The Writing Life

Did you see the new book?Not only did I drop a book last week, but I'm still doing good with my writing. For those of you playing at home:Week 9: 15222Week 10: 25068 <-!!!!Week 11: 12913Week 12: 16642See! And given that on week 12 (last week) I no...

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Mar 24, 2024
Writing Is Ticking Along

And you will get so many books!I am super proud of myself. Not only did I get an INCREDIBLE mention about my writing by Gary Poole, Baen editor, but I'm smashing my word count goals. Last year my goal was 12k a week. I almost never got that. But this...

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Mar 10, 2024
Sale Announcement!!!

Hey everyone! I don't normally do this but I wanted to let you know about a HUGE sale going on.I'm excited to announce that ALL OF MY BOOKS are available at 75% OFF as part of a promotion on Smashwords to celebrate 2024 Read an Ebook Week! This...

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Mar 03, 2024
Spring is almost here!

But not quite yet.It is a gorgeous, sunny, if cold, Sunday morning for me. And, for once, I'm not feeling guilty about not being outside working. I had lawn guys come over yesterday and they put pine straw EVERYWHERE. Let's hope that means no weeds t...

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Feb 25, 2024
Rocky Mountain High

with crisp cold air.As you are reading this I am probably on a plane flying back from Colorado Springs, CO where I've spent the last few days. I hope at this point I've learned a lot and strengthened friendships, maybe made some new friends. I know f...

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Feb 11, 2024
The constant battle

between hermit and social.I'll be honest, I choose hermit the majority of the time. I have books to read, books to write, computer games, iPhone games, puzzles, a house to clean/organize, or my hair to wash. Really, I'm good curled up in my own littl...

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Jan 28, 2024
Writing like the wind

and dreading editing.Everyone tells me that editing just makes your book better and I try to believe it, but I swear all I see is "i suck" in every red mark. That being said I'm having to do a lot more discovery writing than I'm used to (you learn ev...

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Jan 14, 2024
Out with the Old

In with the new!My Christmas was wonderful. I got some dead on gifts, and some cute sundresses for the summer. How was yours? Anyone get something that just blew them away? For me it was my Meater temperature probes. Now I'm going to elevate my smoki...

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Dec 31, 2023
Holidays are here again!

And I have all my Xmas shopping done!I am absolutely ahead of the game. So yay me. My big news is still the Youtube channel. I'm only 130 short, so if you haven't subscribed please do. I'm excited to be able to share my stories with more people - tel...

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Dec 17, 2023
Unexpected Derailments

aka grief is sneaky.I made it through Thanksgiving, but I was just dragging. I couldn't convince myself to write and that Monday all I did was fritter away time. It was frustrating and I was getting mad at myself. Then I realized my mom has been gone...

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Dec 03, 2023