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Finding Your Voice: Fighting the Fear of Sounding Stupid
Life as a Part-Time Professional Writer One of the things I’ve dealt with in life are people that discount your opinions or your knowledge. We’ve all been there. You’re having a conversation with a person about a particular topic, you offer your knowledge or thoughts, they get an odd look on their face, and come…
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Deadlines and Creating Space
Life as a Part-Time Professional Writer This year I decided I needed to kick my writing into high-gear. I had let it lapse for the last couple of years, although that was pretty necessary. Between getting our old house sold, figuring out how to negotiate a three-state move of all our stuff, and living out…
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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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