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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