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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.

Tuesday Treats & Titles: Giant Snickerdoodles

Sometimes, a writer or a reader just needs to kick back with a big cup of coffee (or glass of milk) and a plate of warm cookies. This is Only’s favorite cookie. They come out huge and soft, as long … Continue reading

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The Monday After

What’s wrong with just plain ol’ standard time. Like it is now. It’s natural. It doesn’t discriminate. It’s like when it’s supposed to be light and dark when it’s supposed to be dark. I’m older than dirt. I remember life … Continue reading

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Friday Sinema: Dance Off

I love it when stuff like this happens–whether it’s “live” or “Memorex!” This happened in Knoxville, TN so it must have been a UT Volunteers game. Fun times! Have a great weekend and if you watch college football, may your … Continue reading

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Bounce

Today is the second day of National Novel Writing Month 2023. I first “competed” back in 2006. For those not familiar, the impetus is to write 50K words (mostly equivalent to a novel) during the month of November. Since way … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words: Scary Times

Happy All Saints Day aka All Hallows Day. From which came All Hallows Ever aka…Halloween. Fun fact of the day. Anyway, did everyone survive the ghosties and ghoulies out trick-r-treating? Since it’s now Wedenesday, it’s time for some words. New … Continue reading

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Tuesday Treats & Titles: Kitchen Witch Magic Dough

Happy Halloween! Today you get treats with no tricks. And no hawking of books. Our recipe is for all you kitchen witches and wizards out there. You can create some monster goodies with this bread dough. You can make buns. … Continue reading

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Monday Monsters

Happy Halloween Eve! And Happy Birthday to Only! She almost waited long enough to make her entrance to be our little Halloween Witch. As she won’t be embarrassed, I’ll also say that for years, she thought Halloween was all about … Continue reading

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Friday Sinema: Talk to the Halloween Candy

Halloween is next Tuesday. Just in case you have haven’t grabbed your candy yet, here’s an “insiders” peek at what goes on after the trick-r-treating, a la Matt Mitchell of #ItsASouthernThing. Have a great weekend!

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Words

Thursday snuck up on me. Actually, I knew it was coming but yesterday afternoon, when I normally think about setting up the next day’s blog post, I was elbow deep in a rabbit hole grabbing for the time line. I … Continue reading

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Wednesday Words: What’s Next?

It’s still raining. Yay! There’s something about rainy days that make me want to curl up and write a good book. Or listen to one. 😉 Today’s #ThursdayThreads prompt asks a very serious question. **“So what do I do next?”** … Continue reading

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