NANOWIWHAWHOWIE (You Know That Writing Thing) RECAP

Yup, I made it through November.  I made myself a promise though, I wasn't going to do that nanowhee whee thing.  (I never get those initials right and I never say it right LOL)  Why?  Because I already had...

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Black Friday Madness Starts Now!!!

Part of the reason I love Smashwords, besides the all eBooks platform, is the ability to make coupons when *I* want to make coupons.  For today through 12/1/14 you can get Verses of Athine for 1.99 US.  That's 50%...

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What the hell? Please keep your crazy to yourself!

No, this is not a blog post on mental health.  It's just a post about some random crazy stuff I've read over the last few days and how I wish some people would have kept their crazy limited to...

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All Books Should Be Celebrated To Some Extent

The other day I wrote about GW2 and how it lead me to writing my fantasy books.  While writing that piece, I also dredged up a memory that still haunts me.  It was the memory of the first time...

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Taking a Break: GW2

I am sure some people would consider my hiatus from actually doing anything productive in my creative projects as being lazy.  However, I prefer to think of it as recharging.  Since the end of September, I have had some kind...

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URG! I am so sorry.

For some reason I have had nothing but trouble out of my Tesla Themes and I am not happy.  They were so pretty and easy to use.  They were very minimal.  I got it to do what I wanted....

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Girls Want to Play Too!

The other morning I was strolling through my e-mail and I happened upon a great article written by Chuck Wendig.  (No, he didn't personally send it to me.  I'm too lazy to search out enjoyable things every morning so...

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Exciting Things at Obsidian Poet Press

 I can finally say that I am done with the edits to Cursed Bloods.  My wonderful editor took a spin at it.  Then I had ProWriting Aid take a look at it.  Then I printed it all out and...

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Fish: They Are Not Just For Dinner Anymore! #bettas

I never realized how much fun fish could be.  Sure, like many apartment dwelling children, I had pet goldfish for awhile.  Like a week or so because they died.  Sure, when I go to the chinese buffet I like...

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Adverbs: Positively Needed in Writing

If adverbs are to be avoided and are a sign of a “weak writer” then why don't we just erase them from the English language?   It’s funny to me that many an article on avoiding “purple prose” instruct writers...

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