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It has been a windy week here. So windy, the neighbours trampoline blew over a fence. So windy, the dog didn’t need a car window to feel his ears flippy flapping in the breeze. So windy, my skin looks like a dragon ready for it’s […]

September 5. 8552 words into the third book of my new Penny and Boots series. My writing setup had evolved so much over the years. Devices, software, process…all of it. My current strategy involves two word documents side by side. My manuscript is on the […]

We’re still adjusting to our new family member—mostly in a good way, though my mop has had enough! We had a puppy trainer come to the house today. I’m way too scatterbrained for group classes (I realised, AFTER I paid for them). We’re 100% more […]

Me: racing through a new AoM book by another writer, making sure canon is adhered to. Also, alpha reading my favourite epic fantasy series. Also, outlining and writing a new Unveiled Academy book. The coworker: napping. I need to find better help. via Instagram https://ift.tt/2KZt0FJ

It’s been cold here lately. The kind of cold that slices you like a knife and strips away every memory of sunkissed skin and comforting warmth. Hot chocolates, long jumpers and hand knitted shawls are my life now. The cold hurts my wrist and numbs […]

Well. What a week. I was supposed to finish editing Werewolves and Wendigo… Oh, about two weeks ago? I asked for more time because I was having trouble shaking off a bout of bronchitis and my screen was causing some wicked headaches. In the middle […]

It’s a new morning… And a new beginning. I’m still fighting bronchitis and migraines, so a fresh start feels sorely needed. It’s a bit of a cheat—i still need to do about 40 pages of edits on Werewolves and Wendigo. For some reason though, editing […]

This week has been hard. It was supposed to be my back to work, catch up on life week. Instead it’s my cough up a liver and clutch at a migraine week. Doc says it’s just bronchitis—I’m pretty sure it’s plague, though. Or demon possession. […]

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