Book Cover Reveal: The Conversationalist
I’ve been busy on the other side of the writing life, the dreaded side, the one that makes me most nervous: the pre-release side of the game. And it is a game. Please...
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Official Book Launch—University Book Store: May 14th Seattle
Well, the incredible writing journey I am on continues. I remember driving down to Seattle with fellow Young Adult author Stacey R. Campbell, who wrote the fun “lost royal princess” mystery titled Hush,...
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Events—Book Signing at Cannon Beach Book Company: March 30th
Cannon Beach is all about restoring balance . . . spirit, and thoughts about gratitude. Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack in Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is sometimes claimed locally...
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Kipling Puppy Returns: Humor & Eartha Kitt’n
I have neglected A Writer’s Life blog too much over the past month or two since the Green Darner Press version of Sandcastle and Other Stories was published. “Put the book down already,...
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Book Reading And Signings: 1st Author Events
Hello everyone. This incredible and delicious cake with umbrella attached was made by my hosts in celebration of my first reading. I cannot thank them enough. Wow. Here is where my book sits...
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Paperback Writer: Sandcastle and Other Stories Published By Green Darner Press
One of the most surreal moments of my life happened last year when the Green Darner Press publisher called and wanted to meet with me to talk about working together as a team...
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Maria Savva Asks The Questions: 1st Interview
I haven’t been able to sit down long enough for any writing, promotion, marketing, writing life currency since real life threw several obstacles in the way. Maria Savva read my first ebook, Sandcastle...
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Journey In Bhutan: Himalayan Trek in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon — A Book Recommendation
“Cockerals are strutting everywhere, pecking between slabs, rending the peace of the dzong with their raucous crowing. One starts, then they all compete with each other, echo chasing echo around the courtyard. It...
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Seducing Santa — Holiday Short Story 2011
Here is a replay of Seducing Santa, the first holiday tale published on A Writer’s Life Blog in December 2011 — Bracelet (click title to read this new tale) will be published in December...
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BONUS Wake Me Up: Unused Novel Opening
I finished writing Wake Me Up and was ready to publish it in 2011 . . . When I reread the book for the fiftieth time, I realized the opening needed to begin...
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