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Cards of Passion Romance Series / Fiction

Remarkable Interview: Kaitlin Schmidt On Queernorm Romance As The New Normal

It is so exciting to share my editor with you all. Kaitlin Schmidt and I have worked together for years and we flip our roles often. Here she is talking about herself as an author and her writing. Kaitlin Schmidt, Who Are You as a Writer? I am a queer, neurodivergent writer with a passion for queernorm high fantasy and spicy romantasy. In queernorm worlds, being queer is unremarkable, expected, or even assumed, and that’s the kind of world I wished I lived in, so I guess I’m trying to write a new reality into existence. So many queer stories...

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Cards of Passion Romance Series / Fiction

Snappy Interview: Mischa Eliot Talks Redemption and Love

For those who don’t know, Mischa Eliot is a tech wizard, formatting guru, talented writer, and my best friend. We’ve known each other since late 2016 and have entwined our real lives over the years, sharing family and friends. The Cards of Passion project couldn’t have happened without her. I’ll remember fondly sitting on the porch of the old house during our writing retreat and bringing up the idea. And now it is an actual project. I’m so excited. Let’s hear from Mischa herself. Who are you as a writer?  I feel like a different writer every time I write a new...

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Cards of Passion Romance Series / Fiction

Exclusive Interview: Gabbi Black Reveals Her Unique Edge in Romance

Gabbi Black is my guest today, and I couldn’t be more excited to introduce you to her. She is one of the authors of the Cards of Passion Series. We met through a mutual writing friend, and a year later, we are talking about our work together. It seems surreal because the time has gone by so fast. But let’s get going. So tell us, Gabbi, who are you as a writer? That’s a great question!  I am one author writing under three pennames – each with their own unique story.  As Gabbi Black, I have an interesting journey to...

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FWSG / NonFiction

How I Jumped into Nonfiction: The Fiction Writer’s Sexuality Guide

# 2 in the FWSG Series Where does nonfiction fit into a writing career? I received many tidbits of wisdom, but the one that stuck was that a nonfiction book was like a business card. It is a calling card that highlights your wares. The idea wiggled around in my head, and after Darryl Bollinger’s comments on helping authors write about sex, I started working on mine, with its last title, The Fiction Writer’s Sexuality Guide: Sex—It’s More Than a Scene. Where the Nonfiction Writing Process Began. Early in my writing career, I met Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd....

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FWSG / NonFiction

Boosting Your Writing Energy: The Power of Collaboration and Support

#1 in the FWSG Series I feel a familiar, historic writing energy as the new year begins. Specifically, academic dissertation energy. One’s dissertation is a research piece where you either confirm someone else’s research or bring forward a new idea. You may have found your niche if your work brings something new forward. If you don’t know what it’s like to write a dissertation, it’s hard. The process is complex. Long and drawn out. It follows tedious rules. It goes through committees that approve, suggest, or deny movement forward. It can be so demanding that many of us called it...

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Dr. J.'s News / NonFiction

Writer’s Retreat Triumph: Wins with Passion, Gumption, and Lots of Words

Another writer’s retreat in the books and we made memories. Sometimes it takes a little time for it to gel. I had hoped to post this last week, but I was still processing it. So many rich thoughts. Some many wonderful connections. And so many words. And sitting in the heart of it all was passion and gumption to grasp those words. Food and Drinks of the Writer’s Retreat Writers need nourishment besides coffee, which flowed freely. We ate and drank well. From Mr. J.’s welcome chicken dish to our new favorite resident chef and bartender’s creations, it covered us...

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Dr. J.'s News / NonFiction

The Exuberant Writers Island Retreat Produces a Magic Elixir

A magic elixir is produced when writers get together. It has a texture like cotton candy. A smell like an English garden in spring or caramel over the sea salt. A look like a Monet painting, hazy with all our energy. A taste of tequila aged in oak barrels. A sound like a guitar riff floating through the breeze. These sensations signify the writer magic of this year’s writing retreat. We are all magical ingredients adding to the mix of the retreat. Writer Imagination Creates the Magic Elixir Writer magic is a thing that happens when two or more writers...

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Dr. J.'s News

2021 Another Tough Year Living as a Writing Hermit

Another Covid tough year has passed, and I prevailed. In fact, I kept my head down and churned out a lot of content. I also got new jobs which cause new projects for 2022. I’m so grateful to my fans and followers. You make it all worthwhile. What I missed this year was regular hugs and close, intimate conversations with my friends and family. In between Delta and Omicron, I did visit with my NC author friend, Darryl Bollinger, and hosted the phenomenal Mischa Eliot and Heather Whitaker for a writing retreat. I said Bon Voyage to fellow writer and...

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NonFiction

2020 in the Rearview Mirror

On the last day of the year, let’s see 2020 in the rearview mirror. Five years ago, Marie Rebelle and Wicked Wednesday hosted my guest post, Tested. It marked the launch of my writing career. I had completed an erotic writing course with Rachel Kramer Bussel, who encouraged our class to hone our writing skills by writing erotic memes. I am good at following directions. After that guest blog, in January 2016, I created my website and began blogging my stories. I’m a creature of habit. Each year, I look back to assess and evaluate my progress, productivity, and lessons...

