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On being a writer

Friday Sinema – It’s a Cowgirl Thing

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Silver James

This song makes me laugh. And I can see my Red Dirt cowgirls singing along. FOR THE LOVE OF A COWGIRL (RDR#3) is in the hands of my editor–4 days early. I have OKRWA tomorrow, babysitting Stormageddon tomorrow night. In … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Place and Time

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Silver James

Sometimes, publishing is all about luck–about being in the right place at the right time with the right story. Sometimes, publishing is all about hard work–about learning craft and markets and developing that indefinable something that catches fire with editors … Continue reading →

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Wendesday Words – #1lineWed Hooks

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Silver James

I’m back to where I can check in on #1lineWed on Twitter–at least later in the day. Coffee with the CP first up this morning. I’ve missed reading everyone’s one liners. The rules state the lines come from the WIP … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Tidbits – NYC Take 2

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Silver James

More pictures! These are the people pictures! From RWA 2015,k of course. First up, this is the lunch in the awesome little Italian restaurant where Charles, my HQ Desire editor took a bunch of us to lunch. That’s the funny … Continue reading →

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Monday All Over Again

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Silver James

Why does this keep happening?!?!? MONDAY!!!! Okay. Just kidding. Mostly. I finished edits of RDR#3, which has the working title of FOR THE LOVE OF A COWGIRL, at 11:30 Saturday night and it went to my CP and my beta … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: COFFEE

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Silver James

The theme for today’s Kiss of Death #1lineWed on Twitter is COFFEE (or tea). Dang it, dang it, dang it! I want to play to day but I have a minimum of 3K words left on RDR#3. I’ll run a … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Tidbits – NYC

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Silver James

Here. Have some of the pictures I was going to post on Instagram and FB and Twitter. Except I’m a doofus. I forget to do such things. And I’m never sure how to retrieve a photo I’ve taken to post. … Continue reading →

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Monday Recap

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Silver James

I survived RWA. I survived the flights there and back. I didn’t get to as many panels as I would have liked but I got to spend quality time with Jen Apodaca-Lyon, one of my favorite authors and a good … Continue reading →

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Video Friday – Serafina

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Silver James

This is what you get when a company like Disney Hyperion publishes your book. Now I want the movie AND to read it. LOLOL I’ll try to leave one last hurrah Monday morning, but it depends. Be sure to watch … Continue reading →

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OMG! Tomorrow’s Mon–Noooo! Today Is…

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Silver James

I was cruising along thinking today was Sunday. Yeah…no. This is what I looked like about 8:00 last night. I have an excuse, though. Many, in fact! Let me count them. 1. Stormageddon (aka Sprout) got his first haircut this … Continue reading →

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