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Why I Had to Start Charging (More)
Once again the question has come up why I started charging more for readings. I figured I’d best write a blog post so not only people know, but I can direct them to this blog post when they ask in the future. Back in 2005 I didn’t charge for readings at all. If ANYONE asked, I would read their natal…
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Best Books of 2012
For those of you who celebrate Christmas – Merry Christmas! Today I’m at my brother’s likely enjoying some delicious food and good company. Luckily I had the sense to schedule this post ahead of time so I didn’t miss this month’s Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour topic! So the title of this post is a bit misleading, but only because my reading list…
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On the *To Be Read* Pile
Like many of you, I have an ever growing list of books I want to read. It’s so bad, in fact, that not only do I have a bunch of books on my Kindle, but I have a list of books I want to read that I keep on my phone. The death of Maeve Binchy, for example, spurred me…
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Ideal Readers
This month’s FM Merry-Go-Round blog is about my ideal reader. That’s an interesting topic. Especially since, as authors, it’s up to us to target our audience. My professional writing career started 1998 with the sale of my first non-fiction book, then refreshed in 2005 with the sale of my first novel. My view of the ideal reader has changed a…
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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 Growing Stack on the Headboard
While most of the fiction I read is on my kindle (and it often goes where I go) for whatever reason there’s always a collection of paperbacks sitting on the headboard, too. I generally read a few books at a time unless I’m working hard and heavy on a revision. While I’m initially writing I can read just about anything.…
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Shorter Series
I’ve been following a lot of series work in the paranormal mystery/urban fantasy genres and it seems to me far too many series start sucking between books 6-8. Rowling was smart to end Harry Potter on number 7. That was just the right number of books to tell the story she wanted to tell. Right now I’m on book 7…
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Reader Reaction
So I read a book a few weeks back that really left me with a strong, negative reaction when I’d finished with it. It was a short story collection called Three by Blades. My initial reaction was to jump onto Amazon and give the book an awful review, calling it depraved, sick, and absolutely revolting. If you know me – you know…
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Smashing Saturday
I decided to be a BAD, BAD writer last night. Instead of writing, I cracked open the latest Madelyn Alt. I do have to say this about Madelyn Alt – her writing is pretty average, but her characters are divine and her story-telling is fun. I did consider Victoria Laurie’s 9th Psychic Eye Mystery, but Laurie’s stories aren’t as “brain…