You can read a slightly different version of this blog on the newsletter:

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Or, you may gotten the newsletter three days ago, in which case ... never mind. But don't forget our author appearance this coming Saturday at the Art and Author Fair, which you can read all about here:

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I have a new (and free) short story up on the newsletter:

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Because we all deserve a little free entertainment ... but especially this year. So here's the story of a man with a morally questionable past adjusting to a new life, and the extended family that welcomes him. (The characters are ( Read more... )

 Ordinarily, rather than posting the details from my newsletter here, I post a link to the newsletter and beg you to subscribe. But this is the announcement of our newest project, so I figured I'd give everyone a heads up.  Just the same, subscribe to the newsletter! The link is here:

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The way I want to celebrate the end of my vacation is another vacation, but the next best thing is to have three--count 'em, three--new book reviews! (That's more than twice as many as one.)

The two things authors need most to advance their careers are sales and reviews. Caffeine comes in a close third. From what I've been hearing, sales for ( Read more... )

I put a free short story up on our newsletter; but while everyone leads the corona life, I figure even those who haven't signed on should be able to wind down with a little fiction:

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There's a free short story in this month's newsletter!

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There's also me as an elf, a link to the new book, and, yes, a sad dog. But not to worry--he wasn't really sad, just sleepy.

It's fun to create new worlds for your characters to inhabit, even if those worlds are just new communities. For my Storm Chaser series, I created a brand new place called Hurricane, a town of only a few hundred or so where some of my main characters live. In my unpublished Fire On Mist Creek I developed a town of a few thousand called--try to ( Read more... )

It's fun to create new worlds for your characters to inhabit, even if those worlds are just new communities. For my Storm Chaser series, I created a brand new place called Hurricane, a town of only a few hundred or so where some of my main characters live. In my unpublished Fire On Mist Creek I developed a town of a few thousand called--try to ( Read more... )

Good news, everyone!

The new newsletter is out:  https://mailchi.mp/dbc5dc2002fd/my-publishers-dropping-me-its-a-good-thing?e=2b1e842057

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Some say the best advice you can give people when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will.

I prefer to be a little more optimistic. Still, my advice is just as simple and straightforward: At the beginning of March, dig a big hole in your back yard, then get into it while wearing a helmet and one of those "Red man ( Read more... )