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Food, Triggers, Healthy Thoughts, and Well-Meaning Abelists

CW: eating disorders, abelism, fat-phobia I was a tiny kid. This is an important fact for you to know. I was born early and underweight. I was sick a lot as a child, and allergic to practically everything. By the time I was a pre-teen my parents were divorced…

I’m Going To Be A Teacher!

Hey! How are you? Long time now blog… It’s been a little busy over at the Brooks’ place. I know, I say that every time I log in, but it’s true. I had a really easy month planned and then I volunteered for something. I know. Terrible decision really. But…

Guest Author Beth Cato with an Excerpt from Roar of Sky

Hello! I’m Beth Cato, author of the Clockwork Dagger duology and the Blood of Earth trilogy. The finale of that trilogy just came out, and I’m delighted that Liana invited me by to talk about my books and share an excerpt. In the first book, Breath of Earth, I set…

Happy Release Day To POLAR TERROR!

Inkprint Press | Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Kobo | Apple Books | GoodReads The only villain north of the 66th parallel just met his match. Kaddy Chaak’s career is in jeopardy, her social life is non-existent, and instead of spending the holidays at home with everyone she loves, she’s in the hospital with her chronically-ill, probably-dying nephew Everett,…

Why Don’t We Quit?

“Why are we doing this?” My crit partner looked back from the computer screen. She’s on spring holiday in Australia and we were Skyping to discuss plots, goals, and problems. “I dunno,” I said, which was eloquent for that time of night. Being best friends with someone on the other…

How To Write A Query Letter

QUERY(n) – the letter a hopeful author sends to an agent or editor with the express wish of getting the manuscript off their desk and onto someone else’s publication schedule. The query is an essential part of the publication process even for Indie Authors, it’s also one of the…

Know When It’s Time To Walk Away

I’ve always been a big believer in writing regularly. Good habits are hard to make, and keeping a regular writing schedule helps an author in the long run. However, as the years have passed, I’ve veered away from the Write Every Day! camp towards the idea of Think Every Day….

Serious Vs Silly

Winter is coming. Not the good-fun winter with Jon Snow saving the day and Sansa coming home to Winterfell. No, the real winter is coming, with familial obligations, cold weather, and seasonal depression. Some people have claustrophobia and hate the feeling of the walls closing in around them. Cold weather…

72-Hour Checklist

This is a very basic checklist for a simple 72-Hour Kit (sometimes called a Bug Out Bag). It has supplies to last your for three days, which is the estimated time needed for relief organizations to arrive in your area and start handing out food and water after a major…

Change Of Momentum News!

In case you were curious how much gets cut or rewritten from a novel… … my Cut Scene file for #ChangeOfMomentum is at 10k right now. The final novel will probably be 90k. The cut scenes are things I rewrote from a different POV, parts of scenes that…