The Ways of the Ouija

Ouija Boards: Spirit Portal or Simply Child’s Play  Who hasn’t been at a sleepover and had someone whisk out an Ouija board? It’s fun. It’s spooky? It’s thrilling? But is it just a game or is it something much more sinister?A Ouija board, a...

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Sep 12, 2025
Inked in Ashes book review

I'm a sucker for fairytales, especially of the Grimm kind (less Disney, more graphic lore). Add in swoon-worthy romance and insta-lust with insta-love potential... I'm all in!Inked in Ashes by Shannon Mayer delivers on the fairytale adventure, kick@$...

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Sep 09, 2025
Spooky lights in the sky - alien or ghost?

Picture taken by the Charlotte Area Paranormal Society (CAPS)The Brown Mountain Lights were immortalized in a song written by Scott Wiseman, a North Carolina native, and performed alongside his wife as Lulu Belle and Scotty. It goes like this…Way up...

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Sep 05, 2025
Every Author's Dream

Writers write, revise, write some more, revise more, deal with writer's block and imposter syndrome, cry into our coffee while debating if we should just throw the entire manuscript out the window and do something else in life, then revise some more,...

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Sep 02, 2025
Calling all ARC readers

With the release of Psychic in Suburbia right around the corner (as long as the right planets align and nothing goes into retrograde to derail everything), I am sending out the proverbial Bat Signal for Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) readers and revie...

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Aug 29, 2025
Secrets from the upcoming release of Psychic in Suburbia

It's a fact -- authors utilize people, places, and things they know, they see, they experience, etc, in their creative process. While names, places, and actual circumstances are changed to protect the innocent (or not so much so), it's inevitable.For...

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Aug 26, 2025
It's almost that time of year...

Even with my three kiddos in college and two others already graduated college, this time of year gets me nostalgic. I remember looking forward to school starting in the fall and then missing my children by October, ready for winter break. Then ready...

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Aug 22, 2025
Monthly Book Review

I like to use my platform to help promote others. Usually I'll dedicate one newsletter per month to this where I recommend 2-3 books, but rarely a full blown review. I've chosen to correct this injustice and start showcasing full reviews for at least...

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Aug 19, 2025
TBR pile

My To-Be-Read (TBR) pile is looking to rival the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I love that ebooks help solve this problem but I still collect more and more physical books and stack them everywhere there's a bare spot on my nightstand, dresser, bookshelves,...

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Aug 15, 2025
Q&A

Every once in a while, a reader sends me a DM or an email asking me questions about my writing, etc. I LOVE opening up my email and seeing these emails from readers. It's the highlight of my day/week/month/year.So I thought I'd start a Q&A sessio...

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Aug 12, 2025