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Tag: short story

Doctor Jack & Other Tales is this month’s steampunk book club book!

Posted onAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024Leave a comment

August 19th (ACST): August – 3rd Sunday (US) 4:30 PM Pacific (Seattle/Tucson)/ 3rd Monday (Aust) 9.00am (ACST) I’m on this Read More …

Categoriesbook club, booksTagsbook blog tour, books, Doctor Jack, Events, live event, novella, online event, short story, steampunk, steampunk book, The Adventures of Viola Stewart, trilogy

‘The Case of the Toxic Teacake’ is out now!

Posted onMay 9, 2024May 9, 2024Leave a comment

The Case of the Toxic Teacake is my latest short story, published is in the Sherlock is a Girl’s Name Read More …

Categoriesanthology, booksTagsanthology, Aussie authors, Australian anthology, books, buy book, Clan DeStine Press, direct from author, Events, female Main character, Female MC, Holmesian mystery, short story

Day 1/ Day 2 April Word Count

Posted onApril 6, 2024Leave a comment

April 1st: Day 1 Not much wording accomplished. I started new Discord channel for keeping track of my word count Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsfirst draft, novella, pondering, processes, rewrites, secret project, short story, shut up and write, word dount, writing

Anthology News: It’s official!

Posted onApril 5, 2024April 6, 2024Leave a comment

A while ago, I wrote a short story and submitted it for an anthology – a collection of stories written Read More …

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