Better left unsaid? Inappropriate language.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. How do you feel about the use of profanity, either in your stories or in what you read? After forty years at sea, I don’t think there’s a … Continued

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The Indie Showcase presents, Dana C. Carver

Please welcome this week’s guest to the Showcase. After her own words, there will be my review of her novel, Two Truths. The author, in her own words. People often ask me where I get the ideas for my novels … Continued

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Food, glorious food. The need to feed.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Does food play an important part in your writing? How about sharing a favorite recipe of one of your characters, or maybe one of yours? (We haven’t done … Continued

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The Indie Showcase presents, Joy Lennick

Please welcome this week’s guest to the Showcase. WHY I WRITE The reasons I took to writing were two-fold. I realize that now. After more contemplation…At first, I thought it was the desire to reach in –  share; and copy, … Continued

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Why do I do what I do?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” – Flannery O’Connor. Authors across time have had many reasons to write. Why do … Continued

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Inside, we’re all the same

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do you write diverse characters? If so, how do you avoid cultural insensitivity? This is a tricky one. These days, the subject seems to be riddled with pitfalls, … Continued

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It’s nearly that time again. NaNoWriMo 2021

Is it that time of year already? August is half-gone, which means that the year is rapidly disappearing behind us. November is less than three months away. Almost before I’ve realised it, it’s time to consider the next iteration of … Continued

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