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The Love Potion Debacle: A Witchy Romance Short Story

Here's a fun take on Valentine's day, showing that love isn't always as picture-perfect as a greeting card. If you love grumpy-sunshine banter mixed with some magic, I'd love for you to check out this short story! "The Love Potion Debacle" (Best of all, it's a quick and FREE read!)

Author Note: This story was inspired by the wonderfully over-the-top nature of Valentine’s Day—because let’s be honest, love isn’t always as picture-perfect as a greeting card. I wanted to mix a little romance, a little rivalry, and a whole lot of magical mayhem into a lighthearted, cozy fantasy. If you love grumpy-sunshine banter, mischievous familiars, and a dash of enemies-to-lovers tension,…

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Beyond the Circuits: A Sci-Fi Romance Flash Fiction

A short little piece of flash fiction, inspired by a pre-cruise meet-up last night. I hope you enjoy! Can upgrades change who you really are? When two ex-lovers meet again - now more machine than human - they discover what truly lies beyond the circuits

Author Note: This story sparked to life during a fun, pre-adventure get-together with some fellow cruisers. We’d gathered to bond a little before a big trans-Atlantic sailing and the conversation took a turn—everyone started swapping tales of knee replacements, titanium hips, and every kind of bionic upgrade you could imagine! Each scar had its own adventure, each titanium joint a badge of…

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A Funny Love Story: Marrying the Galaxy's Defender

Trying something new: Check out my blog for a little short story that any married couple can relate too, even if your spouse isn't out saving the galaxy. For readers & lovers of: Superhero romance Romantic comedy Cosmic adventures Marriage

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Outlining Inspiration: 2 Books That Transformed My Plotting Process

As an author who loves blending speculative fiction plots with sweet romance, I’m always on the lookout for resources that can help streamline my outlining and story development process. I think I’ve used almost every tool under the sun to make outlining a novel easy, and have found this “24 Chapter Novel Outline” format my favorite, by far, for a more detailed guideline. (Scroll down for a quick…

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Pen to Pixel: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Write a Book - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 has become another nightmare of using Artificial Intelligence to generate a novel! Can I piece a story together from the content produced by AI? Let's see... #writingwithai #amwriting #aiwriting #chatgpt

Here we go again! Let’s write Chapter 3 of Synthetic Sweetheart together, with the help of AI. To recap: Chapter 1 was a mess. Chapter 2 was better because I was more specific with giving AI prompts. So…let’s see how Chapter 3 goes as the story of EVE and David gets more complicated. First, the outline I had of chapter 3 was a little generic, so I’m asking the AI to add more details. My…

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Pen to Pixel: Writing with AI - A Streamlined Chapter 2

Writing chapter 1 of a Novel with AI turned out to be a mess. Can we improve the process for chapter 2 of "Synthetic Sweetheart"? #amwriting #writingwithai

In my last blog post, we wrote Chapter 1 of “Synthetic Sweetheart” using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and oh man, I had a mess. How naïve I had been! I thought I’d just input some prompts, hit enter, and whola! Chapter 1 of a novel, completely generated by AI. Writing this book using AI technology is presenting some unique challenges. In this post, we’ll write chapter 2 while…

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Pen to Pixel: Writing a Novel with Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Chapter 1

I'm using Artificial Intelligence to write the entire first chapter of a novel. Is AI capable of such a task? Or is it better left to the writer's intuition and imagination create the story? #amwriting #writingwithai #aitechnology #chaptgpt

Oh boy! Here we go. We’ve covered a range of topics in our journey exploring the writing process with Artificial Intelligence. In this post, we’ll examine using AI technology for writing the first chapter of a novel. Writing the first chapter is a significant step in the process of creating a novel, and AI technology can provide options and suggestions to aid in this task. From generating…

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Pen to Pixel: Character Development the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Way

A book is nothing without memorable characters. As I use Artificial Intelligence to write a novel, can the technology come up with characters you want to read about? Let's find out. #indieauthor #characterdevelopment #amwriting

Do you love plot-based or character-driven stories? Sure, one could argue that both are important for a well-crafted tale, but characters bring the story to life. In the previous posts in this blog series, we’ve covered the process of generating novel ideas and outlining with AI technology. It’s now time to breathe life into those ideas by introducing memorable and well-rounded characters. In…

