Serena McKay is a female detective with an ugly past, but this awful past has made her into the strong and sarcastic detective in search of justice that she is. Three different storylines are intertwined. First storyline: Serena takes on the case of a missing child. When Serena first meets the mom, she notices that…
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Christmas Articles, Fiction Writing, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Go Caroling Day & Other Xmas-Related Holidays
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• •Will your character dance around his Xmas tree on Falling Needles Family Fest Day? Could your character’s uncle make Scrooge look like a great guy to work for? Could he be the real reason for Humbug Day? Does the character you created plan on celebrating A’phabet Day as soon as he learns his alphabet?
Christmas Articles, Fiction Writing, Town Names, Writing Prompts and Exercises
Town Names for Winter/Christmas Stories
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• •Are you trying to come up with a town name that makes one think of snow or the winter holiday season? Did you know towns appropriately named for winter and/or Christmas stories already exist? AlabamaBell, AlabamaBethlehem, AlabamaChestnut, AlabamaEvergreen, AlabamaStar, Alabama AlaskaCandle, AlaskaNorth Pole, AlaskaWiseman, Alaska ArizonaBell, ArizonaChristmas, ArizonaHumbug, ArizonaPartridge, ArizonaSanta Claus, ArizonaSilver Bell, ArizonaSnowflake, Arizona…
Collective Nouns, Fiction Writing, Halloween Articles, Writing Prompts and Exercises
A Torment of Ogres
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Meeting of the Mustangs – a Review
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Writing a Politically Incorrect Book in a Politically Correct World – Guest Post by Peter Hallett
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Assault on St. Valentines – a Review
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• •Assault on St. Valentines by Peter Hallett has to be the most politically incorrect book I’ve ever read, and I absolutely loved it! The action began on page one and it never stopped. Just reading it wore me out; I don’t know how the characters made it through the story without collapsing from exhaustion. A…
Author Interviews, Fiction Writing
Michael Rothman Interview – Shadow Walkers, Eer Ha’ehven, and a Strong Female Character
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• •Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction Writing, Mystery, New Words Learned, Paranormal, Suspense/Thrillers, Words
Dispocalypse – a Review
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• •It is 500 years after the Great War destroyed the Earth. In this post-apocalyptic world where the governor is both feared and worshiped, Willow is a seventeen-year-old girl who is just trying to get through her last year of studies. But when her father dies, she experiences strange dreams that change everything about how she…