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The Unexpected
Like everyone, having something happen unexpectedly can be good, or it can be bad, and very often it is a bit of both. On Tuesday as I was loading the car to go over to my folks, a youngish man came up our drive on a bicycle. Somewhat sheepishly he asked if we had any…
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Environmentalist? Sure!
Someone who has never read a word I have written accused me of being an environmentalist as if it was a bad thing. I smiled and shrugged entirely prepared to let it go and walk away. They were evidently not happy with my half-grin and shrug and demanded to know what was so funny! So…
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The Garden Grows
My dad and I are gardening together, which is a wonderful thing! We have 🍅 tomato plants as small as two inches, some are two feet, and others are waist high, but our garden is growing. A few pepper plants a squash or two and things are stretching and twining and making room. We have…
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Descriptions of NewEarth
This is not the first post about describing the series, but it is an updated version based on feedback from readers. Feel free to add your own twist and give me new ideas about describing the series as well as the first five books. The series is a utopian, epic fantasy romance, filled with interesting…
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Independence Day!
I am a proud American. I have an immigration story on each side of my family with a cornucopia of twists and turns, one relative thought she was learning English, but it turned out to be Yiddish. Other relatives came over with a few coins and a name and address of a sponsor. There is…
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Dragon Life
What part of dragon life do you find most curious? Could it be how they learn their skills? Is it the maternity nest where a pregnant or new mother dragon spends long hours alone with her mate and youngster with only approved visitors? Or I s it the acceptance of deception as a skill that…
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😢Delays…Delays😢
I just heard back from Jo, my editor, and she claims she has started reworking the manuscript, but has nothing ready to send me. At this point we are still on hold for the month of July. To clarify- I did make a few additional changes and I reworked a scene or two… maybe a…
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Dotty and Tad
The Heartsinger, which is currently free to download from Amazon, at least until June 30th; features the beginning of the market. It is a story packed full of plans for the future, hope for a brighter tomorrow, sorrow, loss, grief, betrayal, and courage. Oh did I mention there are baby dragons? Red and Star are…
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Opposable Thumbs
The anatomy for my mammalian, sentient beings that are called dragons is very different from the classic understanding of such creatures. Oh yes, my dragons have a long neck and wings, however the wings are more bat like than those of a bird. They have arms with hands with two opposable thumbs and three fingers;…
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Environment for NewEarth
If you look at Athena’s wonderful art and wonder about the wagons and giant animals pulling them, let me explain about the human commitment to a clean healthy environment. When the colonists left OldEarth behind, it was with a deep breath of free clean air. Portable water was costly, radiation winds frequently damaged and killed…
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