I’ve decided on my project for NaNoWriMo 2021

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It’s that time of year again. Around this time of year, I decide which of my works-in-progress will become my NaNoWriMo challenge for the year. This year, as I already said, I had a shortlist of three possibles, I Remember … Continued

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A bit on the side.

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Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Don’t forget to click the purple button to see what everyone else has to say. What is a side skill that has been useful in your life? Where … Continued

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It’s the little things that make a difference.

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It’s very easy to create a universe, just make up names for a few planets, give them rough characteristics and you’re away. Add a spaceship, a person and a problem and you have a novel. Well, it works for me. … Continued

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Better left unsaid? Inappropriate language.

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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

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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.

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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

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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?

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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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