Shayne McClendon's Blog: Always the Good Girl

The night never failed to make Jamie anxious. Day after day, she fought to finish her chores before the sun got low on the horizon.  It was a new fear. A new phobia that hadn’t even bothered her when she was a small child.  There was a time she loved the night, the sounds and […]

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It’s been an insane year or so. After my incredible road trip the second half of 2022, I landed in Washington for a few months. My Jana Bobanna (personal assistant and bestie extraordinaire) made a space in her house for me and I took a “part time” job at Walmart that became a lot more […]

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Every time Meri did a walk-through of the cemetery, she ended up scolding the groundskeeper about leaving flowers to rot.  “Miss, uh, flowers die…just like people.”  “You’re right. You are sooo right. This is the thing though, Jimmy. When people die, we mourn them. Sometimes, loved ones bring flowers every week. Sometimes they bury them […]

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My next state stop was PENNSYLVANIA! I had an awesome couple of days with Niki filled with conversation (and lots of interesting information about indie writers and marketing). We toured Valley Forge and I took about a million pics. From there, I tripped on over to Reading and spent two days with Amber and her […]

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The next state on my writing road trip was MARYLAND! I got to have lunch with Stephanie and she was just amazing. We kept meaning to wrap it up but that wasn’t happening. We were having too much fun gabbing (we even moved it to the parking lot)! There was some silliness that occurred before […]

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The fifth state on my fabulous writing road trip was VIRGINIA! My first stop was with the beautiful Maria, her husband Gary, as well as their son and his family (their granddaughter was just awesome). They took me to visit the Norfolk Naval Base. It was my first time being on a real military base […]

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The fourth state on my writing road trip was NORTH CAROLINA! I had the opportunity to visit with Penelope and her incredible family (Nick, Mary, and young Austin)…and they have an amazing doggo named Beowuff and three spectacular kitties. Then I scooted down the road to visit with her sister Valerie (and her husband Ray). […]

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The third state on my writing road trip was SOUTH CAROLINA! I stopped for coffee with an old and dear friend named Nic O’Demus…we didn’t get a photo for reasons. I tripped on down the road to spend time with Elizabeth (Lizzy), her husband Jim, and their best friend Chris. They were a riot! From […]

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The second state in my writing road trip was GEORGIA! I stayed with the brilliant and way-too-cool Bella Roccaforte…a friend and fellow author. She was kind enough to let me crash in her house and give me tons of marketing advice. She even sent me home with an original PAINTING (that is now hanging on […]

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My beautiful website was horribly hacked…to the point that my old hosting company threw up their hands with a “we got nothing” attitude. So. I’m forced to start again. There are no stories or posts here yet. I’m in the midst of my trip so this will be a slow creation this time. In the meantime, I hope you’ll follow me at the links below!

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