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Tasting: Ampamakia by Valrhona

I’ve been conducting an exceedingly scientific series of chocolate tastings for the next Dowser Series trilogy over on my Facebook page. However, I promised myself that I would blog more this year, so I will now be posting any tastings I do here – YAY FOR ME!! Yes, this is my version of research. To the tasting! I […]

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Dowser 1 – BookBub promo

I have a BookBub promo running on Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1) today. A BB ad is always super fun (though a bit nerve wracking as well). I’ll check in a few times during the day to see how many books I’ve given away or sold, then some time in the afternoon […]

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Dowser Series – trilogy structure

Okay, I’m just dashing off this post because I’m supposed to be editing. 😀 So, if you have any questions, please comment below and I’ll add the answer to the post. A few eagle-eyed readers have noted that the title of Dowser 4 does not follow the structure set up by the titles of Dowser 1, […]

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Dowser 4 – release date

Okay! If all goes as planned. If no one gets sick, no computers crash, and I work my ass off. I should be baking four new cupcakes and sending out an email to announce the release of Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic on: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 26 2015 I’m not going to bother with a […]

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Reading order – the Dowser Series and beyond

I thought I better do some housekeeping before releasing Dowser 4, so this is the first in a couple of posts that will revolve around what is happening with the Dowser series and the universe at large. I’m beginning to branch off from the Dowser series into other related series. The first of these branches is […]

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Dowser 4 – Cover Reveal

I’m tidying up all the Dowser books in preparation for the release of Dowser 4, and I just uploaded this into the back of Treasures (Etc), so I thought I better share it here as well. 😀 I’ll have a synopsis and release date for you soon – the book is still with the editor – but […]

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cats photography writing

Cats don’t get coffee breaks

I just wandered down to the kitchen to make myself a hot chocolate as I do almost every day for my coffee break. Because his office is also the dining room off the kitchen, Michael and I tend to chat for the time it takes me to heat milk and melt chocolate. Today I was […]

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Breathing the moment – Jan 8, 2015

This morning, despite the looming deadlines I’m attempting to tame with schedules and to-do lists, Michael and I took a moment to let the chicks wander out of the run and into the barren, fog enshrouded garden. And each time I started to say that I needed to go back to work I took a […]

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On My Desk Today writing

Welcoming 2015 …

I’m celebrating the advent of 2015 by opening a fresh notebook, and filling a new fountain pen with brand new ink. It’s time to get Dowser 5 out of my head. Here’s to 2015!  

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Dowser Series – three paperback proofs

Guess what arrived in today’s mail? The paperback proofs for Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic (Dowser 1), Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (Dowser 2), and Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic (Dowser 3). I absolutely adore these three grouped together! As I did for I See Me (Oracle 1), I chose a matte finish […]