Background: AC in Kid 2’s house had to be replaced. The unit was installed on on 05/26. The bill was paid in full. The unit stopped working on 06/12. The installation sent the technician out who said he fixed things. On 06/13, the kids woke up to water raining from the vent under the AC.
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I Don’t Need More Yarn
We all have different coping mechanisms. I have found that sometimes they fail and we don’t even realize it. The other day I picked up a knitting project that lay abandoned for several weeks and Gordon said, “I’m so glad you’re knitting again. That’s a thing you do, and you suddenly stopped.” The last time
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Sandra
Thank you for supporting BLOOD HEIR. All the love. Your guys are the best. A very short story Some days everything lined up perfectly. And some days, you were Sandra. “How could you, Sandra? How could you?” Colt, Sandra’s husband, certainly had a flair for drama. I couldn’t see him from my perch on the
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Blood Heir on Best Science Fiction and Fantasy List
*taps mic* Ahem. BLOOD HEIR is on Amazon’s Best science fiction and fantasy of 2021 so far List! This is so amazing 😍! BLOOD HEIR was an instant best-seller on its release, and it continues to gather accolades and appreciation. For a self-published book, with no publisher backed advertising or marketing, it is a testament to both
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Good and Bad
I wanted to touch on comment moderation this morning. This site started as a place to market books and evolved into a slice of life blog. If you visit it enough, you will note a distinct lack of slap fights compared to other similar gathering spots on the internet. That’s because we rigorously moderate the
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Entertainment Roundup
What I am reading. I am still on the manga/manhwa/manhua kick, and since so many of you asked, I thought I would share some recommendations. I would suggest Tapas and Tappytoon as entry point services. The content on both is carefully curated and you are less likely to encounter themes that might be too jarring
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Always a Bright Idea
Dear Jackie, we got your email. We are rooting for you.
Dialogue and Drones
Do you ever take dialogue heard in real life and use it in your books? Absolutely. We steal from the blog comments as well, although we always say when we do it. Hey Hannah. ::wiggles fingers in Hannah’s direction:: Credit will be given in Acknowledgments. When co-writing dialogue, do you split characters between you or
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Server Issues
Some of you have reported the site being inaccessible yesterday and today. We checked with our host and it appears to be a widespread issue related to their CDN, content delivery network, which speeds up loading of the geographically distant sites. Flywheel is reporting that the issue is now fixed. Please let us know if
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Minou Minou
Kid, walking in in a huff: I don’t understand her. Me: What did your sister do now? Kid 1: I bought her all of that make up, I went down to her house to organize it with her, and she wouldn’t let me upstairs. Me: What do you mean, she wouldn’t let you upstairs? Kid
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Vive la France
I’ve noted quite a bit of French nomenclature and references to different French cultural things in House Andrews novels. When did an interest in France come into your lives? And have you two spent much time in France? This is the original text of WAR AND PEACE. I’d estimate about 1/10 of it is in
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Worst Villain Poll- Kate Daniels Edition
Calling all Kate Daniels fans. Who do you just love to hate? Which character simply gets your goat? (the lame one Erra used to conquer a city.) Inquiring minds want to know. Edit: Inquiring minds are focusing on the baddies from the main KD series today. That’s why Moloch, Landon Nez etc are not in
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