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New Holiday Merchandise
Dec
09
, 2010
Happy Holidays everyone! The Laurell K Hamilton online store has new items in stock in time for Holiday gift orders. Available for pre-orders, we have a red Anita [...]
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Meadowlarks and Mountains
Dec
05
, 2010
A lot of people want me to write late at night, by moonlight, preferably in a dungeon. They picture my house a mix between a haunted house and a castle. In reality I prefer to [...]
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Why I Can’t Answer Your Writing Questions
Dec
01
, 2010
I get a lot of beginning writers asking me what font size I use, double space vs. single space, the mechanics. Other than using a font size that is very readable and clear, and [...]
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My First Knife Wound
Nov
24
, 2010
I learned a lot of new things in knife fighting class this week. For one thing, I discovered that even a very dulled practice blade has bite to it. It was completely my fault. In [...]
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A Cabin for the Weekend
Nov
05
, 2010
Jon and I had a weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains recently. We rented a cabin nestled on its own wooded acreage, very private. In years past I’d tried to pick weekends for [...]
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What I Learned this Samhain
Nov
01
, 2010
Samhain, or Halloween, marks the end of the year if you’re Wiccan. Our household is, so this is our New Year’s Eve. It is a time of remembering. Remembering the year [...]
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It’ll be a Blue Halloween This Year
Oct
29
, 2010
Halloween is only two days away. It’s usually one of my favorite holidays, and has been since I was small, but this year I just can’t get in the spirit of things. [...]
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Puzzled, but Loving my Job
Oct
28
, 2010
I worked all day on “Hit List” the next Anita Blake novel. I had two pages for the whole day of work. I had written, rewritten, thrown out, and finally given up. It [...]
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Invaders from Porlock: part III
Sep
26
, 2010
I’ve already discussed the emotional issues that can stop the muse and the artist in their tracks in the last two blogs. Today I’ll talk about the more mundane, but no [...]
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Invaders from Porlock: Part II
Sep
25
, 2010
I had so many responses about yesterday’s blog from artists who were having issues with their muses, inspiration, etc . . . I’ve devoted today’s blog to speaking [...]
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