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What’s In a Name?

Names are a plague upon my existence as a writer. They strangle me and hold me down under the waters of all my flourishing work. Not just names for characters, but places and titles for books as well....

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Links!

I feel like I should be so sick of talking about links considering that it much of what my job consists of and I also do links on the side to promote my books. But recently I’ve come to realize that...

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Words, Labels and Linguistic Power

I’ve mentioned labels and their influence before in some of my previous blog posts, including a more poetic version of my expression of it (and by poetic I mean not making any sense at all). But I’ve...

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Pee in Peace

I feel like if I ever started some kind of transgender or genderqueer movement the only thing it could ever be called is ‘Pee in Peace’. One: because I absolutely love alliteration, it is my favorite...

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A Wizard Named Androgyny

Once Upon a time I threw it all away before it could disappear on me. At least I used to say that, but maybe I had tossed all my friends, family, and my life away before I should have. Three years ago...

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The End

You left me And I let you go I thought wallowing in pity was my only hope   I should have known it would happen It always did before. I thought you were different But don’t we all?   I don’t know why I...

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The Epiphany Effect

Have you ever learned a new word and then suddenly you start seeing this word everywhere? Well, there was actually a test done of this, where every person was given a word they didn’t know then they...

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Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop

Hey everyone! So this is my first year really around the blogosphere (as bloggers apparently call it) and I managed to slip myself into a little book giveaway blog hop that is going on. It is being put...

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Poison and Dark Fairy Tales

I’m gonna be all dark today, despite the fact that its pretty much fairy tale week. But you know what! Fairy tales can be dark too, and we can’t forget that! Friday I have a special treat for everyone...

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Queer Fairy Tale Giveaway

Hey everyone, sorry this post is running later than when I wanted to get it out. But my weekend has been fouled up by some demon mirror glass getting in people’s eyes, unfortunately I couldn’t get them...

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Allure and Enchantment

When I started writing many years back, one of my first creative writing teachers told me that I had a method of writing that reminded him of Mark Twain. At the time I wasn’t a very well read person,...

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The Magic of Words

I used to consider myself a witch many years back. I didn’t care that most of the time in stories a witch was a terrible person, especially for fairy tales. This was one of the first reasons why I...

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Fairy Tale Giveaways

And so the fairy tale fortnight giveaway has finished! Actually it finished days ago, I’m just a terrible person and didn’t bother to mention it or get my emails out. So I ended up deciding to give up...

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Book Reviews

So in recent light of discovering Amazon has a strict policy about authors reviewing novels from other authors, in combination with Amazon also buying out Goodreads, I’ve decided I would start posting...

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Book Review – Broken Elements

Disclaimer: As with all my reviews, there is a possibility of spoilers, though I try to keep them out as often as I can. You Can Only Break an Element So Far Urban Fantasy has permeated my life lately,...

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Book Review – Ash

Disclaimer: As with all my reviews there is the possibility of spoilers, though I do try my hardest not to include them when I can. (I Love this Cover) Ashes to Ashes and Fables to Novels Like many...

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Book Review – Huntress

Disclaimer: As with all my reviews there is the possibility of spoilers, though I work my hardest to avoid them when I can. When is a Faerie Tale Not a Faerie Tale? As I mentioned in my review of Ash,...

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The Magic I Once Possessed

I’d ask you,  but some part of me thinks you wouldn’t understand. Or worse, I’d run the risk of never hearing your voice again. And so… I’m a coward like that. I’ve never been one to overcome inertia,...

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Diverse Book Reviews and Imps

So not only has it been a while since I last posted something (which I do have some more book reviews coming they are just half done like everything else in my drafts). And since I never actually...

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Exciting New Fairy Tale Stuff

Well! Exciting new stuff on the way! Not only do I have my ‘Magic in Writing’ series coming back tomorrow but I am finally cleaning out my draft list of half-written posts, finishing up some new book...

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