diner
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Updates, Bookmas, and a new story
In the last few weeks I’ve felt “overwhelmed.” It didn’t seem like I’d been doing a whole lot except writing, but it hit me today why I’ve been experiencing that panicked, “what did I forget?” moments. Instead of innundating you with a post for each, I’ll attempt to summarize
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Error!
Here’s a little secret about me. I have terrible aversion to making mistakes. Another secret (actually not a secret) is that I MAKE MISTAKES. And this one was a DOOZY! It began like this: I rushed my final preparations for Dreaming Dirty in Maryland. Now I WANT to fix it.
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A cabin in the woods
It’s here! Dueling Flames is here! It’s available from numerous retailers in both epub and print versions. This has been an EXCITING and EXHAUSTING release. And in typical “Calia” fashion, I messed up. What? Yes, that’s right. I completely screwed the marketing pooch and didn’t include ANY bonus content
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The Countdown Starts!
Only a few more days until Dueling Flames is LIVE!! Early ARC reviews are in and they are FIVE STARS! With quotes like: “Wow, I was not expecting the ride this book took me on.” and “I also liked the interactions between the main characters, their banter, the way they…”
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The calm before
It seems that every year I start with a flurry of launches. 2024 is no exception. “First Kiss” — which included my short story, “Too Fast for Love,” launched on February 29th. And exactly one month later (March 29th) Dueling Flames will be live. I’m so excited for this latest Destroyer. It was a ROUGH…
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My second love?
While books are most-assuredly my first love, I have to admit my second love is a good match to the first. What is that, you ask? Movies. Not just watching them, making them!
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Cover Chat “Diner”
Code name “Diner” is off to the editor and I’m getting the launch set up. This includes one of my FAVORITE events, the cover reveal! (drumroll, please?) “Diner” has a NAME! it’s no longer “Kid’s book” or “Diner” or even that @#$@^$$ WIP! (IYKYK) May I present? Dueling Flames Hagerstown’s latest full length novel for…
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Typos and all..
2023 in an image. Typos and all. What you’re seeing in that is a list of accomplishments. They boil down to 3 shorts and 2 full-length novels. Approximately 190K words, give or take multiple thousands that didn’t end up in the books, or are waiting to publish. But that’s not the full story of 2023.…
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the grass is bluer
Oh Calia… you got that wrong. It is “the grass is greener.” Nope. 🙂 I’m ALMOST done with Kid’s book. It is so close I can feel it. Over 75K long with a planned six to twelve left before editing can cut out the fat, I’ve also ditched 60K in deserted scenes that weren’t working.…
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Free range
Today’s writing and research went down several rabbit holes. If you follow my personal page (not the public, “author” page) you’ll have learned …
