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December 30, 2018
Famous Books Out Of Copyright
As we’ve talked in the past, books have a length of time during which they are under copyright. Their world can’t be “used” by anybody else while that copyright is in place. So for example you currently can’t write a Harry Potter story where Harry falls in love with Ron and sell that story. J.
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December 25, 2018
Oxendine book series
Merry Christmas, everyone! We are low key for Christmas. We watched Die Hard again, the cats snoozed, and now I’m about to release book 3 in my Oxendine book series. I hope you had a great Christmas!
December 24, 2018
Ironclad
It’s Christmas Eve! Bob is off shopping and then I’m looking forward to settling in to watch Ironclad. It’s set during my favorite period – the King John medieval era. It features a woman with a sword :). What are you up to tonight?
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December 18, 2018
Harlequin rejected Being Aware
Harlequin rejected Being Aware
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Your Harlequin/Mills & Boon Historical Romance Submission
Here is the seemingly boilerplate generic message I received on December 18, 2018 from Harlequin/Mills & Boon for my medieval romance novel Being Aware. I’m curious to see if it identically matches what other authors have received. Note that this novel is 74,146 words. It’s directly in the center of their requested word count range.
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December 12, 2018
On The Swamp
It’s done! It’s done! Book 3 “On The Swamp” in my Lumbee Indian Native American series is complete. This is based on the life of my gggggggrandmother. I’m sending it out to the beta readers shortly! Here’s a link to book one in the series free for you to enjoy. What are you up to
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November 26, 2018
Quickbooks 2019
I’m finally catching up on my finances and have to download Quickbooks 2019. How do these guys charge so much money every year for pretty much no additional functionality? Surely there must be an open-source version of this by now??? What do you guys use?
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November 23, 2018
National Novel Writing Month
Hurrah! Hurrah! I’ve been stalled on a writing project for two years. Thanks to inspiration from a friend and being fed regularly by Bob I just hit over 50,000 words in the past week! Meaning as a side benefit I also nailed National Novel Writing Month without trying :). Happy! If you’re wondering why I’ve
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November 10, 2018
Veterans Day Cyanotype
Special Price for Veterans Day: $14.99! This cyanotype was created with negatives from a Holga medium-format film camera. The images are of a brass marching band performing for Veterans Day services in Massachusetts. This cyanotype is 8 inches x 10 inches in size. It is matted to an overall size of 11×14. It comes with
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November 6, 2018
Abstract Autumn Maple Leaf Zen Lantern Cyanotype Handmade Unique Artwork 8×10 matted to 11×14
This abstract image draws you in to inspire your creativity and imagination. I created this with an autumn maple leaf on corrugated art paper. To me it looks like a peaceful Zen Japanese lantern. What do you see? This cyanotype is 8 inches x 10 inches in size. It is matted to an overall size
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