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Why my characters are part of the Society for Creative Anachronism

In my novel,The Moment of Everything, I have have a group of characters who are in the medieval group the Society for Creative Anachronism(SCA).First, let me say, I’m not a member of the SCA. I have a lot of friends who are, so I have been to some events and hung out with them enough […]

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Why my characters are part of the Society for Creative Anachronism

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[image error]In my novel,The Moment of Everything, I have have a group of characters who are in the medieval group the Society for Creative Anachronism(SCA).First, let me say, I’m not a member of the SCA. I have a lot of friends who are, so I have been to some events and hung out with them enough to know that the SCA is a lot of fun. But the reasons why I included the SCA in my novel go deeper.

There’s something about full-on commitment to an endeavor that I admire. I don’t have that gene. There are...

Interview: What I Love About Old Books

This is an interview I did with the wonderful Jennifer Smeth on her blog Bookalicious Mama. Unfortunately, Jennifer no longer runs the blog, but this is one of my favorite interviews so I'm sharing it here.

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The education of Maggie Dupres

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First of all, many thanks to my friend to M.P. Cooley for inviting me to this blog hop to introduce our characters! I’m on vacation in Oregon right now and reading M.P’s new novel Ice Shear. It’s sooo good so far. I’m just getting to it now because my rascal of a husband grabbed it when I brought it home and just got finished. He loved it, by the way.

So let’s talk about Maggie. First of all, everyone always thinks Maggie is me. She’s not. Yes, we’re both southern and have worked for a l...

The education of Maggie Dupres

First of all, many thanks to my friend to M.P. Cooley for inviting me to this blog hop to introduce our characters! I’m on vacation in Oregon right now and reading M.P’s new novel Ice Shear. It’s sooo good so far. I’m just getting to it now because my rascal of a husband grabbed it […]

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Finding your tribe in the Society for Creative Anachronism

A lot of The Moment of Everything is about finding that place and group of people where you can be you. I have several friends who are active in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism). I think this group is the perfect example of telling the world, "We don't give a flying frog's arse what you think of us. We're having fun."

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Finding your tribe in the SCA

A lot of The Moment of Everything is about finding that place and group of people where you can be you. I have several friends who are active in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism). I think this group is the perfect example of telling the world, “We don’t give a flying frog’s arse what you think of us. We’re having fun.” That’s why I wrote the SCA into The Moment of Everything ! In a guest post for today, I asked my friend Liz Hamill to tell us why the SCA was her tribe. From what Liz t...

Finding your tribe in the SCA

A lot of The Moment of Everything is about finding that place and group of people where you can be you. I have several friends who are active in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism). I think this group is the perfect example of telling the world, “We don’t give a flying frog’s arse what […]

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Bookstore hopping: BookBuyers of Mountain View

The corner in Book Buyers where I read Lady Chatterly’s Lover.

In 2002, I was out of work after another failed start-up. I was exhausted and more than a little heart-broken that I no longer had a job I loved. I’d just moved into an apartment near Castro Street in Mountain View, the setting for much ofThe Moment of Everything. At night, I started walking down to Book Buyers, a huge used bookstore on Castro Street.

I found a copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover there. This one was in much better shape...

Bookstore hopping: BookBuyers of Mountain View

In 2002, I was out of work after another failed start-up. I was exhausted and more than a little heart-broken that I no longer had a job I loved. I’d just moved into an apartment near Castro Street in Mountain View, the setting for much ofThe Moment of Everything. At night, I started walking down […]

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