So heads up, SAPPHIRE FLAMES is available for preorder on Amazon. There is no description yet. I do not recommend buying. You don’t even know what it’s about. (It’s about murder. Lots and lots of murder.) While on Amazon, I happened to see the Silent Blade and it has several reviews which indicate that people
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Little Snippet
Have to work and do all the things today, so here is a short snippet. As an aside, Gutenberg, which is the new text editor for WordPress, arbitrarily eats spaces between words when you paste from Word. Begin primal scream of rage. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences occupied a nine-story building on Old
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Diamond Fire is #11 on USA Today Bestseller List
Yays! This was such an unexpected surprise. I didn’t think they counted novels. Thank you, guys! Here is a celebratory snippet. “Danger is our middle name,” Grandma Frida said. Mom stopped what she was doing and looked at Grandma Frida. “What?” Grandma Frida shrugged. “It’s been too quiet around here. I’m ready for some action.”
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On Teaspoons, Difficulty in Acquiring
For some reason we are missing teaspoons. We have the exact same number of big forks, small forks, tablespoons, and knives, but the teaspoons have dwindled to less than five. I am not sure if we have three or four of them. Being a domestic goddess, I decided to remedy this situation by buying spoons
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POLARIS RISING and Stuffed Toys.
Please welcome Jessie Mihalik to the blog. Thank you so much to Ilona and Gordon for allowing me to share a snippet of my debut novel, POLARIS RISING, with you all! But first, I want to tell you the story of how I met Ilona and Gordon. They later became my nearby neighbors and dear
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Kinsmen ebook and other news
IRON AND MAGIC has made the Goodreads finals. Please vote for us if you get a chance. So I have some cool release news. An ebook version of Kinsmen collection is now available for pre-order. The collection includes only previously published works: novellas Silent Blade and Silver Shark and a short story, A Mere Formality.
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Grocery Delivery
Did you know that you can go to HEB website, pick out your groceries, pay for them, and for a small fee, someone will deliver these groceries to your door? … THEY BROUGHT MY GROCERIES TO ME. I didn’t have to go out, I didn’t have to wrestle with the awful San Marcos HEB parking
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Happy Veterans Day!
Thank you for your service.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Still coughing, still filled with mucus, but I am able to sleep in solid chunks of at least five, six hours. Gordon, however, is still under. We are so catastrophically behind, I honestly have lost all ability to even. Dad’s visit slowed us down, but we were prepared to make up for that, but losing
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DIAMOND FIRE Discussion Post
Happy Book Birthday! New Novella From Hidden Legacy Nevada Frida Baylor and Connor Ander Rogan cordially invite you to join their wedding celebration. Summoning, weather manipulation, and other magical activities strictly forbidden. Catalina Baylor is looking forward to wearing her maid of honor dress and watching her older sister walk down the aisle. Then the
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Still Sick
Normally common cold to me means 3 days of misery, during which I whine, and then I am up and running. It’s been 11 days and I am still sick. Kids are still sick. Gordon is still sick. Everyone is sick. I am so sleep deprived. Last night, just like this whole week, as soon
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ACA Open Enrollment Starts Today
This is your annual reminder: for those of you like us, who obtain their insurance through ACA, open enrollment started today. I just got done renewing our policy for 2019 at https://www.healthcare.gov/. The site is functioning and running smoothly. If you need to enroll, do it now, before they take it down for maintenance or some
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