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What Readers Have Whispered, Cheered, and Yelled at Me Over the Years

One of my favourite parts of writing a thirteen-book series—especially this one—has been hearing what readers have carried with them, argued about, loved fiercely, or sent me passionate emails over. I’ve kept a little folder of reader notes and reviews that reminded me why I kept going, especially on the days Arthurian Britain refused to behave. As we head toward the Kickstarter launch and the final book, Camlann, I’d love to hear your favourite moments and memories from the journey.

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The Truth About Writers’ Lives (It’s Not What You Think)

Most people think writers live glamorous lives — champagne book launches, exotic research trips, and endless hours of leisure to dream up stories. The truth is a lot less Parisian café and a lot more 4:30 a.m. alarm clocks, fourteen-hour workdays, and muttering at characters who won’t behave while the laundry piles up.

In this post, I pull back the curtain on what writers’ lives really look like, why the myths persist, and how those rosy assumptions can sometimes hurt more than help.

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On the blog…Two Years Ago

I’ve been running this blog for a long time.  If you include the occasional break from blogging, and the times when my site host shut me down for too much traffic (yes, they can do that), then I’ve been blogging since 2005.  Most of the older posts are now articles on the Articles pages. Out

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CHRONICLES OF THE LOST YEARS – Sherlock Holmes Romance – Free Until Sunday

Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ The first book in my Sherlock Holmes series, Chronicles of the Lost Years, is free

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CARSON’S NIGHT – Vampires + Gargoyles MF Romance. Free Until Sunday

Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ Carson’s Night is the first book in the vampire + gargoyle series, The Stonebrood Saga.

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Margaret River – A Perfect Place to Get Lost

Perth, the capital of Western Australia, is the most remote city in the world, at the southern end of the biggest state in Australia.  Even further south, tucked away at the far southern toe of the state, inside a national park, is a small former timber-town; Margaret River. Because hardly anyone ever goes to Perth

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WAIT – Time Twist Tale 1.1 – Now Out!

Wait is the first of the Time Twist Tales — short stories and novellas weaving in and out of the Beloved Bloody Time series. There will be other Time Twist Tales later (right now, I’m writing Book 4 in the series, so fun bits like these will have to wait a while). Wait features Tally

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It’s Sherlock Holmes’ Birthday!

Sherlockians long ago settled (in their own minds, at least) that March 8 is Sherlock Holmes’ birthday.  They arrived at the date by combing through all the Holmes stories Conan Doyle ever wrote, and sifting for clues, and extrapolating from there. Did you enjoy the third season of the most recent rendition of Sherlock Holmes,

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The Shot Heard Around the Publishing World

This was going to be a simple Mash post, but it ended up I had so much to say about AuthorEarnings.com, I turned it into a dedicated post just on the tornado that is ripping through the publishing world. A few weeks ago, super-sonically successful indie author Hugh Howey (author of Wool, amongst others) launched a

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CHRONICLES OF THE LOST YEARS – Sherlock Holmes Romance – Free Until Sunday

Please take note of the date of this post! If you’re reading this somewhere in the future, the book is probably no longer available for free and I don’t want you to be disappointed. Check the date line! 🙂 _____________ The first book in my Sherlock Holmes series, Chronicles of the Lost Years, is free

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