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Johnny Cash inspired Winnemucca, a small-town fairy tale

I thought I’d share one of the inspirations behind Winnemucca, a small-town fairy tale, where fear’s as blind as love. There isn’t a better day to do it than today, what would have been Johnny Cash’s 81st birthday. It’s hard to believe he was only eight years younger than my Dad. Everyone always asks me …

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Monday Muse: Far and away & Moon Killers (Shadow Series #3) sneak peek!

Sometimes you have to get away. From everything. From everyone. From the old thoughts. Find some new ones. That’s what I’m doing this week. Spending time away. My brother said something to me this week that inspired me: “We all have thoughts, not all of them are helpful” He said to recognize the ones that …

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YA Indie Carnival : How do you Pinterest? Using Pinterest for Character/Setting Inspiration

Witches Brew! Achem…I don’t know why, I just never got into it. I remember my friend Abbi Glines (you HAVE to check out her new book WHILE IT LASTS—- O. M. G.)  talking about Pinterest in a FB post a while back and I sort of scratched my head and looked it up and that’s …

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The inspirations & challenges behind TRANSFER STUDENT, an intergalactic tale of beauty & the geek

I wrote the first draft of TRANSFER STUDENT in 2006 after my father-in-law died. It was a crazy, sad time. I was working at the Los Angeles Times on the re-opening of the Griffith Observatory [it had been closed for five years for renovations] and we were back-and-forth between LA and Fresno [a four hour …

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Interview & Review with Kate’s Reads on the Transfer Student Tour Today!

CONGRATS TO TO EBOOK WINNER @MacDibble! GOOD LUCK TO TODAY’S TWEETERS! [read on for tweet deets 🙂 ] Today on the tour I’m excited to be interviewed by Kate’s Reads. She’s a great book blogger and she’s one of my go-to blogs to find out what’s next on my TBR list! Kate asked for an …

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TRANSFER STUDENT EBOOK Winner & BEHIND THE SCENES: Why 2 POVs

Congrats to @CassReviews winner of yesterday’s EBOOK. Good luck to today’s tweeters & commentors! On the tour today…THE TAO OF WEBFOOT and an excerpt from Rhoe’s POV. Enter to win & comment there for a free EBOOK & SWAG! Winner announced here tomorrow 🙂 Behind The Scenes of TRANSFER STUDENT: Why two POVs? Los Angeles …

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