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Conversations With Friends
Have you ever just found yourself in one of those bizarre conversations with someone else that if anyone else was listening in (and they didn’t know you) it would all sound very scandalous? A recent conversation with a girlfriend went something like this… (conversation printed with permission)… Me: So I told you about my new project? S: Uh huh. Hey, D wants to…
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New Covers
Loving some of the new cover art coming through on some of the new books. Yeah, over on the Upcoming Releases page you’ll see my “place holder” covers. Some of them are not the covers that will actually be on the actual book(s). Cover art is one of those things that the smaller houses tend to play with until the…
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Where is Into Darkness?
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Someone was going to ask me where the latest OTS mystery is. Well, it’s been delayed. It seems one of my editors on the project has had a backlog at her day job (yep – a lot of small press editors have day jobs, too) and hasn’t been able to get to it. And…
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She Walks Among You
It seems that while some projects seem to be languishing, others are swelling to fruition. Four weeks ago, Kim over at Darkerwood suggested something for my most current esoteric project. I really wrestled with this one. I told myself I wouldn’t do it. Then I thought about it and convinced myself (after a lot of prodding from both Kim and…
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Twist It, Bend It, Tie It in a Bow
Genre bending is an interesting thing. Ever notice how some of the most popular movies all contain elements of action, drama, romance, comedy, and sometimes even fantasy or science fiction? Look at Harry Potter, for example. It’s part fantasy, urban fantasy, coming-of-age, contemporary magic realism, drama, with bits of comedy here and there? That’s because stories are about characters. And…
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A Comparison
I made the observation recently that some occult authors really seem to have a hard time communicating in plain English. This seems to happen a great deal in the realm of “Limited Edition Hardcover” occult publishing. They take an author who writes really pretty sentences and have him write an entire book of them. While this might be great for…
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Little Things
It’s amazing how it’s the little things that can suck up so much time. Or at least things we think are little things that turn into big things. A perfect example of this: Recently my husband and I both needed some pants hemmed. You would think this little chore wouldn’t take me more than a few hours. Nope, it turns out…
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Reader Etiquette
As a writer, I get a great deal of e-mail. Most, about 99.9% of readers, are courteous and polite. I love my readers and I appreciate the fact that they enjoy my work or have found it enlightening or inspiring in some way. And on the fiction side of the fence I have no problems with my readers whatsoever. Fiction…
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The Demise of the 2011 Garden
So, many of you may have probably noticed I stopped posting about the garden the first part of July. For those who didn’t know, there’s a reason for this. We had a bit of a storm that took out the garden. It happens sometimes. ::shrug:: Luckily all my trees survived. So we shall try-try again next year. In the meantime you…
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Tinctures
Please note I can only ship tincture within the United States. Once it goes out of country you get into having to pass a “liquid” through customs and trying to explain what a tincture is and it’s just too much of a hassle to ship them outside the U.S.. So I don’t. I apologize for the inconvenience. While it may seem…