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Dirty Socks, the Queen of England and ABNA

TweetShareI have some kinda cool news. I was named a quarter-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The book is now called THE DIM, but it listed under the old title A TIME FOR HOPE on the Amazon page.  Out … Continue reading

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Who's your favorite Tudor wife?

TweetShare      Hello , I have been doing quite a bit of research for my manuscript on those nutty Tudors, and I thought I’d ask for your feedback.  If you know the history, you generally have pretty strong feelings … Continue reading

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Craft–Isn't that cheese?

TweetShare While the purpose of most blogs on writing is to inform, I have created this blog to gather information. There are a lot of us “Aspiring Authors” out there, who are trying to learn as we go. When I … Continue reading

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Aspiring Nerd

TweetShareI got some really good news Saturday. I submitted my first short story to an e-zine and it was accepted for publication. I know it is not that big of a deal to most people, but to me, it proved … Continue reading

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Eating Crow and Endless Love..

TweetShareWell, I am going to do it. I am going to eat a big old bowl of crow, feathers and all. The other day, I submitted a very succinct and well-thought out post regarding the lack of writers and/or conferences … Continue reading

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What's wrong with the South??

TweetShareI went to my first book signing this weekend. I know, I know.. What?! You say to yourself. How is this possible? All she does is talk about books. How is it that she has never been to a book … Continue reading

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A good day

TweetShareI had a good day today. I don’t think we know how precious that is, in this time. We are always so scheduled, so rushed, so planned. I know that most of my time is spent trying to figure out … Continue reading

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