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Dr. J.'s News

Erotic Anthology Book Release: Chemical [se]X 2

I’m excited to share a book release with wonderful writers. This erotic anthology has been a group publishing effort for Oleander, Mischa and myself, a true labor of love. Thank you to Rachel Kramer Bussel for blurbing our cover! I’m pleased to introduce you to Chemical [se]X 2: just one more.  We hope you enjoy our erotic anthology. Taste the attraction. Again. One hundred percent delicious with zero calories, let yourself be tempted by our chocolate-infused delights. These bite-size erotic treats are guaranteed to satisfy even the most discerning tastes. Best friends become more, beauty is tamed by the beast,...

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Blog Tour

Pandora Spocks with Jenny’s Voice

Let me introduce my Wicked Pen colleague, Pandora Spocks and her new release Jenny’s Voice.  Like me, Pandora resides in the sunshine state and we get opportunities to see each other in real life. Besides that, we are redheads together, so I love her new series name, Redheads and Ranchers. But I digress. Let’s hear about Pandora’s new book out on February 12, 2019. Jenny’s Voice is a contemporary erotic romance with a high heat level. What’s The Story About? A traumatized young woman held hostage for years. The rancher who comes to her rescue. The crime boss who will...

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Blog Tour

Isabel James with Truth Untold

The New Year has arrived and with it, Blog Tours for new book releases. I’m excited to share my friend’s new project. Here is Isabel James. I hope you enjoy this introduction and a peek into this suspense novel. Who is Isabel James? Isabel James is a pseudonym for two authors who collaborated to bring their readers tales of emotional and spiritual discovery in The White Pearl Series. Now, they’re spreading their wings to a different genre. One is an Erotica Author who has achieved Bestseller status a few times with her Club Alpha Cove series, Linzi Basset. She writes...

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Dr. J.'s News / NonFiction

Dr. J.’s 2018 Year-in-Review

I started my 2018 year-i- review in Florida, wrote more in North Carolina, created the picture in Georgia and finished it at my desk at home. It’s an example of my life this year, all over the place. It’s important for me to look back at where I have come since December 29, 2015, when I took a deep breath and submitted my first story, “Tested” was a guest post on Wicked Wednesday. Never did I imagine all that would occur in my writing. This reflective journey validates my efforts.   REFLECT AND TAKE STOCK of the year events. I...

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Dr. J's Spotlight / NonFiction

Tamara Lush, Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Vol 4 Contributor

It’s almost time. On December 11, 2018, Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 4 releases. What better way to get jazzed than to meet one of the contributors. May I introduce, Tamara Lush. This writer is someone I know in real life!!! See I am fangirling, too. Tamara was tremendously helpful to me at the beginning of my writing career and I appreciate she took the time to talk with me and answer all my crazy questions. I am thrilled to see her story in this anthology. But let’s see what she has to say about it. How do...

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Dr. J.'s News / NonFiction

Revisiting My Inspirational Summer Vacation

Remember when you were a kid and during the first week back at school you told everyone what you did for summer vacation. That’s how I felt about returning home this summer, but I held onto it for a while, savoring all the goodness I received. For me, this summer’s trip was about location as writer inspiration. While I didn’t plan the trip, imagine my surprise when my partner laid out all the writer places I would experience. Now Fall has begun and since temperature wise it still feels like summer, I decided to revisit the inspirations of my vacation in the...

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Dr. J.'s News / Fiction

The Shortest of Fiction Stories In Twelve Words

There will be a break this week from the Hiking Story Series. I’m preparing for a vacation and well, you all know it’s hard to get every task completed. I’m headed to cooler weather to some locations where creative people worked and I’m looking forward to sitting in their places and brainstorming new writing ideas. An environment has an impact on me and I’m curious to see where this new energy takes me. Until then, I wanted to share a new project with you all. For the month of June, I began to participate in a new daily writing meme called...

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Dr. J.'s News

Dr. J.’s 2017 Year End Review

I write this post sitting at my childhood dining room table. This month has been a bittersweet time for me. I have lost two family members and supported another during an emergency surgery. Writing has not been my number one focus for December, but I wanted to take this time to make an abbreviated update on what I have accomplished this year. REFLECT AND TAKE STOCK. I always stop and remember December 29, 2015. That was the date my first story went out into the world. It is hard to believe that was only two years ago. In May as...

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Dr. J.'s News / NonFiction

Let the Writer’s Retreat Begin

I drove through a forest of dense hardwoods, down a two-rut road to reach my destination on the peninsula’s end. The shimmering lake waters greeted me. I pictured my friends, Heather and Darryl sitting inside the cabin working away. They had arrived two hours before me, and as I drove, I felt their writing energy pulling me along the road. Spending time with friends who no longer are a fifteen-minute drive away is a precious commodity. My heart sang. After a hello break, all heads were down. I opened my computer to begin my writing process. Time is an artificial...

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Dr. J.'s News / NonFiction

Creativity Sat in the Middle of Hurricane Irma

For two years, much of my life has lived in U-Haul boxes. The month before last, I moved into my new house, and I began to unbox. When I evacuated for Matthew last year, I couldn’t see the things that were in all those boxes, plus I had no idea where anything was located. This time as Irma came raging through, my belongings had new places in my home. Many items were out of the boxes, but not all. I stood looking at my possessions attempting to decide what I would carry with me in my Prius. So, what did...