Breaking down goals is still relativity new for me. I have always been one of those people that declares on January 1st that I will magically lose weight this year. No goal weight, no plan. And as a result, it never happens. This year I am once again going to track it all in my […]
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As we head into 2021 I am looking back at last year’s goals, what went well, what didn’t. One of the repeating themes I am seeing is I tried to bite off too many varied project worlds. All in all it was a good first year back to writing, and one that has kept me
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With the chaos of NaNoWriMo I missed a few announcements about free stories of mine that are available. To be Remembered – Podcast for Alone in a Room with Invisible people – Rebecca read my little flash story beautifully for this spooky edition of the podcast. Listen to it, and a bunch of other authors,
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National Novel Writing Month-or NanoWriMo for short-is a challenge to write 50000 words in the 30 days of November. It’s a hard challenge to complete. I have done it before. I won five times over the years. Last year was one of those, and it was how I got started writing again after so many
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The bucket of body parts sat on the edge of my desk. Some of the dark fluid had dribbled down one side after it had been brought in. I resisted the urge to clean it. There was no point yet. I turned away, looking over the factory. The glass window covered most of the wall,
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There is a vast variety of different and varied Genie stories. Each one gives them their own sets of rules. Some are dark, some funny, and some just straight out weird. I chose to focus on these two rules for Genies in Wishing for Truths. Three wishes – Each friend gets a wish each Wishes
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One of my favourite things to do is to sit down and binge read an entire series of books. Ten or more at least. I love to get lost in the incredible world and characters. It’s 1am and you can’t put the book down because it’s so damn good, and you know you have twenty
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I always remember going back to revise Wishing for Truths the first time and getting about halfway and finding out that I had somehow switched the two guys – Ben and James – around. In theory it was just a name, right? An easy fix. But it wasn’t. Even then there was something in my
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I’m very excited to announce that Wishing for Truths, my new stand-alone Urban Fantasy Short Story, is now available for Pre-Order. This is a story about wishes gone wrong and a Genie who isn’t telling the whole truth, served with a dash of Romance. Buy this Short Story now and join Vanessa as she learns
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When I started doing bullet journaling earlier this year, I began by using a diary that already had pre-made weekly spreads, but found them a bit limiting. So, since July I have been using a new journal so I can make custom weekly spreads – I love it. I have never been great at art
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