Tag: authorship
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New Novel! October 2023 Newsletter
I am very pleased to announce that I’ve now completed the novel Death in Shining Armor, an academic murder mystery. It’s a new version of a novel that I’ve been writing in assorted versions off and on for thirty years. And I’m really pleased with the way it has turned out this. Synopsis of this…
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New for Juliet: February 2023 Newsletter
What’s new at our house includes the air fryer my daughter Jess bought me for a surprise Valentine’s Day present. It turns out that it’s requiring lots more thought than I expected it to including where to put it. In fact, even that was a problem given the lay-out of our kitchen in our house…
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Works-in-Progress: January 2023 Newsletter
Gee whiz, it’s only January 8. And already I have an enormous to-do list for 2023 that includes aspects of my life as an indie author, as a person, and as a home owner. (There’s always something going on with a house, so I won’t talk about that here.) I’ll limit the topics of my…
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Wounded Knee: November 2022 Newsletter
Sometime in August, I wounded my right knee, perhaps by twisting it inwards too fast during an exercise routine. Regardless, this simple little injury has pretty much dominated my life ever since. How did it do that? Let me count the ways. Appointments have taken away considerable time from the thing I love to do—write.…
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A New Beginning: Fall 2022 Newsletter
A New Beginning: Fall 2022 Newsletter A New Beginning to Die by the Sword aka To Die by the Sword aka Death in Shining Armor Night . . . Saturday, September 10, 1988 The Medieval Fair Site . . . I didn’t want much that night, just to go out to the shop on…
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May 2022 Newsletter: for love or money?
May 2022 Newsletter: For Love or Money? Do I write for love or money or something else entirely? A couple of months ago, I had an encounter with a person who made me think about my motives for writing fiction. Here’s what happened. A few days before the incident, we’d had our house sprayed for…
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April 2022 Newsletter: The Perils of Self-Publishing
Hi, Everyone! Some of you may have noticed that I withdrew the pre-order of Die by the Sword, a standalone novel of suspense. Here’s why. As I worked on that book, I discovered that I was doing lots more revising than copy editing. And I realized that I wouldn’t make my publishing date of May…
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January 2022 Newsletter
Starting a New Year . . . Somehow, I’ve managed to start the new year by catching a cold. Apparently, this happened when I went to my doctor for a well woman check-up about a week ago. Of course, I went fully masked and observed the distancing protocol for the most part except when my…
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October 2021 Newsletter
A Bad Case of the Ya-Gottas “Ya gotta,” says the voice in my head. “Ya gotta get a COVID booster shot.” “Ya gotta work on your website; it’s a mess.” “Ya gotta trim the hedges before the weather gets bad.” “Ya gotta redo your Amazon Author Central page and add pages in other countries.” “Ya…
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Busier than a button on the . . .
Hi, Everyone! As my dear old darling dad used to say, it’s been busier than a button on a back house door at the Kincaid house this past month. Whew! For instance, the ceiling in the front bathroom of our house had been leaking since the summer of 2019. No need to deal with it…