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The world needs people who’ve come alive!

Before I begin. Watch this trailer: Are we feeling the gravity of the world that we are a part of? I’m not talking about this universe (or multiverse, according to the geek Bree that I am), I am talking about the publishing industry. The literary world. Are we understanding the GRAVITY of this beautiful world … Continue reading »

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February Hot Blogger (a bit unorthodox) Kate Grace AND Bree Ogden

Kate= Purple, Bree= Blue Let’s get this started…this is some intense stuff we are talking about today… Don’t Fear the Reaper… or Commitment. (Visit Kate’s site at http://www.abitofgrace.com, and watch the trailer for Burden of the Soul here.) I stepped off the backline and took the seat next to my improv comedy teammate, mirroring the small, … Continue reading »

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Be the Evel Knievel of Writing

Let’s talk about risk taking. For a long while now I have been soliciting a Dexter-type YA manuscript, something risky, something daring. Well. I missed that boat. And that boat is called Barry Lyga’s I HUNT KILLERS, “a dark thriller pitched as Dexter meets The Silence of the Lambs for teens, about a teen boy who … Continue reading »