Dee J. Holmes's Blog

June 3, 2025

The perils of putting your house in order

Zombie love, magical emblems and ALL the authorly swag. Whew!

Putting my author house in order has been a major undertaking -- much more than I anticipated. It's good. I...

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Published on June 03, 2025 20:11

May 20, 2025

All great experiments come to RESULTS!

Hurray! We have results from the Great Book Experiment - and some amazing ART.

Ever have one of those weeks? Yeah, me too. Only I managed to find five of them? I guess t...

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Published on May 20, 2025 20:10

April 15, 2025

The price of DRAMA. And the dire stakes inside book experiment #3

The Greatest Dane knows how to execute the finest DRAMA. And reminds us all she's worth it.

We all know that Fable is the star of her own, very dramatic soap opera -- se...

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Published on April 15, 2025 20:08

March 25, 2025

Her past WILL HAUNT YOU. Get spooky with book experiment #2!

My self-proclaimed expert at digging is ready to unearth secrets...

Now, most of Fable's secrets involve checking the hole three blocks down where she found a discarded ...

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Published on March 25, 2025 20:07

March 14, 2025

Bash! Crash! SMASH! It's book experiment #1!

Bet you can imagine where I found the inspiration to write about giant monsters?

Every day, when Hubs and I get home from work (or a five minute trip to the corner store...

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Published on March 14, 2025 20:05

February 26, 2025

Little things that matter (and BIG teasers)

This letter was written with a dane head on my shoulder and stories in my fingers.

There was also a slow gas leak emitting from the dog -- though we probably don't want ...

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Published on February 26, 2025 20:03

February 11, 2025

Holding on to good

Today in good things, my biggest girl made a tiny, sassy new friend.

I'm delighted to report that it happened! Fabes met a teeny teacup poodle just as sassy as Peri from...

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Published on February 11, 2025 20:01

January 21, 2025

What's going on? (News, new year, and what's coming)

The scary, daunting, completely awesome plans I've got for this year.

New years can be tricky things. I don't know about you, but it always takes me a little while to ge...

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Published on January 21, 2025 19:58

December 17, 2024

Best laid plans and look, it's a new book!

When you and your dog both have plans go wildly awry...

Fable's plan was simple: it was raining hard and all she wanted to do was go outside, do her business, and scurry...

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Published on December 17, 2024 19:56

November 11, 2024

When in doubt: break glass, apply zombies (and a teacup poodle)

Wow! I'm beyond late. Good thing I have zombie art and a surprise!

While I've been deep in my writerly cave, I've also had the fun of working with some talented artists ...

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Published on November 11, 2024 19:55