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Signs and portents, my dear readers, signs and portents. Last week, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt all along the[…]
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Signs and portents, my dear readers, signs and portents. Last week, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt all along the[…]
Read moreHaving a school age kid has meant that my vacations generally rotate around school breaks. As a result, last week[…]
Read moreNo, I’m not writing about college presidents and billionaire wives’ dissertations. I’m writing about plagiarism as plot in some of[…]
Read moreI belong to two book clubs. One, I started during the pandemic, it’s very informal, and we meet once every[…]
Read moreFor the past year and change I’ve worked on a new novel. I loved the story. I loved writing it.[…]
Read moreLately I seem to have more and more need for escapism. The news is terrifying, social media can be stressful,[…]
Read moreIt’s been about a year since ChatGPT demonstrated our scariest science fiction scenarios were looming on the horizon. And yet,[…]
Read moreI always thought that the best kind of writing prompts are those that come from outside of my own mind and that are extremely minimal. Sometimes a single word given to me by a writing partner is all I need to get going.
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Read moreAn Interview with Jeri Westerson I confess! I’ve been a Sherlock Holmes fan since before I could read (well). Also,[…]
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