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Massive Birthday Book Sale & Giveaway

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!  So guess who is turning forty tomorrow? Me! Yes, I’m celebrating with a liberal amount of chocolate and a visit to the spa, but I also thought it might be fun to have a giveaway and $0.99 book sale!  MASSIVE BOOK SALE I will be reducing all my ebooks to $0.99 […]

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Happy October 1, 2013

I found this in the garden this morning and instantly wanted to share it with the blog-a-sphere. Sunshine & Lollipops!

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The conversation right before I got my ass cardio kicked yesterday

Martial Arts Instructor: “What is the most important step in self defense?” Me:”Running away.” Him: “Close. Confidence.” Me: “That is the exact opposite of running away.” Then he told me I had to do push-ups on my knuckles. Yeah, that didn’t happen.

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A Difficult Funeral, aka scene from Dowser 1.5

And the WINNER via random number generator is #3 = DALENE from CLEVELAND!! Congrats, Dalene! Mailing the paperback to you ASAP. This 1300 word flash fiction — inspired by the Spin the Wheel of Conflict challenge issued by Chunk Wendig — is set three weeks after the events in my urban fantasy novel, Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other […]

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47,435 words and counting…

Okay, drive by update. I’m over halfway through the second draft of  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, so if I keep up this pace – and the edit isn’t too atrocious – I’ll hopefully be hitting publish on this sequel in October. I’d like to say that it has taken me over a week […]

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paperbacks in the wild via bookcrossing.com

I’m exceedingly lucky to be going on a road trip vacation down the west coast of the United States for Labour Day week. I haven’t been on an actual vacation for about 2.5 years, so I’m seriously looking forward to it!! I thought while I was taking my leisure that I should ‘wild release’ some […]

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Favourite lines from last week

As of Friday I’m six chapters into the 2nd draft of Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic  – aka Dowser #2 – which means the novel is approximately a third done. I wanted to treat you to a bit of Jade by sharing my favourite bits so far. Warning, while these might be deemed as […]

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Heather gets her paperbacks!!

Thank You!!! @mcdoidge pic.twitter.com/eGXf08KAKw — heather (@NightlyReading) August 22, 2013

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And the winner of the four paperbacks giveaway is…

Heather from Hellertown, PA! (a.k.a. H.Lee in the comments). Out of 80 entries earned the random number generator picked number 74 = H.Lee. I have boxed up Heather’s paperbacks and will mail them off to her this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who entered. I just absolutely loved reading all your comments over the last two […]

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Bad news, good news…

Bad news, if you are waiting on the After The Virus prequel short story, you will be waiting until Spring 2014 now. Good news! The prequel short is now a novel titled Without Warning. Bad news, it is not a direct prequel to After The Virus (i.e. the main character is NOT Snickers). Good news! A […]