Keep away all those gold digger varmints!

Voice-recognition mistake of the week: “Perhaps mining colonies in space would mean fewer destructive minds on Earth." I meant mines rather than minds, but sure, let's send the destructive minds to space! Reality Check: In Something Deadly on De...

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Apr 28, 2023
Celebrating is best with a tiny umbrella ☂

Voice-recognition mistake of the week: I said "Adult and children's" and somehow that became "enchiladas." I guess it knows I'm in the Southwest and makes assumptions. (In other news, my newsletter system tells me that "enchiladas" is a spammy ad wor...

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Apr 14, 2023
hang out the washing on his breath 🌬

Southernism of the Week: “His breath’s so strong you could hang out the washing on it.” Which Sweet Home Alabama character would get that comment?Visit the Amazon series page for Felony Melanie: Sweet Home Alabama romantic comedy novels or find the l...

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Apr 07, 2023
The half pretzel twist for intermediate yogiferrets

Voice recognition mistake of the week: Posterior if you think everyone would be interested. (I meant “Post here…”) It's spring in New Mexico, which means it's sunny, cloudy, windy, and rainy, sometimes at the same time in different parts of the sky....

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Mar 31, 2023
Spring so windy you can call a tumbleweed a pet 💨

Southernism of the Week: “So poor I had a tumbleweed as a pet.” Seems appropriate for this windy spring.Happy Birthday to Felony Melanie herself: Reese Witherspoon! Reese was born March 22, 1976, in New Orleans. Her father was a medical student, and...

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Mar 24, 2023
What passions come from thrift stores? 👗

Voice recognition mistake of the week: “It wouldn’t take Richard long to figure out that Teresa’s passions came from thrift stores.”That was from the dictated first draft of my fifth and last Accidental Billionaire Cowboy book, which I just got back...

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Mar 17, 2023
Writing workshops and developmental editing 🖋

Howdy! You’re getting this because you signed up for my “writing classes” email at some time in the past. I haven’t sent a newsletter out in ages, so you may have forgotten. If you don’t want to hear from me again, the unsubscribe link is at the bott...

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Mar 12, 2023
Cold as a frosted frog 🐸 in a cast-iron commode

Southernism of the Week: "Cold as a well-digger’s knee. Cold as a frosted frog. Cold as a cast-iron commode." That's how cold it was in Southern California when Kris visited Doug. We did get a few short breaks in the rain to get out walking though! K...

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Mar 10, 2023