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Dowser 5: release date

– RELEASING THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 – Some of you might have gotten a peek at this over on Facebook, but here is the newest Elizabeth Mackey designed Dowser cover: The ebook will be available THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 on Amazon, Kobo, iTunes, B&N, and Smashwords. The paperback will follow about two weeks later. Yep, that’s […]

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baking giveaways

Bake a cupcake and win five paperbacks

CONTEST CLOSED! Winner: CORI from NEW YORK, USA. Lucky #4 I still have a few of those misprinted paperbacks hanging around in a box in my office. It’s a handy box, because it raises my laptop up when I’m working from the treadmill desk, but it isn’t very pretty. I should replace it with something […]

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Cupcake RECIPES

Ecstasy in a Cup

I’m planning on posting a contest tomorrow to win a signed, misprinted set of Dowser 1-4 and Oracle 1 paperbacks. The entry will be a picture of any of the cupcakes that appear in any of the Dowser books, baked either from the recipes here on the blog or one you’ve figured out on your own. And yes, […]

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What cupcake should be featured in Dowser 5?

At the beginning of Dowser 5 *spoiler alert* Drake eats three different cupcakes. Two are new creations of Jade’s, and the fledgling has previously tasted the third one. As I was working through the third draft today, I thought it might be fun if readers of the Dowser Series decided on the ‘previously tasted’ cupcake. To that end, I have embedded […]

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Misprint giveaway #5 – last but not least!

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNER AMANDA FROM OKLAHOMA, LUCKY #7 To recap a fourth time. I had fifteen misprinted paperbacks. The covers of the paperbacks were all oddly tinted to various degrees with pink and red. And, in a few, the top and bottom margins shift down or up around the halfway point. Since I’m a fan of decluttering, I thought I […]

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Misprint giveaway #3

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. Winners: Megan from Chicago, Linda from Wisconsin (which might be a first for me), and Michelle from New Jersey! To recap a second time. I had fifteen misprinted paperbacks. The covers of the paperbacks were all oddly tinted to various degrees with pink and red. And, in a few, the top and bottom margins shift down […]

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fiction friday writing

I’ll give you three guesses …

… but you’ll only need one. I just finished something. My right hand is aching so fiercely I can barely type this, and my fingers are covered in green ink. My brain feels like mush. I really need a heavy dose of chocolate and to bake something, stat. I’m also off-the-wall pleased with myself. Can […]

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Misprint paperback giveaway #2

GIVEAWAY CLOSED. WINNER: WENDY FROM ALASKA! To recap. I have fifteen misprinted paperbacks. The covers of the paperbacks are all oddly tinted to various degrees with pink and red. And, in a few, the top and bottom margins shift down or up around the halfway point. Since I’m a fan of decluttering, I thought I should give some of […]

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On My Desk Today publishing writing

Dowser 4 – the paperback

This seriously pretty proof for Shadows, Maps, and Other Ancient Magic (Dowser 4) showed up last Thursday, but I thought I would wait until it was available for purchase before mentioning it. As with all the Dowser paperbacks, the cover and the page break knife image were designed by the lovely and talented Elizabeth Mackey. […]

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A reconfigured office and a giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED – MISSY FROM NEW ENGLAND IS THE WINNER THIS WEEK! YAY! So I’ve been spoiled this week. I treated myself to a walking treadmill for my standing desk, then Michael decided that he was going to repaint my office along with reconfiguring my desks. We just threw the office together when we moved here in September […]