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spacer My world is convoluted, random, and sometimes confusing, but it only matches all my roles in life: mother, student, teacher, artist, wife, daughter, writer. I love to laugh, believe in destiny, and try to see the silver lining around every cloud. Watching thunderstorms is a favored pastime of mine and I love living in a big city with lots to do. I don’t ever get to do any of it, but I like knowing it’s there.

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January 5, 2014Uncategorized

Offensive Material = Grounds for Censorship?

This week, a popular blogger posted her letter to the board of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) because of a book that finaled in their prestigious awards, the RITAs™. The book was about a Nazi officer falling in love with a Jewish woman in a concentration camp. I can’t …

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August 7, 2015Uncategorized
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News! Pride & Purgatory has been making some waves

I announced this on Facebook and Twitter earlier this week, but my urban fantasy story, Pride & Purgatory, has been doing pretty good in contests. I recently learned it took second in the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal chapter of RWA‘s contest for unpublished manuscripts (On The Far Side). In addition, …

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August 8, 2014Uncategorized
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My Site Redesign is Complete! (and some updates)

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Come by and say hi! The content is (mostly) the same, but the look is different. I’ve got new images, and a new tagline (courtesy of the incomparable Cecily White, who is more witty  WITHOUT coffee than I am with a triple shot venti latte). As far as why I …

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March 9, 2014Book Covers and Art, Fun Finds, My book, Pimping other sites book in a month, candace havens, cecily white, conference, convention, editing, revising, RT, updates, Writing
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Writing a synopsis – Yes, another method

I don’t claim to write query blurbs or back cover copy well. I can’t form an elevator pitch to save my life. I can barely write a first draft of a book. However, one thing that sends most authors fleeing to a corner in the fetal position is something I …

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August 28, 2013Random thoughts, Romance, Technicalities, Writing agents, blurb, query, Romance, synopsis, Writing
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Rainbow Lollipops and Unicorn Poop – Blogging at Demons, Dreams, & Dragon Wings today!

Ever since my daughter, Thing 1, was old enough to talk, she’s periodically had nightmares. She couldn’t always tell me what they were about, but the fear was always there. My solution: run interference. If you’re thinking about something else, then you tend to forget the scary. (I also told …

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July 25, 2013Random thoughts childhood, hope, nightmares, rainbows, unicorns
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When enough is enough

On Thursday night, I sat down with Mr. Pierce to watch a movie I’d looked forward to for months: Identity Thief. Now, my mother, as well as a lot of my friends speak so highly of Melissa McCarthy that I have a “Like by association” emotion for her. I was …

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July 13, 2013Rants, Romance, Writing identity thief, jason bateman, melissa mccarthy, movies, novels, overkill, plot, plot analysis, plotting, script
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Setting new goals for 2013

I’m determined to get my mojo back. I have a story to write, and several to edit. And I can’t be sidetracked by life anymore. When I started writing, I wasn’t bogged down with a bunch of rules or an understanding of story structure or theories on what was a …

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July 9, 2013Random thoughts, Writing mojo, novel, plan, setting goals, word count, Writing
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Blogging at Demons, Dreams, and Dragon Wings today!

I’m talking about story structure and Rise of the Guardians. I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately. This is not entirely uncommon, but the interesting part is that I’ve been watching them with an eye toward story structure. This is especially easy when the movies are PG-rated Pixar and …

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June 28, 2013Technicalities, Writing
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In Which I Discuss Mythology as a Writing Influence

Hey there! Today on the Demons, Dreams, and Dragonwings, I’m talking about mythology and how various myths influence my writing. From Greek Mythology (constellation series) to Christian mythology (my new Urban Fantasy story, Pride & Purgatory), myths abound. Read more of my thoughts about mythology here

March 7, 2013Pimping other sites, Random thoughts, Writing influences, mythology, paranormal
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