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Category: Annoyance

Possible New Scam-Beware!

I thought I should loop my readers in on a possible new scam variant that might be on the horizon (because we writers don’t have to deal with enough of these, apparently). Here’s what went down today. Make of it what you will. I got …

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Scam, weirdLeave a Comment on Possible New Scam-Beware!March 20, 2026 By hilary

New Version Of Scam Targeting Authors

Fellow authors/writers out there, just a little heads-up. There’s a new scam going around targeting authors. I’ve gotten about a dozen of these, and they all follow roughly the same format. You will get an email from someone saying they represent some book club or …

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Leave a Comment on New Version Of Scam Targeting AuthorsMarch 7, 2026March 10, 2026 By hilary

How This Paranormal Romance Author Almost Got The Cops Called On Her

Took the kids for ice cream, and the younger one loved the vanilla-caramel-fudge-chocolate chip-cookie dough monstrosity I purchased. My older one stayed sane and got strawberry with sprinkles. Things were fine, and then almost went to hell.  Some twit came in wearing a shirt that …

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Leave a Comment on How This Paranormal Romance Author Almost Got The Cops Called On HerMarch 7, 2026March 10, 2026 By hilary

My Box Of Plant Fossils Grew Legs And Walked

Cataloging my museum is going to nuke my summer. And my wallet. And my sanity.  I guess one perk of having the floors redone in my house is that it has forced me to actually photograph and catalog my fossils. I originally had a hard …

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Leave a Comment on My Box Of Plant Fossils Grew Legs And WalkedMarch 7, 2026March 10, 2026 By hilary

Tchotchkes, Or, How To Lose A Sale In Thirty Seconds

And here’s your moment of irrational annoyance, courtesy of someone who didn’t mean ill by it, but aggravated me anyway. I’m always on the hunt for curio cabinets for my museum. Yes, I already have a bunch, but I particularly need ones that have doors …

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Leave a Comment on Tchotchkes, Or, How To Lose A Sale In Thirty SecondsMarch 6, 2026March 10, 2026 By hilary

I Can’t Afford To Take the Sarah Winchester Approach To Writing.

Migraines suck, for a variety of reasons. Unlike the main character of Amber’s Lure, my migraines are painful. As in, I’d best be locking myself in a dark room for a couple hours and God help you if you disturb me/turn on a light/make noise …

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Leave a Comment on I Can’t Afford To Take the Sarah Winchester Approach To Writing.March 5, 2026April 20, 2026 By hilary

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