Actual writing caves are kinda cold

Growing up in California, basements were rare. So the new homebase captured my imagination immediately, with it's creepy cement steps into the abyss under the house.Unfortunately, it's an unfinished, cement cavern that isn't even a big, empty room th...

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Oct 17, 2024
Mama Never Said There'd Be Days Like This

Well. I had been idly crafting today's email in my mind while I stared at the work in progress with a listless sort of resignation.I was going to ask you if you knit or crochet. I was going to launch into a lengthy-- but no-doubt, very entertaining--...

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Oct 10, 2024
Inspired by True Events

Yup. I spaced another email deadline. Oops. But not by a whole week this time!First, I'd like to report in on my progress on The Cowboy's Temporary Solution: It's not done yet. But it's making progress. I realized yesterday that I'm almost done, beca...

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Oct 03, 2024
Skipped a Week, Skipped a Beat, Skipped Some Sleep

Yup, I totally spaced last week's email. Not that I had much news anyway-- but I still have an excuse!If you've been with me since the old days-- you might recall that I got a rather scary diagnosis of bradycardia (an abnormally slow heartbeat) back...

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Sep 26, 2024
At Least I've Got a Cover to Show You

Slow River Valley Ranches update: there is no update.Ranger O'Leary and I getting along just fine, thank you. Ranger and Serenity are getting along just fine. Serenity and Ranger's entire family are getting along all too well for Ranger's liking and...

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Sep 12, 2024
Free Books and News from the Writing Cave

From me? I can officially tell you that Ranger O'Leary's book has a title!The Cowboy's Temporary Solution is on the calendar with a (fingers crossed) release date of September 25. Oops! Did I tell you it would be earlier? Past Roxie lied to you, seri...

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Sep 05, 2024
Of Course I'm Behind Schedule!

OK, so, I know I said I was going to have the prequel for Mountain Man's Hope ready for you this week-- but I don't.It's taken on a life of its own, and I'm having way too much fun with it. The awesomeness of this is that it'll end up being so much m...

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Aug 29, 2024
One More Moonshine Ridge Bundle

For the bundle readers and collectors in the house; the Harts are now available in one, cozy, family bundle to round out the library of Moonshine Ridge legacy families in bundle format.Paperbacks of the bundles are on the master to-do list now, but s...

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Aug 22, 2024
ARC Review Time for the Hart Family of Moonshine Ridge

The Hart Family Bundle Would Love Your Love!I hit publish on the Hart family last night, since I'd heard some colleagues having trouble with Amazon's timing-- of course, that means everything went off without a hitch and the bundle was live before I...

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Aug 20, 2024