Category Archives: Writing

Happy Anniversary to Me!

I almost forgot, and thank goodness it’s still the 6th everywhere west of me. At least as far as Hawaii.  Anniversary?! Yup. I started blogging 11 years ago today! And A Fine Mess and Reluctant Guardian were released July 7, … Continue reading

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Good Evening, Weko Harbor!

It’s time for another Monroe Minute with yours truly, Joss Monroe! Hoping all of my fellow Weko Harborans had a great day. It’s about to get better with these fantabulous tidbits from Mayor Adams and a couple of our local … Continue reading

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Ever Have One of Those Nights?

The kind when you wonder where you’d be today if you’d turned right instead of left? Or not said yes when you should have said no? Or said yes – and you didn’t? Yeah. I’m in a mood tonight. And … Continue reading

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Pure Michigan – It’s Where My Characters Live

Most of them anyway… One of the perks of being a ‘Michigander’ is that you basically live in a mitten. At least the trolls do. ‘Trolls’ are what the folks in our Upper Peninsula (aka, the U.P.) call anyone residing … Continue reading

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Color Me Surprised! (and FREE Books!)

One of my goals this quarter is to put my nose back to the grindstone – for both writing, editing, and …. yuck! … marketing. In a word, I stink at marketing, so I’m trying to learn more about it, and … Continue reading

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A Change of Plans

At one point this month, I thought I’d write about all the ‘anniversaries’ from February 2020. That just smacked of beating a dead horse though. Then I thought, I still need to come up with something interesting, because I can’t … Continue reading

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New Years & New Beginnings

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays, including a safe and happy New Year’s. My favorite part will always be spending time with loved ones I don’t get to see as often as I’d like to. … Continue reading

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Sprained Knees, Recipes, & More of These

Sprained knees? Yup. In early October, I did a couple of stupid things and … boom! A sprained knee. Long story short on that, I continued to do some not very bright things – like not using crutches (since the … Continue reading

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3 AWOL Reasons, Newsletter News, & the Prequel is Done!

Sigh… I was doing so much better at getting regular blog posts up for a few months, and then… Well, here come the excuses. I could milk it for more, but am limiting it to three. A couple of sad … Continue reading

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96 Pages

I am a world class procrastinator. About a lot of things, actually. But when it comes to writing, character profiles will always land near the top of the list. They’re actually the hardest part of writing a book. Why? Because … Continue reading

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