Yearly Archives: 2016

Interview with Teresa Karlinski

Teresa is one of my writer friends that I met through Blog Battle. I’ve enjoyed her contemporary shorts, and I highly recommend you check them out on her blog, How the Cookie Crumbles. Teresa lives with her cats Dickens and Lady

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Trip to Tahoe

Northern California, January, 1931 Spencer downshifted the old Ford truck as they took another tight corner. The mountain road to Tahoe was none too safe, especially not with all the snow and ice from the recent storm, but they should

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We Are Eagles

40% of young eagles do not survive their first flight–baldeagleinfo.com/ “We are eagles,” Shadow’s father said, his fierce eyes the color of the sun. “And the sky is our home,” Shadow’s mother replied. The two eagles traded approving looks and

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Interview with S. Hunter Nisbet

Stephanie and I met on Absolute Write, and she’s an absolutely fantastic writer friend to have. She’s beta read my first book for me, she’s a great person to come to for ideas when I’m stuck, and I absolutely love

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One Line Wednesday Reflections

I joined in One Line Wednesday on Twitter for the first time in quite a while last week. But perhaps because of the break, I was really struck by the value of it. Not so much for the marketing value,

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The Dragon and the Giant

  Rose looked up from the fire into her family’s pinched faces. The Humboldt Valley was the cruelest land she’d ever seen. Constant worry–for the horses, for each other, for the terrible choices they might still have to make–they had

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Punctuation Matters

A quick chuckle for your viewing pleasure. The original post is here: http://www.scoopwhoop.com/humor/grammar-nerds-zindabad/.

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The Proper Hospitality

Kansas Territory, 1856 Rose’s gaze kept drifting toward the barn as she and Jean-Pierre groomed the horses. “I just can’t believe it,” she said finally. “We have a brownie or leprechaun or something magic anyway, actually living in our hayloft.”

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Interview with Bette Stevens

Bette is an absolutely lovely person whom I feel privileged to consider an online friend. She and I share many common interests. She is kind, considerate, and a fierce advocate for monarch butterflies. So, Bette, who is your favorite character

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I Wrote a Bunch of Books–Now What?

Don’t you hate this feeling? I swear, I’ve listened to podcasts and webinars until I’m ready to scream, read blog post after blog post, followed self-publishing threads at Absolute Write, and I’m still not sure how to market my books.

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