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Just Jump Back In
It’s embarrassing. You’ve committed to doing something, you make all the plans, you state confidently that this is what you’re going to do – and then life happens. It amazes me how some people are just able to do the things they say: post things on time, come up with amazing videos, churn out content…
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Raven’s Eye: Chapter Eight
This is an ongoing fictional serial book, one chapter published every week. If you have not read up to this point, please check out the other chapters. Asha is a fifteen year old girl born into a savage world sculpted by tribal wars and elemental magic. She is chosen as the elder shaman’s apprentice, the…
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Raven’s Eye: Chapter Seven
This is an ongoing fictional serial book, one chapter published every week. If you have not read up to this point, please check out the other chapters. Asha is a fifteen year old girl born into a savage world sculpted by tribal wars and elemental magic. She is chosen as the elder shaman’s apprentice, the…
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Raven’s Eye: Chapter 6
This is an ongoing fictional serial book, one chapter published every week. If you have not read up to this point, please check out the other chapters. Asha is a fifteen year old girl born into a savage world sculpted by tribal wars and elemental magic. She is chosen as the elder shaman’s apprentice, the…
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The First SH**** Draft is Done!
It’s been two years (and counting) since I published Planetary Feedlot. Even though I had a pretty good idea where I wanted to go with the sequel at the time, it seems like it’s taken forever to get it on the page. Especially since my debut novel was supposed to be just that, a stand-alone…
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Raven’s Eye: Chapter 2
Asha was grinding a poultice under the careful eye of Chalese when the first wails rose into the natural calm. It started with a scream which shattered the air, surprised birds rising with a flurry of wings. It pierced the sky like an arrow, grabbing hearts and pulling them toward whatever horror awaited. A new…
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Raven’s Eye: A Serial Book
Chapter 1 A raven’s cry broke the silence of her reverie. Asha jerked awake from her meditation, her breath coming hard and fast as adrenalin coursed through her body. The elderly shaman raised her head, peering with slitted eyes at the young girl with the hair like moonlight. “What did you see?” “I saw. .…
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Life as a Part-Time Professional Writer: Debut Novel Realizations
AKA: Trying to Climb the mountain in Flip flops When I published my first book (I say it that way because it will not be the last), my boyfriend got all excited. He loved my book, and he was sure everyone else would too. In his brain, we’d be rich in no time. No, he…
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15 Minute Stories: The 9 Lives of Bast
The kitten lazed on the floor in the patch of sunlight, reveling in the warmth on her fur. Lying on her back, she reached overhead, extending her claws, watching as the translucent weapons glistened in the light. “Where do you go every night?” She asked Thalia, the black cat who sat composed at the window…
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15 Minute Stories: All I Want Are Sunflowers
The sunflower waved in the wind, its heavy head rocking back and forth like a metronome. The yellow petals were slowly unfurling from its darkened face, like someone slowly stretching in the morning. She watched the flower out of the window, the tea cup she held halfway to her mouth forgotten as she sat mesmerized…
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