The Blog Thingy:
Where Emotion and Information are Dispersed Inconsistently... Sometimes

Please be patient as we reconnect the links on this page... some things don't carry over automatically in website reincarnation.

Every so often, Drake and I will post little tidbits about the things we think, books and short stories we've read and listened to, and tips and tricks about our writing process and other informational and emotional stuff.

Posts are organized chronologically, with the most recent posts appearing at the opening page of each category.  You can click on the "previous" or "forward" links to jump forward and back within a category.

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Interview Thingies
Caroline Topperman​
​Jennifer Willcock
Ken MacGregor
​Kristoffer Gair
​Elizabeth Wehman
​Chelsea Gouin
​Cyrus Keith
Jean Davis
Ian Tadashi Moore
Jared Morningstar
A. Kidd
Syntell Smith
​Elizabeth Thomas
Andrew Allen Smith
Luba Lesychyn
D.A. Reed
Angelique Clemens
Andy Lockwood
Patti Rae Fletcher
Marie Michaela
​Xander Cross
J.Q. Rose
Troy D. Wymer
Amy Klco
​Lisa Jacovksy
​Erik Bean


Contact Us if you would like to be featured as an Indie Author in this weekly segment of our Blog Thingy!

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Writing Craft Thingies

• Book Scavenger Hunts are... Literary Fun!
• Simple Things: A Call For Submissions
• Copyright & Public Domain
• Causality... Writing Software
• Before You Publish... Ask...
• Ratings For Books? Yes!
• The Pseudonym Discussion
• Power Structure For Writers
• Twenty Master Plots
• The Writer's Research Rolodex
• How Much Can I Make As A Writer?
• By The Numbers... Average Genre Word Counts
• Rochester Writers' Spring Conference​

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Emotional Thingies
A Ship In A Harbor Is Safe... But
An Open Letter To The Publishing Bigots* of the World
Three Wishes: My Encounter with a Book Genie
Memorable Books From Childhood
A New Year... A New Planner
Birthday Reflections 2019
Indie Reads TV Begins
Reflections On My Time In A Bookshop
Be Prepared... Scar Wasn't Kidding
Finding The Right Key... A Perspective On Rejection
I Love The English Language... But...

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Indie Authors & Their Books and Thingies

• Vengeful Son by Andrew Allen Smith
• Sub Roas by Kate McNeil
• In His Own Words by Kenneth L. Powers, Jr.
• American Fries by Jared Morningstar
• List Your Life by Angela K. Berent
• Ethan's Healthy Mind Express by Erik Bean
• Three Distinctive Works by Chavonne D. Stewart
• A Fistful of Dead Folks by Peggy Christie and David C. Hayes
• Treasures From Afar by Troy D. Wymer
• Where All The Little Things Live by Ian Tadashi Moore
• Falling Awake II: Revenant by Kristoffer Gair
• The Healing Star by A. Kidd
• Unbound by J.A. Bullen
• The Way To Be from A to Z by R.B. Schimmel
• House of Thirteen by Andy Lockwood
• Dark Doorways by Peggy Christie
• Dragon Box: The Key to Magic by Nancy B. Kemler-Oakley
• Accidentally Yours by Joan H. Young
• The Midnight Man by Chelsea Gouin
• The Adventures of Buddy The Cat by Ravyn Hicks-Badger
• Postcards From The Future by Andrew Charles Lark, Donald Levin, and Wendy Sura Thomson
• The Secret Hat by Peggy Losey
• Zebulon by R.L. Herron
• Dig It Out by Katie Spina
• Empty Hallways by Andy Lockwood
• One Man's Opus by Boyd Craven
• An Uncertain Accomplice by Donald Levin
• The Troubling Adventures of Jesse and Owen by Ted Lemon
• A Girl Named Adam by Jordan J. Scavone
• Guilt In Hiding by Donald Levin
• Better Boxed And Forgotten by Andrew Charles Lark
• The Proof Is In The Pudding by Clay Boura
• Juxtaposition Paradox by Charles R. Stern
• Sadie Sees Trouble by Linda Jarkey
• Crane by Stacey Rourke
• Raven by Stacey Rourke

Traditional Author Book Review Thingies

• The Admirer's Secret by Pamela Crane
• The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
• Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
• Origin by J.A. Konrath
• Inspection by Josh Malerman
• The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
• The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia
• Only You by Benjamin Daniels
• Dangerous Women by George R.R. Martin
• Wool (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
• I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
• European Travel For The Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
• Bird Box by Josh Malerman
• The Retreat by Mark Edwards
• A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
• The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
• The Shore of Women by Pamela Sargent
• The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
• The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• 14 by Peter Clines
• The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister
• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• ​Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Book Festival Thingies
Three Very Different Indie Bookshops
Women Who Write Book Festival 2019
Sterling Fest Author Signing 2019
The Pasta Dinner (2019 Indie Book Fest)
Greater Rochester Heritage Days
Penguicon 2019
Carpathia Club Easter Festival
Shipshewana On The Road: Birch Run
​Leon & Lulu Spring 2019

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