Yearly Archives: 2016

Cave Rendezvous

California Gold Country, 1850 The cave waited–as it had for thousands of years. It had sheltered many in that time. Bears taking their winter sleep, humans with bows and spears, and now humans with guns. They were welcome to its

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Interview with Elizabeth A. O’Connell

Elizabeth A. O’Connell lives in Corpus Christi, Texas with her two cats.  She has been writing for almost as long as she can remember, and The Rowanwood Curse is her first novel. I met Elizabeth on Absolute Write, and we’ve

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Mei Li

I am Mei Li. I am only a girl. It is 1850, the year of the dog. I am fourteen, so I was born in the year of the monkey, an auspicious sign. My father says this means I bring

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Interview with Claire Fullerton

Claire Fullerton is the author of “A Portal in Time” and “Dancing to an Irish Reel,” both from Vinspire Publishing. She is a four time, award winning writer and a multiple contributor to “Southern Writers Magazine,” “Celtic Life International” and

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3 Ways To Show A Text Conversation In A Book – And One Right Way

This is an excellent post by Dan Alatorre on adding texting as dialogue material to your stories. His take on form made a great deal of sense to me, so I thought I’d share it here.

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Are You Filtering Your Writing?

Originally posted on Allison Maruska:
Today’s post comes courtesy of the lovely and talented Cathleen Townsend, who offers some insight into what she sees when she wears her critique-ing hat. Take it away, Cathleen! ***** Allison suggested a guest post…

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For the Gold

Northern California, September 1857 I dropped my bags at the foot of the bed, but I couldn’t settle in and relax. We were on our way north to make our fortunes off the new gold strike by Redding, and we

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Three More Reviews for The Art of Losing

We’ve gotten three more reviews for The Art of Losing and our editor, Daniel White, has put us in for an IPPY! You’ll definitely hear more about the IPPY if it pans out, but for now, I thought I’d share

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Interview with Kristin Elise Garrett

Our guest this week is Kristin Elise Garrett. She’s a fellow Blog Battler who’s taken a break from her South American travels in Argentina long enough to chat with us here. So Kristin, who’s your favorite character you’ve written so

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Mr. Dunne and the Magic Nectar

This is an excerpt from my very first novel, Hans and Greta, which retells the story of Hansel and Gretel, set in the 1930s near Los Angeles. *** Hans, Patrick, and I were going to Patrick’s house in the second

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