I did something to myself at the gym. I’m pretty sure how I did it, too. I had an exercise where I knelt on a bench supporting myself with one arm and one knee, one leg extended and the opposite arm curling 25 lbs. At the time I didn’t notice anything and finished my work
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Sweep of the Blade Beta Read
This is an open beta read for Sweep of the Blade. We are looking for 5-10 betas. What’s expected: we want you to read the book and tell us your reactions as you are reading it. If something doesn’t make sense or pulls you out of the story, for example. If you see serious grammatical
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Frustration Lessons
A few words about the comments on the previous blog post. You’re not a loser if you had to move in with your parents because you’re in school or can’t find a job. You’re only a loser if you mooch off your parents by not contributing anything to the household. Kid 1, when in school,
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Job Frustration
Sometimes work makes me deeply frustrated. Not the writing part – although that too. The writing frustration mostly results in me moaning about being a fraud or not talking at all until my brain sorts itself out. But the business part of publishing makes me boiling mad. Unfortunately I can’t vent about my business publicly,
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Hybrid Authors
First things first: if you want the collector edition of Kinsmen from Subterranean, it’s on sale now for $37.50, 50% off. Click this link, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and it will be the 8th title up. Thank you to Aarya for heads up. Quick update on SWEEP OF THE BLADE: thank
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Sapphire Flames ARC Giveaway Winners
We are so happy to announce that the thirteen lucky winners have been drawn. In case you’ve forgotten or don’t know, there was a total of 4 spots for international winners and 9 for winners currently located in the US. Each winner will be also contacted by email to be shipped their ARC of Sapphire
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The Purse Story
K. writes You had a funny story about your purse on the blog and I can’t find it. That’s because it’s archived. After a few years, I archive some posts from Family and Life categories. But since you asked. So it’s May 2015. We just finished a draft of WHITE HOT and we are exhausted.
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I’m So Mad
Why is this not the real thing? Do you know how many times I have watched that cartoon series from start to finish? Someone make this for us. We deserve it! For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about: Come on, Hollywood. You love remakes.
Sapphire Flames ARC Giveaway *Closed*
Hey everyone, sadly this Giveaway has finished and the winners have been selected and contacted. Thank you for participating, and good luck next time. Hey everyone, I’m back, and this time with another exciting giveaway! I have not one, not two, but thirteen Sapphire Flames ARCS I have been given and instructed to send to
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Feeling Better
Thank you for all of the cheering up in the comments. Yay! I am feeling better today. I also have something for you. Ta-da! Give away ARCs. The giveaway post will go up later today so be ready. The comments about weight loss reminded me of this tweet, which I thought was hilarious. That’s me,
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Sigh
Today I am the sad girl in the photo. I’ll just take my imaginary stuffed lion, hang my head, and go sit in a corner somewhere. Honestly, last few weeks have been rough. Stuff happened. Pets were sick and injured. Cars were flooded. I have to go to a medical specialist on 29th for a
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If you were rejected for Sapphire Flames ARC
This post is addressed to reviewers. The ARCs are finally up on Edelweiss and Netgalley. Hopefully the technical difficulties are behind us. We can’t guarantee that everyone will get approved. The final approval is handled by Avon publicity department. To pass that hurdle, it helps if you are someone who can create advance publicity for
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