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Rosetta Says Goodbye

After 12 years of journeying through the solar system, comet tracking spacecraft Rosetta said goodbye. At 6:39 a.m. ET, Rosetta completed a 14 hour free fall to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko about 444 million miles away from Earth. Working hard even in…Read more ›

5 Must-Have Productivity Apps

Ever had one of those days? When your body lacks oxygen because you can barely breathe, your head is more like a boulder on top of your neck, and the weather’s not helping either? I’m having a day like that…Read more ›

Contact Sport

“Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.” ~Irwin Shaw

SALE: Maia and the Secrets of Zagran

The Secrets of Zagran in currently on sale at $0.99. Now is a great time to grab a copy if you haven’t already, because the price goes up tomorrow. LINK to PURCHASE And if you’ve already purchased it, why not…Read more ›

What Are You? A Plotter Or A Pantser?

If you’re not a writer, you’ve probably not heard these terms. Before I started entertaining thoughts of writing seriously, I hadn’t heard of them either. Truth be told, I hadn’t heard of them until I had written seriously for a…Read more ›

Inside The Lie

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” ~Stephen King  

Are You Ready For This?

Do you know what I love most about the writing career other than, obviously, writing? I love, love, love deciding on covers for my books. It is so fun, and so different from writing, that it gets me to a creative high every time.Read more ›

Wrong Words

“Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.” ~ Mark Twain

Chuckles for Game of Thrones Fans

Did you hear about Amazon France’s Game of Thrones spoiler this week? Well, they published a listing of  George R.R. Martin’s Winds of Winter, and claimed the long-awaited sixth installment in the A Song of Ice and Fire series would…Read more ›

A Summer of Two Bridges

The heart of my summer was visiting the city of my birth, CalcuttaRead more ›