by New York Times bestselling author DJ Molles. If I haven’t heard … Continue reading Winners Announced!
August 29, 2016
Wolves, by D. J. Molles – A review and interview with the author
End of world tales are always full of violence and grief, but in Wolves, D. J. Molles kicks the hornet’s nest, then stands there and lets it sting. 
August 20, 2016
Author in the library with a pen
In the fiction I write there are usually a few bodies left in the wake of my imagination. I sometimes kill people off to immediately launch into the story. Sometimes a death is used as a brief diversion or a means to neatly wrap up a climax. In using death this way, I’m not alone. Like […]
July 23, 2016
Books you refuse to read
Three books I need to talk about. One is mine, one is by a friend and one is by an author I discovered not too long ago and have been working my way through his entire library ever since. I can’t seem to get enough. I group these three books together because each of them are […]
July 20, 2016
Triple-X, a short story
The editor of the publication seemed interested in work from female veterans. She asked me to write a story in three hundred words or less. So I did. It was rejected. I wasn’t at all surprised. Still, no reason why I can’t post it here. Triple-X, by M. L. Doyle I stomp over and pound on […]
July 3, 2016
Hidden Designs – Cover reveal!
Creating characters is like making new friends. You get to know them by spending days, weeks and months together. Eventually, you have to say farewell for a time, but you never forget them. When you get back together, it’s like you were never apart and you quickly become reacquainted. You learn what things have been […]
April 30, 2016
Bloody pages
You know that hopeful feeling you get when your pages come back from an editor, but then you open it up and all you see is red? It feels like a jab to the guts when you realize it looks as if someone killed a chicken and sprayed their sacrificial blood all over your pages. […]
April 23, 2016
Rock star – a short story
“Two Tom Collins, two rum and cokes, one with lime, one with lemon and a Heineken. Anything else?” “I’d like a water please.” “Of course. Water all around.” The five women would nurse their drinks slowly, mixing in sips of water, marking time until they found likely admirers to buy their next rounds. Marcie had […]
