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5 (K), 4 (th of July), 3 (Doors Down), 2, 1…

I barely slept the night before my first 5K…you know how it is. I was up at 3am and 4am, worried that I’d sleep through my 5am alarm — especially since I was in the middle of a writing retreat at Sherrilyn Kenyon’s cabin (which was closer to the race than my house). For all that I had prepared…

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From Pages to Pavement

For those of you keeping up with my new running hobby (heck, *I* can barely keep up with my new running hobby), my essay "From Pages to Pavement" is now live over at Fantasy Magazine. Trace the insanity of how an author’s mind goes from "I can finish a novel!" to "I can run a 5K!" Leave me some…

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My 21 Most Influential Books

My BFF Casey recently tagged me on a Facebook meme, listing her "15 most influential books." I was intrigued. Bands get asked who their influences are all the time. What about authors? Think for a minute…which books were your most influential books? And I don’t just mean ones that you enjoyed, but ones that resonated with you so deeply…

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