Last night I made a late trip to the bathroom. While I’m in the bathroom, I see a scorpion coming toward me. Because it was late, I was barefoot. I have no weapons nearby except my cell phone. So I try to cautiously move away from the scorpion. I don’t have a lot of space
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Sookie and Tuna
Is Sookie still alive? Yes, she is. Thank you for asking. Sookie is getting on in years. She mostly sleeps. Her hearing is gone. Voice commands don’t do it anymore, so now we have to communicate by hand signals and pats. However, she is living her best life. She has all the treats and pillows
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Housekeeping Wednesday
Justified. No, not the show. A while ago we had some reports regarding the lack of justification in the ebook copy of Magic Strikes. All the other titles are justified on both sides but Magic Strikes is only to the left. We’ve spoken to the publisher and that file will be updated by mid-November with
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Monday News
Sorry the post is so late. Gordon and I plotted for several hour to finish our current project. All the braining is going into the book. It is at 85,000 now, and I just assured Mod R that it will not be longer than Bayou Moon. So we must cap at 125K. She just emailed
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State of Life and Other Updates
Annual PSA I had my mammogram on Tuesday. Now the waiting for results begins. The waiting is always the hardest part. This is your annual reminder: Don’t Be My Mother. Women often tend to put their health and their needs last. Please take care of yourself. My Husband’s Addiction Tuesday, I am trying to work
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Too Hard?
I have a very important question for you this morning. Apparently, Ingram Spark now allows us to print hardcover editions. Meaning we could offer you a hardcover set of our self-published books, such as the Innkeeper series. We have a couple of options available to us. For example, you probably remember the excellent Truly Bad
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What’s In The Folder?
Today’s question comes from Mod R. How do you not end up with this when you’re working on a project? Hehehe, FinalFinalDraftDamnIt.docx. Mod R has, by now, seen us drastically chop the manuscripts. I’ve been torturing her with Maggie drafts, and she has read 2 or 3 so far, so now I’m holding off until
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Are You Famous Yet?
Are you ever recognized when you are out and about? Do you have any funny, interesting stories about being recognized and if I’m ever fortunate enough to see you on an airplane or in an airport how would you like me/others to react? Say hello or leave you alone? No. Hehe. Writing is the best
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Impostor Syndrome
On Saturday, Gordon, Kid 2, and I snuck into the Armadillocon as regular attendees to see Jessie Mihalik, who was one of the panelists on Impostor Syndrome Panel. Jessie wrote an interesting article about it. She’s right that imposter syndrome doesn’t go away with success. I’ve talked before about the golden carrot. A rider sits
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Overdrive and Libraries: Everything You Wanted To Know
Today we have the honor of hosting Gingko-girl, who is a member of the BDH and a librarian. She is here to talk about Overdrive and libraries. An Overdrive Primer for the Curious and the Frustrated Hello (waves shyly). My name is Gingko-girl and I am a member of the Book Devouring Horde. I am
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Stab, stab, stab
The good news: We fixed the issue that was giving us trouble with the current draft. The bad news: We fixed the issue that was giving us trouble with the current draft. The blog is getting about 25% of my brain power, because the rest is going into plotting scenes and conversations. This is probably
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What is an Anchor Series?
Two posts in one day. This post is made because I didn’t put things clearly on Friday, and poor Mod R had to suffer from my incompetence. Thank you to everyone for your supportive messages! We appreciate it. This post is for everyone who is worried that their favorites will be abandoned. What is an
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