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Why Pippa Jay Wrote Keir
Let me count the ways… Back in August 2009, I was bored. I was miserable. I felt that, as an individual I’d ceased to exist, other than being a mother and a wife. I had no idea who or what else I was or could be. I’d really lost myself. And at the time I…
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Why I Wrote DEAD SPACES
We write books for lots of reasons. Usually, there isn’t one “this is why I wrote this book.” Which is why I have, and like, this feature. I’m curious why authors write the books they write. And believe it or not, I’m curious why I wrote a particular book. (You’d think I’d know, wouldn’t you?)…
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You Talking to Me?
When I was a little girl, growing up in a very small town in Wyoming, there are things you learn. Like what the phrase, “priming the pump” means. Just in case you don’t know, it means putting water down the line of a water pump to get the water flowing. Now I’ll freely admit that…
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Why I’m Reading THE INDIE POWER PACK
I can’t believe I waited this long to check out WRITE. PUBLISH. REPEAT. But I did. Luckily, I follow David Gaughren’s blog (a fan of LET’S GET VISIBLE and LET’S GET DIGITAL – one of which is included in the bundle), so I heard about this bundle: I jumped on it, even though I already…
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I See Dead People (Who Were Never Really Alive)
And some mornings, I see a dead person in the mirror looking back at me. And I’m a little surprised to be standing and breathing (not saying I don’t check some mornings before I look in the mirror). As I’ve mentioned before, I’m basically an optimistic person, so I eventually decide I’m going to live…
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Why I Wrote DO WAH DIDDY DIE
A long time ago, in another century (no, really, it was another century), an author (me) finished a book (THE SPY WHO KISSED ME – though she called it PIG IN A PARK back then) and got an agent who wanted her to write something easier to sell to Big Publishing. She asked me to…
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Perilous Pauline Confesses
This may come as a huge shock to readers of my blog, but I don’t actually write my Monday blog post on Monday. It posts at one a.m. CDT. I don’t believe in one a.m. CDT or CST. Or any time before seven or eight a.m. I barely believe in Monday. So I write it…
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Why I Have Freedom to Write: The Gift of Belief
On Wednesdays I usually feature a post on why I wrote a book, or have a guest talking about why they wrote a particular book, but I read a question this past week that got me thinking. The person was asking whether she should take the safe job or follow her bliss and write. Then…
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Why I Wrote CORE PUNCH
Core Punch came about when two interests collided inside my head. I’d finished my Project Enterprise series and had been working on my romantic suspense Big Uneasy series. So my brain was cruising through the mystery zone, but doing a bit of gazing longingly at the stars. It liked the high adventure of space opera.…