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Wednesday Words: Crash and Burn All Over Again

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Silver James

When I discovered this week’s #1lineWed prompt, I was really tempted to pull something from one of my books. CRASH AND BURN is a good one but then I realized that I had the theme in my current WIP, NIGHT … Continue reading →

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Monday Summer in the City

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Silver James

It’s hot. And humid. And hot. Not sure why this is a thing. It’s mid-July in Oklahoma. I might believe in climate change if it were say…60 degrees at 6 a.m. instead of 80. Ah, the dog days of summer. … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Action

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Silver James

Some time ago, back before this whole social distancing thing, I was somewhere. It’s been so long I don’t really remember but let’s say, for the story’s sake, that I was at a cocktail party. People in sparkly clothes–okay, women … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: It’s Not the Heat…

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Silver James

The heat dome is hovering and the dew point is in the high 70s. So’s the humidty percentage. Welcome to the good ol’ summertime. I’d roll my eyes but I’m afraid to get sweat in them. Oh, who am I … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Fireworks

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Silver James

Skyrockets and firecrackers and sparklers, oh my! A fitting theme for #1lineWed and gollygeewilligers, I actually had two snippets to choose from. One, from Jen and Wiz’s story is way to close to being a spoiler so I pulled this … Continue reading →

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Sizzling Monday

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Silver James

Some people had a 3-day weekend. Due to the 4th of July landing on a Saturday, they got Friday off. Mostly government workers. Who are all still mostly working from home anyway. Don’t get me started on the bureaucracy. 🤬 … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Exercise

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Silver James

Wow. Today’s message from the Big U could be taken so many ways, given the world right now. I’m seriously looking for a personal avatar icon depicting my head exploding because that’s sort of my natural state at the moment. … Continue reading →

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Is Monday Over Yet?

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Silver James

Forget just Monday. Are we done with this year yet? I’m ready for a do-over. Too bad we can’t do a Mulligan like in golf. Ah well. Welpers, there was a weekend. Stuff happened. There was also a last week. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Gangland

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Silver James

While I don’t spend much time on Twitter, I do check to see if the #1lineWed theme is one I want to incorporate in my Wednesday snippet. If it’s interesting, I search my WIPs. If it shows up and I … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Appearances

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Silver James

Whenever I do a “talk” with readers, one consistent question that comes up is about creating characters. Where do I get my characters? How do I develop their personalities, backstories, arc, etc.? When this message from the Universe hit my … Continue reading →

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