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Jane Colt is just another recent college grad working as an Interstellar Confederation office drone—until the day shewitnesses her best friend, Adam, kidnapped by a mysterious criminal. An extensive cover-up thwarts her efforts to report the crime, shaking her trust in the authorities. Only her older brother, Devin, believes her account. Devin hopes to leave […]

What do you do when you can’t trust your heart? All seventeen year-old Eliza Bryant wants is to avoid a Binding— the ancient spell that forces couples into a lifelong bond. It cursed her sister, and for the last two years it’s tried to claim her, too. Her monthly hiding ritual worked brilliantly, until the […]

So, today I read Chuck Wendig’s post “MANLY MEN TALES, SWINGIN’ DICK STORIES, AND HAIRY-CHESTED HISTORIES“, then Sam Sykes’ post “What Is A Man?“, and, of course, Paul S. Kemp’s post that started it all: “Why I write masculine stories“. Of course, they all got me thinking. The first thing I noted was how much […]

Hey… So you got, you know, a device for reading readily-available, affordably-priced digital stories, huh? You got a Kindle/Nook/Kobo/iPad(shudder)/Android tablet? … and you’re looking for some ideas on how to fill it up? Some fun reads to get you through these unseasonably wet days? Well… it just so happens… (Yep, I’ve done a previous post […]

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,400 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to […]

Hey… So you got, you know, a device for reading readily-available, affordably-priced digital stories, huh? You got a Kindle/Nook/Kobo/iPad(shudder)/Android tablet? … and you’re looking for some ideas on how to fill it up? Some fun reads to get you through these unseasonably wet days? Well… it just so happens… Fortune twists in the strongest hands. […]

What a fab way to finish the year: With a re-cap/where-I’m-at post as part of an Author Blog Hop. So, here goes. A brief run-down of 2013 from me: My book, HEALER’S TOUCH, was released at the end of January by Kristell Ink (part of Grimbold Books). I think it’s done not too badly for […]

I know I’m not alone in this — whichever side of the fence I choose to stand on. I strongly dislike not finishing books. But books that I just can’t seem to get into… well, they stress me out. They take time away that I could put into books that’ll pull me into their world […]

So, a few weeks ago I told you all about how I had come into possession of some seeds and was beginning my own pot-garden… …um, I mean… Well, you know what I mean. I was beginning to grow edible plants in pots (because that’s how I roll when it comes to gardening). So, I […]

Deep under the ocean, Simeon Escher, protégé to the leader of the order of Loth Lörion, finds himself an unexpected guest aboard the submersible, Narwhal. Home to a crew of humans, and strange mer-folk few people are aware exist, Simeon is swept up in their quest to find a world within a world, a possible […]