Crime du Jour: 31 Days of Malfeasance, Misconduct, and Immorality One crime story per day, all the way through October. Ebook is currently available here. Crime du Jour #2: Aiding and Abetting / Accessory THE GHOSTS OF MIRAMONT CASTLE This was before ghost tours or ghost hunters were a thing, back in the bad old days […]
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Crime du Jour: 31 Days of Malfeasance, Misconduct, and Immorality One crime story per day, all the way through October. Ebook is currently available here. Crime du Jour #1: Aggravated Assault SEWING CLUB She’s sixteen years old and the kind of dame to die for, a brunette with wide eyes whose color disappears into shadows
Blood Moon: A Gathering of Beasts Universal Book Link | Goodreads (reviews) When the sun has set, when the moon is full, the shapeshifters gather—wolves, cats and totemic creatures, nightmares and revelations. Seeking answers, seeking revenge, seeking a cure to affliction, seeking blood, seeking answers or seeking love—a gathering of beasts abounds. Dare you walk beneath the moonlight?
I have a new interview up for the Blood Moon Bundle, which includes a short story under my middle-grade pen name, De Kenyon, titled “Beware the Easter Moon”: If you had to pick 5 books to take to a desert island which 5 would it be? How long am I going to be stuck on this
I had to write up a short guide to writing tweets/short social media posts for a group of writers, and it didn’t turn out awful–so I think I’ll share 🙂 BASICS: The elements of a decent social media post are text, hashtags, and link. All elements together should be fewer than 280 characters, which you
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A Procession of Faeries #4: Water Faeries Universal Buy Link | Goodreads (reviews) On a rock by the shore sits a mermaid fair Dreaming of her lost lover as she combs her hair Kelpies, and selkies, and the great snakes of the sea All stop and listen as she sings of a love never to be For
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Universal Buy Link | Goodreads Once upon a time… Napoléon Buonoparte did not ally himself with the armies of France during the French Revolution, but sought power instead in Britain, where his subtlety and planning was met with reticience and phlegmatism. The British feared Napoléon’s infamous Corsican temper, and worried that it would lead him
So if, as a writer, you’re supposed to take feedback from readers, critique groups, reviewers, etc., with a grain of salt, what is that grain of salt? My thought is this: “Would the suggested change help satisfy my readers?” I think that’s it. Next time you get a comment you’re on the fence about, ask the
Uncollected Anthology: Silver Linings Universal Book Link | Goodreads (reviews) Discover how to negotiate with demons and survive a night on the street. Sniff out a pesky ghost or hunt down a creature at night. Attend a fairy ball, overcome inner darkness or speak with the wind. 7 stories about the one thing in the dark that pulls
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In other words, how important is originality in fiction? Should you be trying to write something original? First: what makes you think you would recognize originality if you saw it? When I was reading slush for several online magazines, I would run across the same idea over and over again, written by people who clearly