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Pen to Pixel: Outlining a Novel with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Is AI up for the challenge of creating an outline for an ENTIRE novel? And will it actually be good? Let's find out. #indiepublishing #writingwithai #aitechnology #amwriting

Welcome back to my journey of using AI technology to write a novel! In my previous posts, we’ve explored the using AI to generate book ideas. Now, it’s time to take the next step in our journey and create a full outline for a novel. Typically, I spend days creating a novel outline, and it’s not even that in-depth. Coming up with characters, plot points, twists, and a satisfying ending makes my…

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Pen to Pixel: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Generate Book Ideas

How many well-formed novel ideas can AI generate in 15 minutes? Follow along on this multi-part blog series to find out. #amwriting #artificialintelligence #chatgpt #indieauthor

Welcome back to the exciting world of AI-assisted novel writing! In my last blog post, I introduced the concept of writing a novel using the new Artificial Intelligence technology. Today, we’re diving deeper into the world of AI and exploring how it can be used to generate book ideas. With AI technology, coming up with a book idea has never been easier. Just input a few keywords, and voila!…

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Pen to Pixel: Writing a Novel with Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Can I use AI technology to write the next great American novel? Follow along on this multi-part blog series to find out. #AIwriting #NovelWriting #CreativeWriting #Technology #WritersBlock

Ladies and Gentlemen, gather ’round and prepare to have your minds blown. I am on a mission to write the next great American novel, but with a twist – I’m going to do it with the help of AI technology! Now, I know what you’re thinking. “But, isn’t that cheating?” And to that, I say, “Pish posh!” This is the 21st century, folks. We’ve got robots doing our vacuuming, self-driving cars, and even…

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Kindle Vella: A Mysterious New Reading Platform

Have you accidentally bumped into a Kindle Vella story and had no idea what the heck you were looking at? Look no further, dear bookworm! I have answers about this mysterious new reading platform. #kindlevella #serializedfiction #indiepublishing

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Are You Struggling to Finish A Book? Here's my Secret.

Me: Struggling to get through long, dense books and losing interest halfway through Them: Have you tried reading and/or writing shorter books? Maybe you'll enjoy the efficiency and pacing of a smaller story.

The tile of this post sums up my life for the past two and a half years. Ever since COVID hit, I just can’t get back into the swing of things. I think I caught attention-deficit disorder (ADD.) Is that possible? Maybe I had it all along and never realized. Anyway, I discovered a tip on how to get back into READING (and WRITING) that’s working great for me and I wanted to share. Ready for…

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What is Imposter Syndrome? (And 5 Ways to Overcome it.)

Me: "I can't possibly be a real author. I'm just a fraud pretending to know what I'm doing." Here's a little insight on what's been going through my head over the past few years. #Writerslife #authors #writers

Hey there! <Crickets Chirping> Are you still out there? <More Crickets> Seriously, I’m here…and I’m ready to write. After two years of not writing anything more complicated than an email, I’m back at the computer, writing a little bit every day. I’ll be finishing a story this month and I’ll share those details with you soon. In the mean time, I wanted to chat about Imposter Syndrome. It was…

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Um...Yeah. I've been MIA

I'm embarrassed about how long it took me to write an update on my life. Thanks for being patient!

Hello Friends! I know. I know. I’ve been missing in action for the past year…or more. It wasn’t intentional that I ignored you. Honestly, I’ve been hesitant to post anything on any social media, and I’m not quite sure why. Maybe it’s because I don’t know what to say. Or maybe it’s because I was waiting until I had good news about a new book to share with you. But, I don’t have a new book. I…

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FREE Book Alerts

I’m trying to GROW my audience and am trying something new. For the next two months (now through 3/31/21) I’m offering two of my full-length novels for FREE through Book Funnel. If you haven’t read these two stories, I’m hoping that you download them and take a look. “Dragons are a Girl’s Best Friend” is Free through Book Funnel or 99 cents through Amazon/Kobo/Nook/Apple/Google. FREE Link:…

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Can Money Buy You Love?

Can Money Buy You Love?

That question wasn’t on my mind when I wrote the “Dream Droids” series, but rather, I explored the question, “What does it mean to be human?” Sure, having a humanoid companion made for you is a little extreme, but in the society we currently live in, I’m not so sure anymore. 🙂

First, the links…then scroll down for a bit more about this set.

AMAZON US: https://amzn.to/35v3LoL(Note, this link…