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- Thoughts on Taylor Swift (a vlog!) November 5, 2025
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- “People get ready, there’s a train a-comin’….” November 1, 2025
- MASS HYSTERIA!!! October 31, 2025
- Something for Thursday (Oooooo! edition) October 30, 2025
- Tinkering under the hood…. October 30, 2025
- I remember those! October 29, 2025
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Category Archives: Writers
Updates and a Quick Stroll Around the Writing Neighborhood!
Hey all! I hope that 2016 is starting to settle into some good of good groove for you all, now that the bustle of the Holiday season is over. I’m always bummed out, a little, when the Holidays end; for … Continue reading
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A Brief Trip Around Writing Blogistan
Here are some things that I’ve seen around the neighborhood of the Blogistan Writing Community: Briana Morgan released her first book, Blood and Water, a month or two back (I read several chapters of it in draft, and if the final … Continue reading
On Fanfic, and on Writing as Play
So there was a thing the other day on Twitter in which a lot of writers were suddenly defending the idea of writing fan fiction. I didn’t understand why at first, but as far as I can tell, someone wrote … Continue reading
On Character, part the second
Hello, all! Time for another post on characters and how to approach them…or how I approach them…or, in this case, how another writer approached them. So let’s talk about Calvin and Hobbes. This legendary comic strip is still well known today, … Continue reading
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On Character, part the first
Writers love to rabbit on and on all day about their characters and how they develop their characters and how they decide what characters do and all that kind of thing. I, of course, am no different. This will, though, … Continue reading
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A Few Things!
A couple of items of possible interest: Item the FIRST: I’ve been working on getting Stardancer available on more platforms than just the Kindle, and I can now report initial success: the book is now available for Nook, right here! Zap! Pow!! … Continue reading
Cover Reveals
…but not mine! (Not yet, anyway.) Two author-folk for whom I have quite a bit of admiration revealed the covers for their new novels this weekend. Huzzah for them! First up is Carrie Morgan, with her cover art for her … Continue reading
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