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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. The purse ate his hand 2. The cabbage is especially chatty this year 3. Banana’s stuck in a tree again, get the machete to chop him...
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Jun 1, 20151 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. Food attacks when you open fridge door 2. Bugs argue for their rights 3. That girl scout selling cookies looks off somehow Every...
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May 25, 20151 min read
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Writer’s Life Wednesday – How To Beat Writer’s Depression
I’m cranky this week.  No particular reason I can put my finger on, I’ve just been in a general bad mood.  And one of the innocents...
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May 20, 20153 min read
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Excerpt from The Gods Defense
Here’s an excerpt from my book The Gods Defense.  I’m going through one more round of edits to clean and tighten it and then I’m sending...
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May 19, 20153 min read
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Happy Birthday, Blog!
Hey everyone, today is the 1 year birthday of amiecus curiae!  In honor of this blog’s one year mark, I thought I’d revisit some of my...
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May 18, 20152 min read
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Coffee Prompt Monday
1. Gun to your head 2. Why is the mushroom singing 3. Italian itch torture will make you talk Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky prompt...
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May 18, 20151 min read
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Excerpt From One In Infinity, Story I Just Sent Into Tor Magazine
Here’s an excerpt of my short story One In Infinity. I just sent it into a magazine. Fingers crossed 🙂 In it, Rose is telling the...
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May 2, 20154 min read
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Writers Life Wednesday – Building An Author Platform
All of us wannabes want to know how to make it as an author. We want to know how to make ourselves do the work when we’re not motivated...
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Apr 29, 20157 min read
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Trivia Thursday – Contemporary Fantasy Authors
Alright, my legally related posts don’t get a lot of answers and I know I made the last one way too hard.  So here’s some trivia for the...
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Apr 16, 20152 min read
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WritersLife Wednesday – Write Small: 5 ways to make your reader care
This is cut and pasted from here: http://writerswrite.co.za/write-small-five-ways-to-make-your-reader-care  I don’t take credit for it,...
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Apr 8, 20152 min read
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WritersLife Wednesday – Jim Butcher’s Pep Talk From Nano
CampNano starts in one week!!! Head explodes and I suck it up and prep anyway 🙂 Here’s a Pep Talk from one of my favorite authors, a...
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Mar 25, 20153 min read
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Quotes on Writing – Writers’ Inspiration Sunday
Quotes to kick off your week and get you through the dreaded Monday. “When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am...
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Mar 15, 20151 min read
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Friday the 13th Story Excerpt
It’s baaaaaaaaack.  Friday the Thirteenth is here to torment you by stealing your luck all over again, and this time, it’s personal…...
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Mar 13, 20154 min read
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RIP – Throwback Thursday to Terry Pratchett Quotes
This is a post I did about a month ago on the great quotes by one of my favorite quotable writers. Â RIP Sir Terry Pratchett, what you...
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Mar 12, 20151 min read
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WritersLife Wednesday – Veronica Roth Pep Talk From Nano
Hey guys, for the writing tips and tricks today, I’ve dragged up one of my favorite pep talks from Nanowrimo last November.  This doesn’t...
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Mar 11, 20154 min read
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Step one in Dr. Amie’s Plot Fixer Elixir – The Blurb
I gave myself (and you, dear readers!) a challenge here: https://authoramiegibbons.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/first-novels-beginnings-how-t...
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Mar 7, 20153 min read
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LOOKING FOR STORY IDEAS FOR NANO? TAKE YOUR LIFE AND DUMP IT ON THE PAGE
In this post, we’re going to play a game. It’s kind of 20 questions, I never, er… other question games that are fun with drinking. You...
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Mar 5, 20152 min read
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I’M DOING CAMPNANO!
Camp Nano is sort of an extension of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) and it’s done in April and July.  Basically you are doing...
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Mar 3, 20152 min read
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THE ORDER OF THE SPHINX – ORIGINS
This is a section from a short story preceding my ‘The Order Of The Sphinx’ series, where my young witches’ powers first awaken.  When I...
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Mar 2, 20158 min read
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The Dress Is Blue, The Dress Is Blue. The Goddamn Dress Is Blue
Alright guys, it’s the dress that launched a thousand internet debates.  And the question on everybody’s mind? Why the fuck do we care?...
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Feb 27, 20154 min read
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