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HalCon and traveling as an introvert with social anxiety!

HalCon and traveling as an introvert with social anxiety!

YOU GUYS! I’m in Halifax for HalCon! I’m super excited to be here! I’ll be speaking at three panels and have some book signings (gulp). My schedule is: Friday, September 22 4:45pm – Getting Over Creative Hurdles 6:45pm – Margarita Gakis Signing Saturday, September 23 11:30am – Margarita Gakis Signing 1:00pm – Women in Media Sunday, September 24 12:00pm – Margarita Gakis Signing 1:45pm – Author…

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Uncontrollable Burn [Covenceraft # 5] - status update!

Uncontrollable Burn [Covenceraft # 5] – status update!

You guys! I am THISCLOSE to finishing primary writing on book 5. My first draft is usually pretty close to my end draft [which is good or bad – take your pick!]. I’m just about to start chapter 17 [as it is numbered right now] and I think I need about 5000 more words to wrap it up. Then we’ll see what gets added/deleted during edits. As I posted earlier, I have clinical depression and I just…

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Status Update - Covencraft, Historical romances

Status Update – Covencraft, Historical romances

Hi all! To keep the momentum of my writing, I decided to jump right into the next Covencraft story as soon as I finished book 4, Dry Spells. The next ‘story’ is Uncontrollable Burn and it deals with Jade’s feelings for Paris and a wildfire burning out of control. OH THE SYMBOLISM Le problem is I don’t know if Uncontrollable Burn will be a full length novel [80-110,000 words] or novella length…

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Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo!

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo!

Hi all! The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo was this past weekend and, as per usual, I attended with my bro-in-law and my nephews [and a friend of my bro-in-law]. I’m getting so old. I was exhausted after only 5 hrs, lol. My nephew and I decided to try for costumes this year! While I think they definitely need some work, I’m quite proud of our first attempts! My nephew went as a Warlock from…

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Spending time with your Tribe

Spending time with your Tribe

Ah! Squee weekend! That time of year I get together with my fandom friends [many of whom write, create art, do crafty things and/or are voracious readers]. And then we talk. We talk about a lot. The thing is, there are things that you need to talk about with your female friends – things you can’t find on the internet, or if you do, you don’t feel as comfortable discussing. I don’t mean naughty or…

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But I thought building a Platform meant like, you know, pieces of wood?

But I thought building a Platform meant like, you know, pieces of wood?

I’ve been into non-fiction books lately, which is NOT like me but I’m always open to my likes/dislikes changing so I’m just going with it. Of course, one of my biggest interests is writing and my book, so I’ve been reading some books on both.

I’m in the middle of Fast Fictionwhich I’m hoping will help me get faster at actually WRITING. But the clincher is you have to do all your PLANNING before…

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The family that doesn't really fight together?

The family that doesn’t really fight together?

My sister and I consider ourselves pretty funny. Okay, we consider ourselves REALLY funny. We sometimes joke that we should have our own reality show – the problem is, it would be 98% complete and utter boredom rounded off with 2% comedic brilliance.

We don’t exactly DO a lot of stuff.

And when those WACKY shenanigans DO happen, we’re sometimes too dry and nonplussed for what would be considered…

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Calgary Comic Expo!

Today I’m off to the Calgary Comic Expo. I’ll be attending with my bro-in-law and my nephews. For those of you that may be in attendance, here are some thoughts:

Don’t be a Dick! – People cosplay for fun! for their OWN fun and the fun of their friends. Some people are HELLA good at it. Some aren’t. But everyone is there for FUN. Don’t be a dick.

I repeat, don’t be a dick– a lot of cosplay…

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