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Writing Roundup
Jan
14
, 2025
I wrote over 400,000 words in 2024. I published over 20,000 words in 2024. 10,639 words of that was a novelette that appeared in the 100th anniversary of “Weird Tales” [...]
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Whiteout, a dog, and a prayer
Jan
05
, 2025
I’m sitting in my office listening to the dry, sharp sound of sleet hitting my roof. It sounds like sand being poured out, except wetter. Somehow my brain knows its [...]
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Resolutions, Goals, and other problems of the New year
Jan
03
, 2025
I don’t usually make resolutions for the New Year, but I have made a goal of doing a blog a day for 2025. Is it too much? Will it fall by the wayside like gym memberships, diet [...]
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A Good Man Lost
Jan
02
, 2025
I’ve been trying to write a roundup of events for 2024, but can’t seem to manage it, because the biggest loss of the year looms too large to put it on a list with anything [...]
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First Bird of the New Year 2025
Jan
01
, 2025
I woke on New Year’s Day 2025 and was almost nervous about what bird I would see first. It’s unusual for me to feel anxious before I look to the skies for that first omen [...]
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New Virtual Event!
Nov
16
, 2023
I’m so excited to answer all your burning questions for SLAY and Anita Blake! I will be a guest of The Big Thrill on December 2nd and 4;00pm PT / 6:00pm CT ! This will be [...]
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Podcast Update: That Witch Life Ep. 214
Nov
13
, 2023
Episode 214: Vampires, Werewolves, and Shapeshifters with Laurell K. Hamilton [...]
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The War Does Not End at Home
Nov
11
, 2023
To all the Veterans and those who love them, My cousin’s war was Vietnam. I don’t know what happened to him, but from things I heard he came back earlier than expected. I [...]
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30 novels in 30 years – Happy 30th anniversary to the Anita Blake series!
Oct
31
, 2023
October of 1993 Guilty Pleasures hit the shelves. It was the very first Anita Blake adventure. After over two [...]
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The Heart of the Matter
Aug
02
, 2023
I saw my heart on a monitor today. It was beating away, keeping me alive. I got to watch the red, blue, and yellow flashes of my blood flow while Emily, the technician, took still [...]
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