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Today We Discuss the Menagerie…

Today’s Book Tour stop is an interview at As the Page Turns. We’ve been discussing jobs that the men and women of The Conn-Mann Chronicles. There are other characters in the books that have the important job of providing comfort … Continue reading

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Popping in to say Hello…

…and dismayed to see how long ago the last post was! Yikes. However, I have not been neglecting the Chronicles as badly. As mentioned in my last post, Ghosts, Gears, and Grimoires has been released. I absolutely love this cover: … Continue reading

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Shivering in Anticipation!

And for once, that isn’t referring to The Rocky Horror Picture Show — though I am looking forward to seeing the new version on October 20th. It stars the very talented Laverne Cox as Frankie, with Tim Curry as the … Continue reading

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FenCon Was Delightful, As Always

I was driving home last Monday, so didn’t get a post made. Sorry about that. The rest of the week was recouping and preparing for a speech contest that didn’t happen, but that’s another story… The most important thing about … Continue reading

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It’s FenCon Weekend!

Looking forward with great anticipation to another great FenCon weekend. I always love the con, and this year the Guest of Honor is Jim C. Hines, who I truly enjoy talking to–even if he is kicking my butt at Words … Continue reading

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Writing the Dime Novels

I wanted to take a minute to talk about the reason that I use the Dime Novels at the beginning of each chapter in the Conn-Mann books. It is an interesting challenge to me–and I hope that the readers find … Continue reading

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Now We Get On to Book Three!

First there was One: The Marvelous Mechanical Man Then there were Two: The Nearly Notorious Nun   So excited that the second book is done! Can’t wait to get started polishing Book Three: The Incredibly Irritating Irishman! The first draft … Continue reading

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Sorry to have been silent…

…but there has been a lot going on in the background! The Nearly Notorious Nun is out for one final read with some new beta-readers, and I got a good response from the first one. I am hoping that the … Continue reading

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First Official Entry

Well, today I am making my first official post on the diary. This will be a weekly thing, scheduled–at the moment–for Mondays. It will typically be late in the day, but it will be here. 🙂 My! The last month … Continue reading

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