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McKenna Dean

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Paranormal, Romance, Mystery

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McKenna Dean likes putting her characters in hot water to see how strong they are: like tea bags, only sexier.

M.K. Dean writes cozy animal lovers mysteries, featuring house-call veterinarian, Dr. Ginny Reese. It's Diagnosis Murder meets All Creatures Great and Small.

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What are you currently working on?

McKenna Dean My day job is pretty demanding, so I tend to be a slow writer. But I'm hoping the enthusiasm and energy that is NaNoWriMo will rub off on me this year…moreMy day job is pretty demanding, so I tend to be a slow writer. But I'm hoping the enthusiasm and energy that is NaNoWriMo will rub off on me this year, and that I'll manage to get a rough draft of the final installment of the Redclaw Origins series done in November. Look for Bishop's Endgame summer of 2021!(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

McKenna Dean The answer really depends on what's causing the block. If the problem is because I'm trying to force characters into doing something that's not right …moreThe answer really depends on what's causing the block. If the problem is because I'm trying to force characters into doing something that's not right for them or the scene, sometimes I have to put the scene on the back burner and work on something else until the solution comes to me.

If the problem is because my creative well is dry, I need to practice self-care and try being creative in different ways that do not entail writing--like posing action figures in scenes and making up stories about them! I'll also get up from the keyboard and take the dogs for a long walk, or put on some music while I do mindless chores. This frees my mind to work play and play is important to creativity.

If the problem is because I'm "not in the mood" or "my muse has disappeared" sometimes the answer is to sit down and bang away at the story until you work through the sticky bit.

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McKenna Dean’s books

Average rating: 4.37 · 377 ratings · 168 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Panther’s Lost Princess (Redclaw Security, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 144 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bishop Takes Knight 4.63 avg rating — 72 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bishop's Gambit (Redclaw Origins, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost of a Chance (Redclaw Security, #2) 4.47 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snowfall 3.66 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Choice: Romance for Roe by Jackie Barbosa (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Bright, Adele Buck (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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All Good Art is Political

The title of this blog post is a quote from Toni Morrison, “All good art is political. There is none that isn’t.” She goes on to point out that Shakespeare and Aeschylus wrote plays poking at kings, and that good art should be beautiful and political at the same time. That she wasn’t interested in art that wasn’t rooted in the world.

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Series by McKenna Dean

Redclaw Security (2 books)
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Redclaw Origins (2 books)
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McKenna Dean wrote a new blog post All Good Art is Political The title of this blog post is a quote from Toni Morrison, “All good art is political. There is none that isn’t.” She goes on to point out that Sha Read more of this blog post »
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.”
― Henry David Thoreau

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