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Friday Fictioneers May Day!

A busy writing week, this week. On Tuesday evening, I finished a year-long rewrite of my magnum opus, A Perfect Hatred. A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about heading in a new direction with it, but that was really an add-on … Continue reading

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No Foolin’

Today, I could have played a major April Fools joke on the rest of you by “announcing” that I’d just been offered a six-figure advance and a multiple-book contract from one of the “Big Six.” I could have, but I … Continue reading

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An Interview for SPY FLASH

Many thanks to Bill Thompson at The Bookcast for the opportunity to talk about Spy Flash and its two main characters, Mai Fisher and Alexei Bukharin. You can click here to listen.

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The Year of Writing Constantly

At least that’s the way it felt, but that’s a good thing. About a year ago, I blogged about getting more serious about writing and establishing a writing work schedule that included developing new material, editing/revising WIPs, and submitting stories … Continue reading

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Spy Flash Published!

Both the paperback and the Kindle version of Spy Flash are now available for sale at Amazon.com, so it was an exciting writing weekend for me here in the Valley, capped off by a nice mention of Spy Flash‘s publication in my … Continue reading

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An Early Holiday Present

December seems to be a month of publishing firsts for me–my first collection of short stories, Rarely Well Behaved (out of print) appeared in December 2000. I remember when the proof copy arrived as if it were yesterday. Never before had I … Continue reading

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Bye, Bye NaNo! Hello, Friday Fictioneers!

Today is the final day of National Novel Writing Month–and now the real work (editing and revising) begins. All over the country as midnight comes and goes in various time zones you’ll hear sighs of relief and cheers of victory … Continue reading

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Spy Flash – Week 29

I must have a masochistic streak. I’m trying to keep up both Friday Fictioneers and Spy Flash stories while NaNoWriMo-ing. Three days in to NaNoWriMo, and so far, so good. The first two stories of the “second twenty-six” have been … Continue reading

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Spy Flash – Week 28

I said you might get another Spy Flash story rather quickly, and never let it be said I’m not a writer of her word. (I think that might be a pun.) Week 28′s story, “Delicate Sensibilities,” is somewhat of a … Continue reading

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Spy Flash – Week 27

In truth, week twenty-seven for the Rory’s Story Cubes Challenge was almost two weeks ago, but I’m not going to skip any. You may just see several Spy Flash 2 stories show up in a short amount of time. The … Continue reading

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