Tag: author
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19 Nature Quotes
Nature has shaped my heart and soul my entire life. I’ve always lived in it and with it, and to live without it is unthinkable. So naturally it’s a keystone of my fiction. Wild places are a main theme in all of my stories. Some characters like Tayla Lyon (Stop Down) find refuge and healing…
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Hoar and Rime
Merriam-Webster defines homophones as: words that sound the same but are different in meaning or spelling. Homophones that are spelled differently are also called heterographs, such as to, too, and two. Ever hear a story about a bare bear? Tell no tale about that tail. What about a knight who was lost in the night?…
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Tiny Writer’s Studio – Part 4
Well, I sure lost track of this series of posts. What brought it to mind again is we’re contemplating moving my tiny studio. It is on wheels after all. That might happen this year yet, or maybe next year. Or not? To be honest I don’t plan that far ahead. I’m more of a “this…
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Accepted!
It’s always exciting to open an email and discover a short story submission was accepted. That always gives a writer a boost. I’m thrilled to announce my story Slide Rock will be included in the next Pikes Peaks Writer’s Anthology. This will be the third PPW Anthology for me, talk about an honor! The theme…
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Rainy Days and Dirt Roads
The moment when two of my favorite things, storms and dirt roads, come together is irreplaceable. The rain pattering on the windshield. The thunks of mud from the tires. The drama in the sky and the play of light and shadow on the landscape. My little writer’s brain fills with scenes of cowboys in bright…
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Author Adjacent
My awesome readers know I haven’t published a novel in three years. My first impulse is to offer some lame apology but I won’t because there’s nothing to be sorry for. Events over the last few years effected all of us. When my life took some turns and I turned with it. Publishing and keeping…
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Tiny Writer’s studio – part 3
I lost track of time since the last post about the studio. Sometimes it’s hard to keep track here, it’s more about nature’s timing: the lengthening of the days, the turning of the seasons. The new growth of spring turning into the full bloom of summer. The studio has been finished more than half a…
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New Release
Orion’s Chance My partner in crime, TR Kerby, and I are happy to announce our second novel. It was a journey with a lot of laughs along the way. The writing process included a mathematics refresher, a Nikola Tesla history lesson, and a crash course in gene therapy and virus vectors. All tied up with…