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  • When Tessa Met Austin

    Flash Fiction Magic: In Love is here! When Tessa met Austin it was not love at first sight. Two weeks in and she’d finally been scheduled the dinner rush (groan) and placed on the fry baskets (double groan). The intake of orders had slowed for like a second when this…

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  • Leah Novel as a Recipe

    Always keeping the novel simmering on the writer stovetop In my writing community’s slack, we have a channel called “daily accountability” where character/novel prompts are posted. There was one posted the other day to write our novel like a recipe. It was inspired by the fabulous Catie O’Neill, author and…

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  • What I Read // Fall 2024 Edition

    Books I Read during the months of September, October, and November Our fall season consisted of home adventures. [Excuse me while I rifle through my digital memory to jog my brain about what we did this season. Aww Substack has photos. There we go!] Wow! In September I started drafting…

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  • What I Read // Summer 2024 Edition

    I read more than just the three Stephen King book club picks?! Woohoo! Wow, Summer is gone and it is Fall! I can’t believe how fast time goes these days. Well, as much as I would be worried about the lack of a Big Summer Adventure (road trip or travel…

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  • Top Hats & Trolls

    This world of Kai at The DND Ranch is vying to be a much longer story 🙂 When they pulled into the parking lot, Darlene looked them all over one more time. “My guys sure do clean up nicely,” she said, straightening Nathan’s black silk top hat. “Thanks Mom, you…

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  • Denim & Dragons

    This one might be one of my favorites! Maybe one day it’ll turn into something longer. Kai tugged on her jeans and scooped her crumpled hoodie up off the floor. The house was still asleep as she made her way down the hall, down the stairs, and out the front…

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