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I joke that I write amateur sleuth mysteries because I hate research. But what I mean is that I hate the kind of research that
Today marks one year since my spinal surgery. You remember, that day they sliced through the fascia in my upper back, hand-cranked my muscles out
Doing copyedits on a novel is like being sent on the most intense scavenger hunt EVER. Page 43 sends you to the notes on page
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This was the very first piece of writing I ever got paid for. It was the first thing I ever submitted. Fifty bucks that might
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