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THE WISDOMFOLD PATH, Chapter Two!
Annnnd, here it is! The second of the two sample chapters I’ll be posting from THE WISDOMFOLD PATH. (You did check out Chapter One, didn’t you? Hmmmm? Well, if not, this would be a darn good time to do that!) The book … Continue reading
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COVER REVEAL!!!
That’s right, folks…it’s time for the official cover reveal for THE WISDOMFOLD PATH! Check it out, below the fold!
It’s NaNoWriMo time!
Yes, that’s right: NaNoWriMo (National Novel-Writing Month) is just around the corner! It’s that wonderful time of year when thousands of writers around the world spend their Novembers chasing the goal of averaging 1,667 words a day. I will be participating … Continue reading
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Proofing, hooray.
My proof copy of The Wisdomfold Path arrived over the weekend, and opening it up to Page One, I discovered: Oops. This is why we go through our proof copies, folks. (The good news? As soon as I get the tweaks … Continue reading
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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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How Things Are Going!
Good afternoon, Dear Readers! I know, I haven’t posted here in a bit. I’m going to try and start having content appear here more regularly, starting with the post right below this one. How about that! Anyway, here’s a brief … 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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New Story!!!
Well, it’s not actually a NEW story, as I wrote it nearly ten years ago, but for this site’s purposes, it’s new! I had actually forgotten about it, which is odd considering I actually won a fiction contest with it. … Continue reading
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Starting Over: Go Ahead!
Writer Rae Oestreich (whom you should totally be following on Twitter) has a fascinating post up about when you have to restart a novel you’ve been working on for a while…and then restart it again…and possibly even restart it again. … 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



