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Dowser 8: hunting with misfits

Okay, this tiny snippet made me laugh out loud yesterday. I thought you might find it fun as well. Feeling the teenagers behind me becoming restless, I wrapped my hand around the hilt of my knife. Someone was going to have to teach Peggy and Maia to be patient hunters. Unfortunately, I was concerned that […]

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Daily writing schedule, 2018 edition

So I’ve decided to change up my daily writing schedule in 2018. Normally, I work on one project/novel/screenplay at a time, taking it through three drafts, then story edit, then another draft and polishing pass, then content/line edit, then final read through, then proofreaders, and then the book is released. Meaning that after I write […]

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Dowser 8: Valentine’s Day mini excerpt

I couldn’t let Valentine’s Day pass without sharing a glimpse of my (current) favourite couple, Jade and Warner.

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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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Ah, the muse …

I’ve been working through the first half of Dowser 8 for the last couple of weeks, having gotten derailed writing the first draft by editing Dowser 7, the holidays, and the rather lengthy to-do list that comes with releasing a book. I’ve been only getting 600-800 newish words a day. But the idea is that […]

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Dowser 8: the ‘girls’ go hunting

Jasmine glanced between us. “You two are a little crazy, you know.” Kandy shrugged. “You’ll get it, baby girl. When you’re all grown up and never meet your match.” Jasmine twisted her lips wryly, tugging her phone of out her jacket pocket. “I’ve already met him.” Kandy laughed huskily, shaking her head. “The nearly immortal […]

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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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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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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 […]