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Seeing Things, Part 9: Second Cover Mockup

Dear Blog Friends: After I posted the cover mockups on Wednesday, I decided to try an iconic cover instead.  First, I went to my favorite coffee shop and asked for a large Irish Breakfast, hold the water.  After a few puzzled looks, I came home with a few tablespoons of tea, which I brewed and …

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Free Fiction Spotlight: Abyss and Apex

Dear Blog Friends, I was talking about short story submissions the other day, and realized with shock and alarm that many of my reader friends don’t know that there’s a wealth of free (and cheap) fiction out there to read on the web.   So I present you with “Free Fiction Spotlight” where you can …

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Seeing Things, Part 5: Doing My Part

Dear Blog Friends, I have witches in my urban fantasy.  Of course, lots of people have witches in their fantasy, but the thing is, I have real witches. I’m not a witch myself, but I have friends who are witches, and if I were ever to join a religion, it would likely be Paganism because …

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Seeing Things, Part 2: Why I Started Writing

Dear Blog Friends, As I mentioned on Monday, I’m about to embark on a journey, of sorts, at the end of which I will hopefully answer the question “Have I been put on this earth purely to serve as a warning to others?”  Now I’m going to tell you a little about why. Wait. Maybe …

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Cobalt Stamp Plate 1

This is my first plate of a series of six.  It was kind of a first try, because I ended up using a different technique for the later ones.