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Rafael came out February 9th, in both the US and UK. If you missed it, maybe that’s because it wasn’t originally scheduled. It was sort of a surprise book to me, and my publisher. How does a surprise book happen? Well, there was little thing called a pandemic and a lockdown and, well you know the rest. We all lived it, are living it. I reached out to as many fans as I could on as many social platforms as I could and the one thing that all of you asked for was, more stories. You told me that my ...

Spoiler alert, I am about to spoil most of the plot of Sucker Punch in the comments below. If you have not read the book please don’t read them. I am responding to the spoiler thread, but my reply got too long for Facebook and Instagram. Thanks again to all of you that responded with such enthusiasm and so many comments that I couldn’t respond to them all, so here are some of the highlights that I gleaned from your discussion.

Is this the last Anita book? Of course not. This rumor seems t...

[image error] We’ve all watched helplessly as Mr. George Floyd was murdered in front of us on video. Some of us have taken to the streets to protest his death at the hands of a police officer, the very person that should have been saving his life, not taking it. We all agree with the horror and outrage of it, but not with the violence that has broken out at some of the protests, but one thing we do agree on is that we want change. We, as human beings and Americans, do not want to see another black man, woman,...

[image error]1. If you dread going home to the love of your life, they aren’t.

2. If you’d been happily married over ten years and people tell you, you’re lucky, it’s not luck – you’ve all worked your asses off to stay this happy.

3. Mind blowing sexual passions can last for decades, but you both have to want it, crave it, work at it.

4. Yes, I said you have to work at keeping passion alive in your long term relationships. Why does everyone think that they can work at their careers, their friendships, their ...

[image error]Jerked awake with the fire alarm blaring. You tumble out of bed, grab your family, your pets, and head for the nearest exit. You escape the fire with your loved ones, then you call the fire department and hope they can save your house. That’s what you’re supposed to do, right? What if instead you and your family are running from the fire and you stop with the door insight, but you all start arguing with each other on what started the fire. Was it an electrical short, did someone leave a candle b...

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It’s that time of year again, time for the first bird of the year. It’s a tradition among birders, bird watchers that the first bird you see on New Year’s day will be a theme for the year to come. It can be the first animal you see if you’ve been up for hours and seen no birds, which happened to me two years in a row with squirrels. The moment I owned squirrel as my power animal for the year, birds appeared. It was like magic. Those two years were about trying to balance work and play. The las...

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This is Magnus, and he’s the wrong cat. We adopted him this summer, but we meant to adopt a different cat. We wanted another black cat to go with the reigning dark empress of our home, Grizelda, Grizzy. I’ve never seen my husband so taken with any pet we’ve ever had. Grizzy has chosen him as her “hooman” and she has us all wrapped her dainty black paw. She was at least six years old when we adopted her and she has totally won us over to adopting older cats. They come litter box trained, they ar...

[image error]Here’s announcement number one for your chance to see me in person and get something signed. See you in New York!

I was just recently asked to come to NYCC, I said yes and here are the events I’m scheduled for.

NYCC Kiss Of Shadows Signing

NYCC Conversation with Sarah J. Maas

NYCC Book Signing

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[image error]What if the sky was not falling? What if all the hysterical calls for the end of everything was a bid for ratings, views, clicks, likes … Well, it is, because most news media has to fight the most popular shows to get ratings and add revenue. It’s not the fault of the news media that more of us will click, or pause, or tune in for an alarmist, negative headline than for something positive. It started there with journalists having to fight for ratings, but then the internet happened. A place wher...

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   It’s 11:00 in the morning and I have no writing done. I’m on deadline and I have no writing done. This is usually my cue to beat myself up emotionally which feeds all sorts of issues which if fed enough will trigger the chorus line of personal demons that I think most of us have in our heads. Once that chorus begins to chant their negative messages and dance their little dance not only is writing unlikely to happen today, but my day will be wrecked. I will be wrecked emotionally and it ju...