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with Drake The Duck Muse
Multi-Genre Author ~ Editor ~ Book Designer ~ Writing Coach
The Blog Thingy
Where Emotion and Information are Dispensed Inconsistently... Sometimes
You'll find some interesting stuff here...
a few Op Eds, some Writing Craft Information, Book Reviews, and More. Poke around the categories and see what ruffles your feathers... in a good way!
I'll Be Happy To Sell You Books... Here's How I Do It
January 2025 Periodically, as my author community grows, and I meet authors at fairs and festivals every season, the conversation of what...
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Writing Tools... Plottr, My Most Recent Love
January 2022 As with any profession, there are tools of the writing trade that will carry an author from their first book to their last. ...
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NaNoWriMo and The Wooden Spoon
October 2021 I just love this photo. It's a $0.99 solution for what could be a potential $9,000 problem. How do you keep your dog from...
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Writing Craft Books... The addiction is real!
August 2021 Since high school, when I realized that writing could actually be a thing I could do for life, I've been reading craft...
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Brand or Reputation? Independent Authors Need Both.
April 2022 A little while ago, I saw a post in an online networking group defining the term Brand. The writer supplied a bullet list of...
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Don't Insult Your Reader
April 2022 Whether fiction or non-fiction, reading is a preoccupation that requires a suspension of disbelief fostered inside trust. ...
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My Six-Step Approach To A Writing Hermitage
May 2023 If you ask anyone who knows me, you’ll discover that I am a HUGE advocate of Writing Communities, and I’m overly vocal about...
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Writing In The Wild: The John Ball Zoo
August 2023 Writing Field Trips, as I've eluded to in past posts, are something I truly enjoy. I spend an entire day exploring my...
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Writing Field Trip: DIA 2023
October 2023 If you're a writer, you've experienced it… writer’s block. That creative rut you get into and can’t seem to find a way to...
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How Goal Planning Works For Me
December 2024 My list of writing goals this year is long and lofty. I’m always ambitious when setting goals for the new year because for...
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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Click The Cover To Order! This was a spectacularly captivating book. I read this collection not having been tremendously familiar with...
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1) by Ransom Riggs
Click The Cover To Order! If you're looking for a story that draws you in and makes you think... and then go back to re-read just so you...
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
This is a well-crafted foray into the possibilities of a different sort of reincarnation. We found the book to be a little difficult to...
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The Magician's Lie by Greer Macallister
This was an intriguing story about a female magician at the turn of the century. I enjoyed how the POV of each chapter moved from one of...
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14 by Peter Clines
This is an edgy science fiction/horror story with just enough humor to lighten up the shadows. Having a building play a central part to...
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