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Peek Behind the Curtain

This post is dedicated to my Patrons, both current and future. I decided to add a little something different to my Patreon page just recently, Peek Behind the Curtain. This is where I basically give you access to a project from outline to finished product. My first attempt at this is going to be with … Continue reading Peek Behind the Curtain

Favorite Characters: Melina Camp

Don’t know about Melina, catch up with her in the SHE BECOMES DEATH universe starting with Wearing His Ring. MELINA CAMP Melina didn’t show up in my mind fully formed. In fact, she came out of a desire to write my first YA novel. Yes, I knew Wearing His Ring, as it would become called … Continue reading Favorite Characters: Melina Camp

December has Come

Nanowrimo is over. I finished a manuscript at 53K for Sisters II. Truthfully, I need to go back and add scenes to make it a little longer. The original, Sister I, is approximately 60K and I need these two books to be close to the same length. Projects in need of Edits: Sisters I A … Continue reading December has Come

Driving or Being Driven

To drive or be driven. More and more these days, I think about the distinction between the two. When I think of driving, I think of someone who has chosen a destination and thus is in control of their fate. When I think of being driven, I see cattle. They don’t decide their destination and … Continue reading Driving or Being Driven

On Being a Small Business

I don’t often talk about being a small business. However, as a book writer, I am a small business on my own. It’s not quite like being in the gun toting Wild West, but it is definitely a different sort of thing from working for someone else. I aspire to reach the point at which … Continue reading On Being a Small Business

My Other Hobbies

Sometimes I get asked what do I do besides write. I’m an excellent writer, but even I have to take a break now and again. I admit, I don’t do a whole heck of a lot else though. It is both my work and my refuge. I enjoy writing to the point where I choose … Continue reading My Other Hobbies

Upcoming Projects

The first of December is coming and that means it is time to start looking toward the New Year. Yep, the year is almost over and there is nothing I can do about that, but accept it. Things have changed a lot this year. I told myself at the beginning of the year I would … Continue reading Upcoming Projects

Belonging & the Internet

When I was a kid, I didn’t belong anywhere. I was quiet. I wasn’t necessarily shy, but I was not the first kid you thought of when you considered the social butterflies. Honestly, I’m not sure I belonged to a subset of school kids, unless you count the AP kids in HS. Then I grew … Continue reading Belonging & the Internet

Rising from the Grave

As some of you have noticed and noted, I am being a bit more social than I have been over the last few weeks. I look at that as a product of good medication and the reality that I’m getting back in the saddle creatively. I spent the beginning of the month, exactly 3 weeks, … Continue reading Rising from the Grave

So $0.99 Is Going Away (For Me)

I have a number of books which are $.99 because at one time I thought it was more important to get my work out there than to make a truly living wage off of it. I want to be read; however, I have learned something. Readers wanna see value in what they read. $.99 books, … Continue reading So $0.99 Is Going Away (For Me)