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My #GivingTuesday Recommendations

It’s the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the hashtag of the day is #GivingTuesday. This is the day to raise awareness for charitable causes that could use your dollars just as much (or more!) as retail stores. I am intimately involved with many charitable causes that I think deserve your donations. Some are 501(c)3 orgs, so […]

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November Short Story: Sacrifice [Sneak A Peek Patrons Only]

The kitchen was George's favorite room. It was here that he felt the difference between his old life and his new one the most. In essentials, the house in Illyria wasn't that different from the one he and his wife had sold before moving here. Two bedrooms, two and a half baths, living room, dining room, rec room, basement. But the kitchen had the majority of the major appliances, all Illyrian-made, humming with puissance. The fridge that held food in suspended animation so it never went bad, no matter how long you left it in; the oven that brought food to the exact right temperature faster than a microwave; the dishwasher that used no water or soap yet produced clean dishes in under two minutes and made their pots and pans look like new again.

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World Fantasy Convention Board Thinks People of Color Were Invented Five Years Ago

World Fantasy Convention is fucking up again, color me surprised. The most recent entry in the history of WFC fucking up starts with author Silvia Moreno-Garcia sending a message to the World Fantasy Board (an entity that oversees the con but doesn’t run the specific cons each year) about the lack of diversity in the […]

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ORIGINality 23: Avoiding Patriarchal Nonsense

I talk about my research trip to Egypt and delve deep into my life story to explain how it is I came to be writing a novel set in ancient Egypt in the first place.

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Monthly Microfiction – October 2018 [Patrons Only]

The halls of the temple were quiet; the dawn song sung, the morning light just beginning to peek between the columns. Maatkare passed between them as silently as possible, bare feet barely making a sound on the alabaster floor and just a gentle swish from the linen wrapped around her body. Only sacred sound was permitted here.

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Awesome Box! Contents for October 2018

Over on Patreon the $2 level is the Awesome Box level, and each month one of those patrons gets a special treat: a small box with awesome, random stuff in it. Want to see what’s in the box this month? Watch the unBoxing video.

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Background Sketch: Ibi 3 – DVD Extras [Patrons Only]

I've had the vague notion of this scene in my head for a very long time and so decided that it was time to solidify it. I'd also decided a little while ago that Ibi needed a piece of jewelry that would serve as an anchor. When I go back and revise this draft I'll add it to the sections I've already written. Going forward, she'll be wearing the necklace at all times.

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I Spent Two Weeks Attending Two Women-Focused Geek Cons And It Was Pretty Awesome [Repost]

When I found out that these two women-centric cons took place on consecutive weekends in cities just four hours apart, I knew it was time for a lady geek excursion.

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Daily Writing Exercises – NaNoWriMo Edition

Doing a 10 - 20 minute writing exercise every day before diving into your novel can help kick your brain into creative gear and give you the chance to try out new craft skills.

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Monthly Microfiction – September 2018 [Patrons Only]

I'm back to writing Wolf & Bunny stories. Because it's been a while, I went ahead and added the other two stories to the blog here so you can read them if you didn't before or forget what happened in them. There's a TOC at the bottom of this post.

The stories in this series are based on the artwork of Chiara Bautista which is amazing and gorgeous and you should look at all of it.

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