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Welcome to Indie Life! This is a chance for indie authors to post about being an independent author, find each other, offer support, encouragement, news, helpful hints. We’re posting the second Wednesday of every month. To join us, go here. This month I’d like to talk about the benefits and drawbacks of publishing in multiple genres, as […]
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That’s a goal I’m going to live by in coming months. Life is full to brimming over, and J.R. needs some play time this summer, too! But the reason I write is because I LOVE IT. So I will keep on churning out the words, and no doubt keep surprising myself. I’m just laying off […]
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My last update was titled “Juggler is an Apt Description.” So of course now I have little to report. That doesn’t mean I dropped all the balls, but they seem to be hovering in an anti-gravity zone where not much occurs. Instead of 1,000 words a day, I’ve written about 1,500 words all week. But […]
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Earlier today, the U.S. federal government moved to end most remaining protections for gray wolves in the lower 48 states. Here’s the AP News report. Fantasy author Tracy Falbe had a fascinating post on her blog today about Michigan wolves. She uses a current controversy in her state to examine humanity’s relationship and fascination with wolves […]
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It’s been about ten days since I updated on my writing progress. After a very slow start last week, with just 600 words accomplished between Monday and Thursday, I went crazy on my novel Chaos Calling last weekend. My folks took the kids overnight on Friday, so I had some time on my hands. I […]
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Today I’m excited to present the cover for Tia Silverthorne Bach’s next release — Chasing Memories. The book should be out next month, so add it to your Goodreads list now! 🙂 About Chasing Memories (Tala Prophecy, Book 1) There isn’t another way; not now. The others are coming. I can’t let them have you… Seventeen-year-old […]
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Yay! I’m finally hitting my stride on Chaos Calling again. I reworked my outline Friday night, and I’ve written 1,700 words so far this weekend. That’s pretty cool since I’ve had zero dedicated writing time. Just the iPad waiting for me on the dining room table, at the center of the domestic storm. I wrote […]
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*Happy dance!!!* I will send Flight to my critique partner tonight! I can’t wait to see what she says about it…she’s going to give me tons of great notes, I just know it. Until then, don’t think I’m going to pause or anything. 🙂 I dug back into Chaos Calling over Mother’s Day weekend, after […]
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I just heard this song again for the first time in ages. Remember this? I LOVE this song. I’ve listened to it four times now. 🙂 Does that make me crazy?….Possibly.
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A new New Adult romance… Crossing is a GREAT new book from author Stacey Wallace Benefiel. I mean super new — it’s been out for like a day. 🙂 I’ve known Stacey for a while, and got the chance to beta read this book, so I’ve been dying to let everyone know about it since […]
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