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Friday Flash: Dust Rider Eaten

Posted on 05/24/2012

Part five in my Friday flash series experiment! Parts one, two, three and four here. Part six next week. He freed Gazelle and she jumped down. The dirt was firm, undoubtedly tamped down from the passage hundreds of dust devils. … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Armed & Dangerous

Posted on 05/21/2012

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash: Dust Devils’ Lawn

Posted on 05/18/2012

Part four in my Friday flash series experiment! Parts one and two and three here. Gazelle handed the dust rider her single knapsack and watched him strap into the dust devil’s harness. She wore her heaviest canvas jacket and wondered … Continue reading →

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Why Not to Use Pen And Paper to Write

Posted on 05/16/2012

Last fall, I dedicated a single subject spiral bound notebook to my flash fiction. It is presently lost. I imagine it will turn up somewhere. Probably months from now, when I remember nothing about the half-finished flash fiction in it. … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Clockwork Heart

Posted on 05/14/2012

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: * Grab your current read * Open to a random page * Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fair Game by Patricia Briggs

Posted on 05/13/2012

From Amazon: They say opposites attract. And in the case of werewolves Anna Latham and Charles Cornick, they mate. The son-and enforcer-of the leader of the North American werewolves, Charles is a dominant alpha. While Anna, an omega, has the … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash: Dust Rider Bought

Posted on 05/10/2012

Part three in my Friday flash series experiment! Parts one and two here. “Gazelle!” her mother called. She took a deep breath, wiped her hands on her gray cotton pants and walked out the front door. Up-close, the devil was … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Crystal Gardens

Posted on 05/07/2012

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash: Dust Rider Chosen

Posted on 05/03/2012

I decided to write a part two to last week’s flash: Dust Devil. I have never actually posted a part two before for any flash. This is a first for me. She twitched away the curtain’s edge and peeked outside. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells

Posted on 05/02/2012

Blurb from Goodreads: Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for … Continue reading →

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