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Just Wanna Have Fun
There are stories that you read (or write) that have you grinning from beginning to end. For me, as an author, “Time Trap” was one of those stories. From the moment that Madison and Sir Rupert dove into their first scene, I was grinning. A side-to-side grin with maybe some snickers thrown in. And when…
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The Trouble With Titles
Last week I pondered the “who am I” question and mentioned my short story “Men in Jeans.” What you may not know is that “Men in Jeans” appears in Project Enterprise: The Short Stories with another short story called “Steam Time.” I’ll admit that is not my best title ever. LOL I always have trouble…
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No, Don’t Touch That…
Has someone ever said to you, “Don’t touch that, it’s [fill in the blank]” and you touched it anyway? We live in a world of warning signs. They are everywhere, but stuff still happens. We touch, we drive, we go where we probably shouldn’t. My favorite warning sign might be the one on my…
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Flamingos…in your Scifi?
If you’ve seen my social media or been in my house, then you know I love flamingos. Why do you wonder? Well, they were imprinted on my child’s brain when flamingo yard art was new and not retro. One of my favorite scenes from Scarecrow and Mrs. King is in the second episode, “There Goes…
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The Fear Factor
We moved to Houston our of college. I’ve often said, we moved EAST and it was so opposite, there was some culture shock (though not as much as New Orleans, because Texas was cowboy country, too). There was the humidity. The first time it rained, I opened a window to feel some fresh, post-rain…
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Why Project Enterprise is Like Project Runway
It is release week AND #grandmaproject time! So I thought I would catch my breath and do a quick (hopefully) fun post mostly because I am watching the finale as I write this post. Let’s see how many reasons I can come up with… 1. My characters live the unconventional challenge every day. 2. Suffering…
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Release day! Maestra Rising is Out!!!
It’s finally here! It feels like it took forever (which could be partly due to me writing it while my house was being renovated – lol), but it is finally here! I thought you might like another peek inside the covers of Maestra Rising: Project Enterprise 8: The Urclock waited, like it had that last…
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Why I Wrote MAESTRA RISING
For each book I release, I write a “why I wrote” post. Sometimes it is hard to articulate a “why.” I write because that is what I do, but why I wrote a particular book? That’s more complicated. The first reason is kind of not-that-interesting. Since the reboot of my Project Enterprise series, I try…
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A Frozen Fish Out of Water?
One of the questions I get from readers is some variation of why did you start writing science fiction adventure romance? It is a fair question. I started out writing romantic comedy mystery, then wrote some thrillers, cozy mysteries, and even an action adventure time travel before starting my accidental science fiction romance. From the…
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Would You Add Dragon Wings…
Rockets have fins, so why not wings? If you’re going to have wings on a spaceship should they be dragon wings? Elon Mush tweeted that he was “thinking about adding giant stainless-steel dragon wings to Starship.” As it shot through space to Mars the dragon wings could keep it cool during re-entry. “That’s important,” because…