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Blind Dragon
I wanted Hipita to be visually impaired, but I realized as I was building her character that a challenge in the vision senses was going to be pretty profound among the dragons. Not that being visually impaired among humans isn’t tough, it is. However being a dragon with poor eye sight is maybe a little…
A Moment of Clarity
There are always moment of clarity in our lives, when we stop and see things clearly, without all the garbage that clogs our brains. Because we are human, that sometimes happens at inconvenient moments. I have been lucky enough to notice when they happen, to make note of the smells, the way the light dims…
FREE Today! Heron’s Bonds
In honor of my husbands birthday I am giving away kindle versions of the book, NewEarth2: Heron’s Bonds the 2nd of the NewEarth Series. It is a great story. Heron, Grabon’s ompanion, finds his mate. As a human who has traveled for 30cycles with a dragon he has forgotten what little he knew about…
Running Fence
Imagine Jethro, our old dog, with his erupting skin condition, arthritic joints, and puppy brain. He was running and leading Sweety, the new found pup that looks mostly like an Australian Sheppard but only half size, up and down along the fence. Next to them, on the other side of the fence, we’re three full…
Sexual Equality
Do people really believe that equality for women means that men can give only the parts of their traditional power that they want to? Not the parts they traditionally abused? Not the parts they are afraid women will abuse? Women have always known that a man had the power to ruin them with a well…
FREE Heron’s Bonds
On Thursday in honor of Shawn’s 59th birthday I am offering NewEarth 2: Heron’s Bonds for FREE for three consecutive days, the 27th, 28th, and the 29th. On the weekly calendar that will be Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week. Grab a copy, load it onto your phone, there are many great quotes and…
Differences Anyone?
If we shared space,here on this earth, with another dominant, arrogant species and every law, every rule, every public cultural tidbit needed to be inclusive, would we develop species pride, much the way people look at racial pride? I suspect we would, and society would have no mercy on the child that came from both…
Back to editing
It is amazing what a person can do with a plan; a bit of talent and whole lot of practice and revision. My worst obstacle on my writing journey has always been myself, fear of success, fear of failure, and the ingrained idea that we need to be what we are. Do yourself a…
New Hopeful House
It has floors and walls, roof and a basement. More importantly it has no radon or lead and we are close to scheduling the building inspection. Our fingers are crossed, our hopes are high, but we are not holding our breath. (We would turn blue and pass out) Shawn and I haven’t traveled to see…
Pish
Pish is a side character from Acceptance:NewEarth6 who has a crooked foot due to an injury, is a youth, and was kind to Hipita. Did I mention that Hipita is poorly sighted? For most dragons that is a big deal. For Hipita as a youngster it was devastating. She was left in a healers nest…
Cool Stuff
Last night, Shawn was out on the porch smoking and I was keeping an eye on the puppy and washing dishes. He called me outside and told me to bring the iPad. He does that rarely so I knew it had to be something pretty cool. I managed to dry my hands, trip over the…
Freedom
A writer I am connected to had an unfortunate encounter on Twitter with a pack of white supremicists. Because her cover photo shows a biracial couple, they decided to attack her over night and attempt to get her to engage. She did everything correctly, refusing to take their bait and reporting them to Twitter. She…
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