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In canon? Gabby and Peggy.

I’m working on Gabby’s Moments of The Adept Universe short this weekend as a bit of a brain break from the Archivist series in between drafts. [I finished the first draft of Archivist 1 yesterday]. I’m trying to figure out if the age the Talbot twins were adopted is ‘in canon’ or just a note […]

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Dowser 7: paperback giveaway scavenger hunt

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. Blog – 74 comments – random number: 17 = Melissa Facebook – 86 comments – random number: 85 = Venetia Instagram – 60 comments – random number: 5 = Christina Okay! I promised I’d post a paperback giveaway on Tuesday, and then I didn’t. So … since it is […]

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Dowser 7: early reviews

Champagne, Misfits, and Other Shady Magic (Dowser 7) has been officially released for a week today. Yay! And many of my lovely readers have lovely things to say about the newest Jade book, so I thought I’d share a few snippets here: A solid 5 star series – Outstanding plot continues and gets richer and more […]

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paperbacks publishing

Dowser 7: paperback proof

I thought I’d share some pretty photos of the paperback proof for Dowser 7 that showed up in the mail this morning: Paperback cover design by Elizabeth Mackey Design. Interior file formatting by 52 Novels. For those of you who are holding out for the paperback version of Dowser 7, it should be available on […]

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excerpts writing

Dowser 7: chapter one, part two

Click here to read chapter one, part one first. Continued … “Nine minutes,” Kandy said. I jutted my chin out. “This isn’t the right spot.” The werewolf bared her teeth. “It’s exactly the right spot, dowser.” Belligerently, I took two wide steps to my left. I might have been only half-witch, but I could still […]

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Dowser 7: chapter one, part one

The green-haired werewolf handed me a broken stick of bright-pink chalk, fishing a crumpled wad of paper out of her backpack and halfheartedly smoothing it out on her blue-Lycra-clad thigh. The fake leather backpack was dyed bright purple and adorned with puffy leather spikes, mimicking some sort of dinosaur. It clashed spectacularly with the lithe […]

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baking writing

Cupcakes mentioned in Dowser 7

Champagne, Misfits, and Other Shady Magic (Dowser 7) features Jade back in her baking groove in Vancouver. Since readers last saw her (in Reconstructionist 1) she has created seven new cupcakes, and I’ve been sharing some of those recipes in my last few monthly newsletters. I will update the Dowser Cookbook to include those new […]

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meme writing

Dowser 7: Kandy’s motto

CHAMPAGNE, MISFITS, AND OTHER SHADY MAGIC (DOWSER 7) COMING JANUARY 18, 2018 PREORDER NOW AMAZON – iBOOKS – KOBO – BARNES & NOBLE – SMASHWORDS   New to the Adept Universe? Find the reading order here.

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Dowser 7, chapter 1: taste of peppermint

Walking the seawall, rather than cutting through the streets of Kits Point, we rounded a wide corner as the sandy stretch of Kits Beach came into view. The ocean was to our right, with a stretch of sparsely spaced evergreen trees interspersed with picnic tables to our left. The taste of peppermint tickled my senses. […]

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marketing writing

Dowser 7: synopsis

Coming January 18, 2018  Synopsis: I had everything I’d ever wanted — a successful business with a second bakery in the works, a sexy fiance who I adored, and good friends who loved to laugh almost as much as I did. So of course it couldn’t possibly last. Unfortunately, this time the trouble was homegrown […]