I was hoping you could help guide me on an academic question. As part of my summer project work with my professor, I am involved in developing a marketing plan for his new book on business management. Your blog has been a wonderful resource to get insights into the publishing world for fiction writers. It
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We Have to Leave the House
We have to go out today on an unavoidable errand, so we are a bit behind on our work. We are half-way through the next Ryder scene so it will posted either tonight or tomorrow morning, so please don’t obsess checking the website. Wish me luck.
Cake Recipe
Me: Lalala… Email box: Cake recipe? Cake recipe? Me: O_o Chocolate cake Okay so the cake itself I got from here. Two notes. First, I didn’t have buttermilk so I added 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar to regular milk and allowed it to clot for about 10 minutes. Second, this is a lot of cake.
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So Much Stuff
If you need to be thanked in the acknowledgments for Emerald Blaze, please email me. I’ve got the Chinese and Hong Kong readers, the Italian reader, the legal reader, and I can’t remember who I am missing. If you beta read this book, please email me, because I can’t be trusted. We are trying to
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Aha! I am Awake
I skipped Zyrtec last night and guess what? I am awake. Also, today is Kid 2’s birthday. The cake arrived, and we all have blown up way too many balloons. In celebration, here is a small snippet of Emerald Blaze. A small tiny snippet. Tiny. So tiny, Avon won’t notice it. Do not notice this
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State of Things and Ryder
Hi, love all your books. I live in Perth W.A. Haven’t seen any updates on your blog. Worried about both of you and your family. Is everything OK. Please keep safe. Beverley We have received a lot of the emails like the one above, so here is the general update on things. 🙂 Thank you
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No Churn Ice Cream
I don’t have an ice cream making machine or one of those churning thingies, but I wanted some ice cream the other day, and I found this recipe that only takes 3 ingredients. It makes delicious ice cream and you don’t have to churn anything. The gist of it: heavy whipping cream, a can of
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Ryder: Chapter 6 Part 1
I rode out into the city at 8:00 a.m., unsupervised. Ascanio hadn’t left anyone to babysit me. Maybe he decided I wasn’t worth to keep an eye on. Maybe it slipped his mind. Both possibilities were equally unlikely, which meant whoever followed me was staying way back, tracking my trail. By the time I stopped
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Ryder: Chapter 5
I brought Tulip to a halt on the corner of Jonesboro and Gammon street, two blocks away from Pastor Haywood’s church. Around me black trees crowded the road, their sharp leaves unnaturally still despite a slight breeze. A small two-story building with boarded up windows perched on the corner to the right, its grimy brown
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Fandom, Let Me Show You It
Team Derek: Grown up Julie is going to meet Derek and there will be kissy face. Team Ascanio: Excuse me? Have you even read the part with THE BOUDA? Team Derek: Who cares? Derek can do everything Ascanio can do, only better. Team Ascanio: He is disfigured. Team Derek, clutching pearls: He is battle scarred.
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Life with Bulldog: Despair Edition
Someone didn’t get to go on a walk. Turn the sound up. Gordon took her around the block after we came home.
Monday, Monday
This is just a quick note to let you know that we are working through your emails. Right now it’s a trying time for everyone, and a lot of the emails we get reflect that. They require a little extra care in replies. Some of you are very concerned about our health so behold, the
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