Emerging from the writing cave

Apr 25, 2026 10:31 am

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Hiya flock stars!


Ooof. I've been deep in the writing cave working on a story that I'll announce next month. I am a night owl writer. My prime writing hours are between 10pm-3am. I become nocturnal when I'm working on a story and then nap during the day. Thankfully my day job has a flexible schedule so I can sleep until around 11am and maybe take a nap around 3pm if necessary.


This probably doesn't need to be said but I don't use AI for writing or graphics or really anything at all if I can avoid it. Any em dashes and ellipsis are my own and trust me, if I had something else to do my writing for me I would keep normal hours. LOL. I also use multiple human editors and proofreaders, my cover designer does not use AI. For me, I write to prove that I can. I call myself a "spite writer", I do it to prove the people who thought I couldn't write wrong. To use AI would defeat the purpose and I'm way too stubborn to let the doubters win.


Anyway, I have an upcoming release I'll announce next month. I just sent it for line edits today and I love it. It's fun and flirty and makes me happy.


In the meantime, I'd like to share some free stories from friends.


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Off the Hook





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The Biologist & The Selkie



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Love Wins



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A Smoothie To Die For



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Wild Wager



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Oathborn



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Wishing Upon A Monster



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Faking Cinderella




If you need to catch up on any of my stories just click the linked covers below. Did you know most of them are available to borrow from the Hoopla library app if your library system offers that? They are also available to borrow through the Kobo Plus and Everand subscription services. If you've read one of my stories and enjoyed it, please consider leaving a review on your favorite platform and/or suggest it to a reading friend who may be interested. Reviews and word of mouth really help independent authors (like me!) get noticed and reach new readers. And, honestly, knowing someone has read and enjoyed the goofy stories I write helps me keep writing. I'm an author because I want to make people laugh and make them happy. I don't want to be famous or make oodles of money (not that I hate money but I'm not doing this to get rich, I'll be happy to someday break even - lol). I don't care if I'm on a best seller list. I just want to have fun and be happy and help other people have fun and be happy too. So, if my stories do that for you I'd truly appreciate a review, rating or recommendation. Thank you!!!!



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I hope you have a wonderful weekend! My plan is to relax, maybe work on organizing my office, maybe nap. Hopefully catch up on TV I've missed the past few months because the writing cave doesn't always get a good streaming signal and I don't have cable in there. What are your plans?


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