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About Silver James

I like walks on the wild side and coffee. Lots of coffee. Warning: My Muse runs with scissors. Author of several award-winning series--Moonstruck, Nightriders MC, The Penumbra Papers, and Red Dirt Royalty (Harlequin Desire) & other books! Purveyor of magic, mystery, mayhem and romance. Lots and lots of romance.

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Yes, it’s Wednesday. Again. I sure wish I could figure out where time goes. I mean…there’s 24 hours in a day, right? And considering I only sleep 4-6 hours, that leaves somewhere between 18-20 hours in which to be productive … Continue reading

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Writing Stuff, Nonsense, and Other Stuff

Writing Stuff: Thanks for your patience in my not posting yesterday. Because I was so focused on finishing and then editing, CHRISTMAS MOON is now in the hands of a very capable editing team. Final count came to almost 31K … Continue reading

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The NaNoWriMo From Hell

I’ve mentioned before how competitive I am, right? Well, I am. Not quite obsessively so but…well…pretty darn close if I’d be honest. I was first introduced to the cray-cray that is National Novel Writing Month in 2006. I’d discovered a … Continue reading

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Thursday’s Thoughts – Universal Tough

We’re almost half-way through National Novel Writing Month. I’ve hit a few hiccups but have every intention of getting back on track today. I’m learning to multitask so mornings are for NaNo new words, afternoons are for edits and business. … Continue reading

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A Real-life Coffee Fae

Something really cool happened to me yesterday afternoon. I discovered that an unauthorized withdrawal had been made from my checking account, but it was too late to deal with it. Okay, that wasn’t the cool thing. Bear with me here. … Continue reading

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Veterans’ Day and Weekend Updates

And it’s Monday! Again. I have a day of opportunities and freedoms because men and women offered up a part of themselves in order to serve this country, to ensure that the dreams of the founding fathers did not get … Continue reading

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Universal FAQs

Sometimes, you know the question so you put it out there to the Universe and hope that somewhere along the way, the answer will find you. Not long ago, the Universe agreed with me when I got this in my … Continue reading

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New Week, Old Work

How was everyone’s weekend? My OSU Cowboys won. Crossing fingers they can keep it up but they’ve got a hard schedule coming up. It’ll be a fight. I started reading DEADTOWN by Nancy Holzner, based on B.E.’s recommendation. I’m not … Continue reading

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Coffee and Conversation

I’m visiting with Cara Michaels at her DEFIANTLY LITERATE BLOG today. We’re talking about things that go bump in the night, some of the haunted houses where I’ve lived, and get a little metaphysical. Grab a cup of coffee and … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween! (A day late but…)

…there are zombies. Which is appropriate since this is the first day of NaNoWriMo. FYI, I’ll be late getting around on my social networks for…oh…the next month! Words first. I have a Christmas novella to finish and the second Penumbra … Continue reading

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