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Fiction Bragging Reminder: Last Week to get “Bother” for Free!
In February, I let you all know about the opportunity to get your hands on one of my short stories for free for a limited time. And now that time is almost at an end! “Bother,” along with many other...
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State of the Blog
I’m moving to California. Me in 2011 with Los Angeles at my back. There is no set “when” yet, but if all goes well after listing our house next week, it will be sometime in August. There is no set...
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Food Writing Bragging: New Post at WRAL
If you were on vacation last week, you may have missed my newest post at WRAL’s Out and About blog. I was, and I almost missed it myself! This one is on all the amazing foodstuffs you can find within a...
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Five Truths for North Carolinians
If we’re friends in the flesh, then you may have heard me go off on one of these rants before. Call it therapy in anticipation of our move, but I have a few things about North Carolina I want to get...
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My Aha Moment and a dramatic reading of “Sardines”
A few weeks back, I recorded my aha moment. How does one record an aha moment? Funny you should ask, because I didn’t know either until the aha moment team asked me to come in and do a little video...
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Fiction Bragging —“Blow ‘Em Down” released at Beneath Ceaseless Skies!
I am thrilled to announce that you can now read my steampunk retelling of the Battle of Jericho, “Blow ‘Em Down,” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Special 5th Anniversary Double Issue #151! The full text of...
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Blog Update: Look, it’s migrated!
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve (or rather, my husband has) moved my food, drink, and travel blog over to my main website. This is effectively me saying “Screw niche blogging!” and keeping all forms...
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Review of Homeward Bound
Emily Matchar, a journalist and writer based in Chapel Hill for at least part of the year, published a book, Homeward Bound, on the movement toward reclaiming the domestic arts for women among twenty-...
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Friend Bragging
I’ve been wanting to promote some friends with new books and blogs out for a while now…so long of a while that I’m not sure I can classify them as new! Two of these friends are from All My Writers, the...
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Nonfiction Bragging – An Insider’s Guide to the General Hospital Fan Club...
A few months ago, I got to add a second item to my list of professional photography credits for this amazing book for lovers of General Hospital, but somehow, I forgot to announce it here! The book is...
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“Warm Your Heart” Christmas Blog Tour from Astraea Press (and prizes!)
Hello readers, I have a guest post for you today. Astraea Press, publisher of my romance novella, Maya’s Vacation, is having a blog tour to promote all of their winter holidays books. Today, I’m...
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Holiday Blog Break!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. Mine’s about to get better–visiting family for a day in Los Angeles and then spending three full days with my hubby in Las Vegas! We are greatly in...
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Have you read “Blow ‘Em Down” yet?
Just a reminder, dear readers, that my most recently published short story is available for free online at Beneath Ceaseless Skies. It’s comes up in conversation several times lately, so I thought a...
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Blog Hopping today!
My regular readers know I don’t actually talk about the craft of writing much on this blog, but it can be fun to participate in the occasional blog hop! So today’s post will be your rare chance to peek...
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Blog Hopping: Reminder to Read Up!
Just a quick reminder that you can now check out the responses of the three writers I tagged in my post last week on my writing processes. The three lovely authors who agreed to be next in my chain are...
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The General Hospital Fan Club Weekend – 2014, Available now!
Another photography credit for me, another chance for the unabashed soap opera lovers among us to pick up a nifty photobook! Once again, Katrina Rasbold, my fearless leader at All My Writers for the...
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“Thlush-a-lum” to be published in PULP Literature!
I’ve been sitting on this news all summer! But that’s my own fault, because I insist on signing a contract before I announce any of my fiction publications. Which means the contract is signed, and I...
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PULP Literature Issue #5 Preview *and* Kickstarter Campaign
As I announced a few weeks ago, my next short story will be appearing in Issue #5 of PULP Literature Magazine, which is a print and e-book label fully funded through subscriptions and Kickstarter...
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Nonfiction Bragging–Bloomberg Businessweek Quote!
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a bragging post. This one is courtesy of my being quoted in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article on the origins and staying power of RumChata. You may recall...
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Last Day for the PULP Literature Kickstarter! And an interview with...
The countdown clock is ticking! There are only 22 hours left in PULP Literature’s Year 2 Kickstarter campaign, and the magazine’s at 89% of its goal. That’s so close! Please consider boosting it up...
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