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Move Over Story #1
Hi friends, A few weeks ago, wham! an idea for a romantic comedy hit me, and I couldn’t ignore it. I had to start writing it right then. There are several reasons why this is odd for me: I usually have to be actively searching for a story idea – especially my supernatural fairy tales …
The Retelling of a Fairy Tale (Dorlana Style)
Hi Friends, I’ve been using fairy tales to inspire my paranormal short stories and novels for many years. Instead of a straight retelling of the classic tales, I love using them as a stimulus by borrowing elements, capturing the mood, or using them as a backstory, etc., to write contemporary interpretations. Sometimes I even use …
Supernatural Mystery FREE today
Hi Friends, Passage to Queen Mesentia is a Paranormal Egyptian Mystery. The Kindle edition is free today worldwide. Here is the blurb: The assassination of her archeologist parents thrusts Lillian Steward from her comfortable life and into a dangerous quest for an ancient Egyptian artifact. The mystery guides her from Texas to Egypt as she follows the …
When One Door Closes…
My recent situation has my thinking in sayings like: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” and “Never say Never.” You see, I’ve been working on a novel (a supernatural mystery) and was just about ready to write the rough draft – when I was stopped in my tracks by a pinched nerve in my neck …
Frustration: a writer’s bff
A couple of weeks ago one of my writer friends found something that didn’t quite work in Ninja vs Pirates. I thought I was in the edit phase so this threw me off a little. I had to go back and not only rewrite but recreate… which is frustrating… which is good. What? Frustration is …
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