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    The Friday Muse – Home On The Horizon

    January 13, 2017 /

    San Francisco was never her favorite place. She might have called it home, but it wasn’t in her heart to name the City a place close to her heart. The weather was too cold, the prices were too high, and there was something in the air – something amiss – that always gnawed at her consciousness. She wasn’t sure if it was an omen or some kind of psychic ability she unknowingly possessed, but she always felt San Francisco was burdened by evil. Sure, crimes were constantly committed in the city. But that was no different than any other city. Cram 8 million people into such a small area of…

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    New Year, New Goals

    January 4, 2017 /

    Well, it’s here. We’re finally out of 2016 and are basking in the newness of 2017. 2016 wasn’t so much as bad for me as it was challenging. Between running the publishing company and trying to get my own writing done in the midst, I didn’t come close to completing any of my authorly projects. This new year will be all about balance (and more than a few late nights) for me. Some of the writing projects I’ll be working on (and completing) this year: Red Crane This is my first attempt at a supernatural detective novella. I have the base draft done, and I just need to do cover…

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    April 21, 2017
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    The Friday Muse – The Stars Are Brightly Shining

    December 23, 2016 /

    Nathan Pierce adjusted his red and black striped tie and walked through the double doors of the church, his mind screaming at him to turn around and walk back out. This was only going to be a night of stress. Winter was his favorite season, but Christmas Eve—with his family anyway—was the very least of his favorite things. As his sister, Daisy, and Daniel came up behind him—along with his mother right on their heels—he realized he would much rather be at home, listening to music or reading a book. Or even looking at the stars. Or maybe even getting hit by a car. He would take any of those…

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    Winning Camp NaNoWriMo

    May 3, 2016 /

    So, I won Camp NaNoWriMo. I think. It’s hard to tell when it comes to the camp version of the National Novel Writing Month. It’s more lenient in its design. While NaNoWriMo is very rigid with its 50,000 word-in-a-month-no-editing-no-backtracking-no-previous-work goal, Camp NaNo lets you edit previously written manuscripts, set your own word count, and pretty much flex your writing muscle with self-imposed milestones. I’ve only been participating in Camp NaNo for the last few years now, and each one that I do I end up using to work on a novel I originally wrote for NaNoWriMo. This year I decided to resurrect an 11-year-old manuscript that I originally wrote for…

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    April 1, 2016
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    The Friday Muse – Legion Theory

    January 8, 2016 /

    Today’s Friday Muse piece ponders Legion Theory – the theory of possession by the alien entity found in my Black Earth novels. Legion Theory “It’s only a theory, Rezmalfen. I can’t base decisions on theories alone.” Rezmalfen sighed loudly, unafraid to let Snendinky know he was supremely irritated with the man’s lack of vision. “I understand it’s only a theory, but that is what our work is based on. We are scientists.”

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    The Friday Muse – NaNoWriMo Excerpt #1

    November 6, 2015

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    September 2, 2016

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    September 16, 2016
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    The Friday Muse – Contessa

    December 18, 2015 /

    Well, I’m back with The Friday Muse. Today’s piece is a bit that I wrote that takes place after Earth has been overrun and nearly destroyed by evil. A lone wanderer known as Contessa has to decide if she wants to join one of the survivor groups or continue wandering the planet on her own.

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    January 29, 2016
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    The Friday Muse – NaNoWriMo Excerpt #2

    November 13, 2015 /

    Well, we’re nearing the middle of November, and I’m happy to say that I’m ‘write’ on track with my novel writing goals for NaNoWriMo. I’m currently sitting at 23,488 words (almost halfway through the challenge), and I have some decent meat going on the bones of these stories. I figured I’d share another small excerpt from my novel with you guys. This piece comes from a short story tentatively called Tamriel – and for those of you who are fans of my Black Earth series, you’ll recognize that name as the mysterious woman who entices Daisy in the Dark Garden in the series. This is part of her backstory when…

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    NaNoWriMo 2015

    October 29, 2015 /

    It should come as no surprise to those who know me that I am participating in NaNoWriMo this year. This will be my eleventh year taking a crack at the challenge, and it’s going to be a challenge with the publishing company I am running, the novels I am trying to start work on, and life in general. I’m still debating on if I want to make my writing goal 100,000 words or just the basic 50,000. Probably 100,000…

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    October 26, 2016

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    The Friday Muse – Bottle In The Water

    October 23, 2015 /

    Today’s Muse piece has a familiar character of mine – Cynthia Ruin – at the shoreline after Earth begins to taint from the evil saturating it in my Black Earth series. It sets up a very interesting storyline that I would at some point like to explore further…

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    The Friday Muse – Darkness Pierced

    January 27, 2017

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    September 30, 2016
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    The Friday Muse – Crystals

    September 4, 2015 /

    Today’s Friday Muse piece is another short snippet that I know will at some point lead to a bigger story. It seems someone has found a way to keep the alien/demonic entity of Legion (found in my Black Earth series) at bay, but nothing is ever what it seems…

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