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Shadowplay Teaser 10: The True Temnian
10. The True Temnian “If the Kymri are more predisposed to worship the sun, then the Temnians have more respect for the lunar cycle. During the full moon, or the night the Penglass glows under the...
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Shadowplay Launch: CSUEB Edition
Yesterday I had another event at California State University East Bay (CSUEB) as part of the English Department’s Distinguished Writers’ Series. I graduated from there with a BA in English with a...
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Free Fiction Friday: “Safe Haven”
Every now and again I put up one of my old bits of writing. Most of these were written for university for my creative writing classes. For this one I remember seeing the Safe Haven placard on the wall...
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Shadowplay in the Newspaper
On Saturday, the Aberdeen Press & Journal ran an extract of the first chapter of Shadowplay and mentioned my upcoming launch at Waterstones this week (Saturday the 22nd at 1 pm if you’re in the...
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Guest Post: Introducing BREAKSHIELD by J.B. Rockwell
J.B. Rockwell is one of the members of my online writing group, the Inkbots. She’s recently sold her debut to Zharmae, and so I invited her here to show off her cover and blurb and a bit about the...
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Shadowplay’s Aberdeen Launch
On Saturday, I had my UK launch for Aberdeen in the Waterstones on Union Street. I’ve been very lucky in that I’ve been able to launch my book in both of my hometowns – in California in January (past...
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My Scribblings so Far in 2014
One of my New Years’ Resolutions was to keep track of how many words I wrote per day. This proved a little difficult when I was editing, but I still kept a rough idea of words written, plus also noted...
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Cranky Ladies of History: The Lioness of Brittany
March is Women’s History Month, and it’s also the month that the Australian publisher Fablecroft are running a fundraiser for their new anthology Cranky Ladies of History. Some familiar names are in...
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A Thank You to Readers
I’m not sure what it was about this Easter weekend, but my books got a lot of love, and I wanted to say thank you. It was also interesting to get them from different places: through artwork, through a...
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The Third Vestigial Tale: “The Tarot Reader” is now Live!
Today is my birthday! Last night, the third Vestigial Tale went live. I liked the idea of having something out on my birthday – it’s like a two-way present. If you purchase it it’s the best present...
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Tales of a Hybrid Author: Month 3: “The Tarot Reader”& Kindle Countdown
Background if you’re new to my blog: I’m self-publishing some short stories/novellas set in the same world as my Micah Grey series (Pantomime & Shadowplay). There’s going to be a bit of delay in...
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NaNoWriMo: The Halfway Point
There is no way I’m going to win NaNoWriMo without cheating. I thought now that I was working less I’d magically have more free time, and I do, but there’s still so much for me to do. I made really...
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Recent School Visits & Events
I’ve been meaning to blog about this for ages, but over the last few months I’ve done some school visits around Aberdeen. The Aberdeen City Council / Central Library were awarded funding for visits as...
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November: In which I sort of won NaNoWriMo
SORT OF. At the halfway point of last month, I had pretty much thrown in the towel on reaching 50k. But turns out cheating worked really well for me. I had 4k of a draft before November started,...
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The Isle of Arran Writing Retreat
Last week was my first proper week off in…a long time. Except it wasn’t really a week off–I went to the Isle of Arran with Elizabeth May and Emma Trevayne for a writing retreat. But it was the first...
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A 2014 Roundup, or: Well, That was Quite a Year
Well, 2014. That was a year. Here’s a brief roundup. Reading from Shadowplay at Borderlands Books in San Francisco January 2014: This month had a good start. Shadowplay (Micah Grey #2) was released. I...
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On That Article from that Former MFA Professor, from a Current MFA Student
I’m currently most of the way through my MLitt in Creative Writing. When that article from a former MFA professor circulated around, all I could think is: man, I feel really sorry for his former...
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Books Read in June
1. Zen in the Art of Writing – Ray Bradbury. A collection of essays on writing from a master. Smiled a bit while reading. His love of creating worlds and stories shone through. Recommended. 2. The...
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Monthly Roundup: November 2015
Books Read: 1. Five Go Glamping – Liz Tipping Glamping Check list Festival tickets Double check best Instagram filter Avoid thinking about work/Connor/five year plan!! A four day break from her hectic...
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