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Maintaining a Volunteer List: Been a Long Time Coming

You might be wondering why I would ask for volunteers now.  I mean, my last book just came out and the next one isn’t until April.  This isn’t for the Ichabod Brooks beta reading either since I’m still writing that. … Continue reading →

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Writing Tracking Scenes: Happens More Often than One Expects

We’ve all been there.  Stalking an enemy until we find the perfect chance to strike or discover their hideout.  Then the author falls asleep or gets bored and throws the entire scene into chaos. Having one character follow another can … Continue reading →

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Parenting During a Break: Everyone Has an Opinion

Probably not a smart move making a post like this during a week where I won’t be on the computer or my phone too much.  As I mentioned on Saturday, this is my son’s Winter Break . . . which … Continue reading →

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Promoting an All Spoiler Book: Can It Be Done?

Not really sure where to go with this post because it kind of speaks for itself.  I’m having a real problem finding a way to promote Legends of Windemere: Ritual of the Lost Lamb.  This book would reveal the finale for Legends … Continue reading →

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On To . . . He Has Another Break?

First of all: Grab a copy of CHASING BEDLAM for 99 CENTS! There we go with the promotional part of this post.  Might do another tomorrow since I totally forgot what I was going to write about.  It’s been one … Continue reading →

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The Lifting Lab: Airships to Order

Welcome to . . . what do you mean this is unprecedented?  Look, I’m really busy here since airships are a new technology.  Half of what we make even lasts a month before crashing, bursting into flames, or not working. … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Putting Vehicles in Fiction

Make sure the vehicles fit the world.  Riding a horse through a futuristic utopia that has spaceships everywhere might seem cool, but it could be very impractical.  Then again, you might not consider a horse a vehicle since it’s alive. … Continue reading →

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LIVE on Amazon! CHASING BEDLAM! #ValentinesDay #99cents #scifi #ASMSG

Return to the Shattered States for a tale of love between a woman & her jeep! Lloyd and Cassidy’s last adventure was to honor a life. This time they are out to end one. It was a normal, violent mission to … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dan’s Discount Cars & Bikes: All Trades Welcomed

Welcome to Dirty Dan’s where we supply the good, bad, pretty, ugly, and desperate of the Shattered States.  You can’t get very far without a vehicle and I see that you have plenty of canned beans to trade.  Not that … Continue reading →

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Did Things Go To Plan? HA HA HA!

Chasing Bedlam Coming Next Week! The hope is I’ll get it set up on Monday and make the big announcement on Tuesday, which is when I’ll send the HTML to all the volunteers.  Thank you again for helping out with … Continue reading →

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