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The 777 Challenge
Cathy Coburn tagged me for a little thing called the 777 challenge. I will post seven lines from page seven of a work in progress and then tag seven other writers. Because I’ve never been good at...
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Author Chat: Brian Braden
I want to welcome Brian Braden to the blog today. Now retired from the military, he served as an officer in intelligence and as a combat helicopter pilot. In addition, he’s been a corporate executive...
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Writing in the Raw
With the publication of TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, a phenomenon has occurred which I suppose I should have expected and yet, I feel surprised. I have written in one form or another for years. Those first...
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The Big Question
A few years ago on my journey to become an author I decided to boldly claim the dream. In those casual conversations we all have, at a party in the neighborhood, in a grocery store line, in a barber...
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Author Chat: January Bain
January, thanks so much for being with me today. You’ve had quit an exciting few weeks with the release of your first novel, FOREVER MAN. At the end of the interview readers will get a chance to win a...
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Author Chat: Debra Easterling
I Want to Thank Debra Easterling for joining us today. Debra has a thriller coming out in October from Champagne Books called TWENTY MILES NORTH OF LVOV. And she’s currently working on a chic lit...
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Critique Groups: You Get What You Ask For
What do I want from a Critique Group? One of the most helpful or hurtful things for a writer is a critique group. Helpful when the group enables you to learn, to grow, to stretch. Hurtful when the...
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A Taste of Texas: TexMex and BBQ
I draw on many sources for my novels from reading and research to life experience to imagination. For the Nick Sibelius series, set in Central Texas, I tend to pull from well over thirty years of...
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Author Chat: Gary Eddings
I want to welcome Gary Eddings to the blog. Gary has a new novel which has just been released this month, which I’m hoping he’ll be telling us about. First I’d like to take with you about work work as...
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Austin Book Release Party for TOXIC RELATIONSHIP
Had a great crowd at the Austin book release for the paperback edition of TOXIC RELATIONSHIP. We had a great time together, I got to catch up with old friends and new, had some good food, did a few...
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I’ve been featured on the Writers League of Texas blog to promote their literary contest. A sci-fi manuscript of mine, SHAPER, won in the sci-fi/fantasy category and the first Nick Sibelius novel,...
View ArticleWORD: Favorite Books of 2015
Ah, another year comes and goes. This week I’m sharing a few of the authors I especially enjoyed in 2015. What were your favorite books in the past year? Leave a comment and share wealth! THE...
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On Becoming An Editor
What happens when an author finds himself an editor? Like every writer out in the world, I have received loads of rejections from the non-response to the one line boiler plate to the occasional...
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