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Insightful blog posts?

I don’t write insightful or instructive blog posts. I read a lot of blogs. I follow all the news about filmmaking or publishing or writing – whatever I happen to be interested in that day – but I don’t write them. It doesn’t really occur to me to share my opinion on such things as […]

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Goodreads Giveaway – After The Virus in Paperback

Enter to win a paperback copy of After the Virus from August 27 – September 7, 2012. Accepting international entries. ENTER HERE AUTOGRAPHED COPY! “After the Virus sucked me in and didn’t let me go – the writing was great, the characterisation excellent and the plot kept me on the edge of my seat.” – […]

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In Today’s Mail: giveaway copies of After the Virus and Spirit Binder

This lovely (and large) box arrived in today’s mail. Oh, yes, those are 10 paperback copies of After The Virus and Spirit Binder. And yes, there will be giveaways. I’ll keep you posted.  

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On My Desk Today: Ready? Set. Go!

Ready?  background / location /characters /plot  – brainstormed – check.  new 300 page notebook, titled, and blank page awaiting brilliance (or at least some words … hopefully pieced together into a story) – check.  red ink topped in the fountain pen – check. Set? new Marianas Trench & Alanis Morissette & The Killers on the […]

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Love, blood, & lemon-filled donuts . . .

“On the floor, the lemon-filling had spattered out of his half eaten donut. Phil kicked at the donut, missed, and slipped in the powdered sugar that now coated the immediate vicinity. Once he’d regained his balance, Phil felt bad about the mess, so he retrieved the donut with the hanky he carried in his breast […]

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Guess what came in the mail today?

I almost immediately yanked them out of the box while squealing – I didn’t even hear the mail courier drop them – but I managed to contain myself long enough to grab my phone and snap a picture: These are the proofs for After The Virus and Spirit Binder from Createspace. I been anxiously waiting for these […]

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A conversation with Leo about the blueberry box

“That blueberry box is clearly too small for you, Leo.” Leo blatantly ignores Meghan, even though she just so happens to feed him regularly and provide such things as blueberries boxes, looms, and other great places to nap. “And it’s hanging half off the counter. You might tip and fall.” Leo continues to ignore Meghan, […]

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Spirit Binder Blog Tour

Starting today Spirit Binder will be on a one week blog tour hosted by Bewitching Book Tours. I’ll update with direct links as the posts go live. Here is the current schedule: July 20 Behind A Million And One Pages Guest blog – Post 1: What Inspired Spirit Binder: Opening Scenes July 21 Book Nerd […]

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GIVEAWAY!!! {Review} Spirit Binder by Meghan Ciana Doidge (The Cascadian Chronicles #1)

GIVEAWAY!!! {Review} Spirit Binder by Meghan Ciana Doidge (The Cascadian Chronicles #1). Check out the first (4-star! YAY!) review of Spirit Binder by A Book Vacation, and enter into a giveaway of the ebook at the same time.  

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The Anatomy of a Book Cover

Irene Langholm recently re-envisioned the book cover for After The Virus and the amount of work she put into it was crazy and amazing at the same time. So I thought you all might like to see what an artist does when pitched a basic plot from an author … through concept … to completion. I am […]