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Excerpt #4 – YA horror Story – Clickety Click…

The following week, Alice asked hundreds of questions and tested out her claws and strong legs. Her eyes did not change to gold like her aunt's but her night vision was clearer than a humans. She did not have super strength like her uncle although she could snap thick...

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Excerpt #3 – YA horror story – Clickety Click…

Bernadette dragged Alice towards the Ferris wheel. Alice looked up and worried at being so high. She stopped and jarred her friends arm. "Oh, come on Alice its fun. You can see the whole valley from up there." Reluctantly Alice began walking again and gripped...

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Strawberry Creek Writing Exercises – May 2015

Some of you may know I spent this long weekend at the stupendous Strawberry Creek Lodge with a bevy of inspiring, funny and wonderful writers. I took a prompt exercise for us to consider during our stay. The prompt asked for everyone to chose 3 letters of the...

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Character Building – How Do You Do It..?

Whether you spend time intricately plotting and creating your story line or let the story flow unbidden, one facet of all stories that must be created and created well are its characters. Your protagonist, antagonist and all the supporting characters have a ‘job’ to...

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Guest Post with Andi O’Connor – Character Creation…

Guest Post with Andi O’Connor – Character Creation…

Andi invited me to participate in her blog series, I was happy to accept. https://www.andioconnor.net/blog CHARACTER CREATION: MANDY EVE BARNETT Today for #CharacterCreation Week, please welcome the talented author, Mandy Eve Barnett! Read what she has to say about...

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Book Tagging – Your Turn! 11May

Book Tag Fun I borrowed this from bookishshimmycaster  - have fun with it. #1: Read only trilogies or stand-alones? I read stand alone's mostly and bizarrely that is what I write too. #2: Read only female or male authors? Gender is of no importance when it comes to a...

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Ockleberries to the Rescue- Guest Blog…

I am a guest of Writing Belle today - here is the link. http://www.writingbelle.com/2015/05/mothers-day-special-mandy-eve-barnett.html MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL: Mandy Eve-Barnett and Kathy Lane Mother's Day is right around the corner. What better way to celebrate the...

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