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Writing Tip: What’s Your Word Count?

Staring at at a blank page can be daunting, but remember…you don’t have to set out to write a novel every time you begin to write. There are almost as many flavors of fiction as there were of original Baskin … Continue reading

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I Promised You Something New This Week

Today we are going to begin an in-depth look at the adventures of two of my favorite characters, “Bruce Vincent and Roxanne Rogers, a restauranteur and his waitress who save the world from supernatural creatures every other week.” That’s been … Continue reading

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Today We Discuss the Menagerie…

Today’s Book Tour stop is an interview at As the Page Turns. We’ve been discussing jobs that the men and women of The Conn-Mann Chronicles. There are other characters in the books that have the important job of providing comfort … Continue reading

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Some Things Are Essential!

The saga of the refrigerator is over…and apparently successful. After finding out that the cleaning I had done to get to the garage door wasn’t what the guys delivering it was expecting or pleased with. They had to take the … Continue reading

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And Now For Something Completely Different…

There’s no tour stop today, so I thought I would do something else. Couldn’t leave you completely hanging, could I? Here’s a sneak peek at the new book–it will still be in edits for a while–and remember, it is a … Continue reading

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GUEST POST: A. F. Stewart

Today I want to share a guest post from author A.F. Stewart promoting her new Horror Collection Visions and Nightmares debuting on the 13th, fittingly enough. I have read this book, and it is fantastic. There is even a special … Continue reading

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Let’s Face It…

I am not very good at blogging…or self-promotion for that matter. It’s on my To-Do list to get better at it. But I haven’t been totally neglecting the Chronicles. As a matter of fact, this year’s NaNoWriMo project will hopefully … Continue reading

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All Is Ready For ArmadilloCon…

Books have all arrived (well, except for a last minute order that will be here Friday before I need it Saturday night.) Promo items all put together and ready. Jo has a new dress for the occasion. Lots of new … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween!

  This is my favorite holiday of the year. Ghosts and ghouls wandering the world, trick-or-treating, scary stories… Last week I told you about some of the scary stories that I had for Halloween. Today, I am going to give … Continue reading

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Any Progress is Better Than NO Progress…Right?

It feels like I got little done today, but I didn’t get to cleaning until after I blogged for riewriter.com, submitted today’s submission, discussed publishing details for the anthology…so, yeah. Doesn’t look like much, but several trips up the stairs … Continue reading

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