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Valentine’s Day Blog Hop: What Paranormal Creature Would Be Your Perfect Valentine?

Thank you to all who stopped by and commented, and especially to those who also liked my Facebook page as part of the blog hop! The winner of this blog’s drawing is Louisa Cornell. Louisa,  I’ve tried to get in… Continue Reading…

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Cover and Blurb Reveal – Long Shadows

Oh, wow, we’re within two months of the release of Long Shadows, the second Lycanthropy Files book.  Here’s the blurb: Being unique isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be. By day, Lonna Marconi’s busy career keeps her mind off… Continue Reading…

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Guest posts: An Interview and Novel Resolutions

Happy new year, fellow authors and readers! December ended up being sort of a bust for me with regard to writing thanks to a nasty cold that knocked me on my rear end for a week, but I did reach… Continue Reading…

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Guest Post on Fresh Fiction: Why I write — and read — Urban Fantasy

I recently had the pleasure of attending the Southern Magic Readers’ Luncheon in my home town of Birmingham, Alabama, where I met one of the editors for the Fresh Fiction website. As they say down here, we got to talking,… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: A Superhero with Self-Esteem Problems

Image Source:  http://samurai-ko.deviantart.com/art/Close-Enough-to-Touch-by-HPS-102055941 One of my Twitter writing friends sent me the following dilemma (and the above and below awesome pictures): Character name: Sorina Tavarisch Age: 36 Gender: Female Species (if applicable): Human Cultural or historical context (if important to… Continue Reading…

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Review Roundup for Cyber Monday: Mindfulness and The Mountain’s Shadow

My blog tour ended up coinciding with two of the busiest weeks I’ve ever had at my practice, so I wasn’t able to post reviews or links to guest posts as they occurred. Yeah, until my writing really takes off,… Continue Reading…

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Blog Tour, continued: More guest posts!

Last week got away from me, so I wasn’t able to post links to my Thursday and Friday stops. On Thursday, I stopped by Traveling with T and posted on what color enhances creativity and how that applies to my… Continue Reading…

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Book Review: Chick Lit Plus

My blog tour set up through Chick Lit Plus starts today with a review by Samantha herself:While this isn’t my normal style of reading material, this book really had me hooked. The writing was really strong – from introducing us… Continue Reading…

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Character on the Couch: Cold fingers…warm heart?

Just in time for Halloween, a young man in the funeral industry named Declan came to see me and spend some time on my couch. Actually, his author, fabulous fellow GRW member Sally Kilpatrick sent me the following quandary: Character… Continue Reading…

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Guest post: Author fears at Five for Fiction Blog

Like many newbie authors, I thought that once I got my first book contract, it would be smooth sailing, and I wouldn’t have anything else to worry about ever. Not true. Although signing my first book deal was very exciting,… Continue Reading…