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Cover Reveal: Severed Veil

I’ve got a pretty for you today. Bethany A. Jennings is a marvel. She writes, she edits, she homeschools, she created and organizes the #WIPjoy hashtag game quarterly, and she runs not only her personal and author social media, but also runs the @sandwichmaven Instagram. (Go ahead, but don’t be… Continue reading

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The Last Will and Testament of Captain Nemo

Need an autumn read (or a spring read, for my southern hemisphere friends)? Today a writer friend’s book is free, so I’m helping to spread the word. From the tragedy of The Little Mermaid, and the mystery of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, comes the truth that ties them both… Continue reading

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Midnight Run

When you borrow a car, and you put your dogs in it for all of thirty feet while you drive through a gate, and a dog accidentally slaps the old button-style door lock while watching you close the gate, locking your key in the ignition and your phone on the… Continue reading

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I Am Being Hunted

Yesterday I stepped out through my front door with the dogs, and I walked face-first into a huge spiderweb spread across the frame of the door itself. I clawed the web from my face and hair, and I turned back to see the spider crawling up to the refuge of… Continue reading

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One Need Not Be A Chamber To Be Haunted

I encountered this poem while looking for something else entirely a few months ago and I’ve just been waiting for an excuse to use it. No such excuse has conveniently arisen. So, I am just going to share it here. Part Four: Time and EternityLXIX One need not be a… Continue reading

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When the Midwesterner Met the Canadian

I took the back road out of Calgary, Alberta (where I was for When Words Collide) by recommendation for a more scenic route, as if you’ve seen Alberta Highway 2 once, you’ve really seen all there is to see. My route took me pretty far west into distinctly rural territory.… Continue reading

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Realm Makers 2018 conference wrap-up

I just arrived home from one of my favorite writing conferences, Realm Makers, and I want to do a quick recap of the weekend. Realm Makers bills itself as “not your grandmother’s writing conference,” which is perhaps unfair to a select group of grandmothers but gets the general point across,… Continue reading

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Manuscript Formatting: How To Keep From Making Your Layout Person Cry

Today I’m going to talk about manuscript formatting and how you can use it to become a favorite writer among editors and their layout minions. I’m kind of breaking one of my rules here, which is that I don’t generally advertise that I do layout. My time is limited and… Continue reading

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Paper Marbling

In Shard & Shield, Ariana’s friend Ranne is a bookbinder. Tonight I needed to add a bit of activity, without repeating one of her usual procedures, and so I went off to review traditional bookbinding. Even though I needed only a single sentence, traditional crafts are so fascinating that I… Continue reading

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Cover Reveal: Fire!

So there’s this anthology coming up, and it’s all about fire. Fire. And I’m excited today to share with you the cover: /drum roll/ Isn’t it pretty! Details and pre-orders coming soon! Continue reading

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