Tag: FICTION
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Old Pansters Never Die…
…they merely loosely synopsize and leave room for the magic to happen. It’s an evergreen debate, pantsing vs. plotting, meaning: going in with a bunch of vibes and no plan, versus setting your course step by step. I’ve seen the light as far as synopsising goes, but still manage to surprise myself when things drop…
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Happy World Orca ~Day… Yesterday!
Better late than never. There’s one fish in A Wolf in Duke’s Clothing, a footman called Shaddock, but otherwise, the world is rather fish-free. And also marine mammal-free, sadly. Adding insult to injury, World Orca Day was yesterday, 14 July – it could not be more appropriate, considering the work orcas are doing attacking yachts…
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<Insert Swift Pun Here>
Felicity turned and regarded the habillements draping every surface in the dressing room. “I cannot comprehend how you managed to produce all this in so little time.” “I have yet to see Lady Coleman quail from a challenge.” O’Mara smirked. “When needs must, I am quite swift,” Jemima added and the two of them roared…
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The Last Wednesday of May is Otter Day
In which I realise I don’t know anything about otters in this part of the world. Happy Otter Day! Who doesn’t love an otter, am I right? I am here to celebrate any animal every day, but when they have one all to themselves, I tend to push the boat out. Same with full moons…
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Celebrate Our Apian Pals
Er, one day late. World Bee Day was 20 May. Yesterday, I got it together enough to make this lil graphic and post it on Facebook and Insta. Sorry, beloved blog! Remember when posting on blogs was the first port of call? Me too, blog, me too. So while the United Nations are falling down…
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Regency Era Shapeshifters: A Lexicon
How did no one think to do this in the books?!?! Sooooo I’m working away on two new series, and it occurred to me that I hadn’t done this in The Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde. In my defense, no one else who laid eyeballs on it had thought to do so either. ‘This’ is…
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10 Questions They Ask Everyone!
TVNow Magazine, that is. Here’s me in the hot seat. Soooo… if you click on the image it should get bigger and be actually readable? I followed some directions supplied by WordPress, sort of. The PDF itself doesn’t upload from the media library, but I’ve somehow created a link for the image? Ugh. Let me…
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