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Marie Judson's books:
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Braided Dimensions Series
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Excerpt of first pages available, full book coming out in Spring, 2022
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Midwinter Magic: Free Wintry Fantasy
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Genres: Romance / Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Fantasy, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Urban Fantasy
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This promotion runs through January 31, 2022.
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Fantasy novellas
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Genres: Romance / Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Dystopian, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Urban Fantasy
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This promotion runs through January 19, 2022.
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FREE SCI-FI (Dec 2021)
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Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Science Fiction
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This promotion runs through December 31, 2021.
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Free Steamy Historical Romance DecPreview
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Genres: Romance / Historical and Romance / Time Travel
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This promotion runs through January 08, 2022.
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Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Dystopian, Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Science Fiction, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Time Travel
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This promotion runs through January 15, 2022.
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Strange Tales
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Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Fantasy, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Steampunk
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This promotion runs through January 03, 2022.
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Fantastic Reads
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Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Science Fiction, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Urban Fantasy
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This promotion runs through December 31, 2021.
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From Marie Judson's blog:
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Can someone who doesn't feel emotions strongly be a writer?
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Why do we think writing requires feeling strong emotions? Well, I'm not sure there has to be a lot of strong emotion, per se. But what does emotion do for a story? When a reader isn't let in on a character's feeling life—their reactions to occurrences, their inner dialog—then the character becomes one dimensional, a cardboard cutout. The reader will …
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I love our local library
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Pt. Arena is a quintessential town, a real town with a down town, with historic buildings and a sense of identify. The library only adds to it. The head librarian recognizes me and has made me feel special from the first moment I started frequenting the place. She put my books in the local section and whenever I come in, …
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Does a big ego help or hurt writers?
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This is an interesting question. I can see where people might assume that, to get published, one had to have a big ego. That would mean you trusted the value of your own words—nay, your sense of the value of your words must be intrinsic! When I left a Ph.D. program, I scooted far from it, from San Diego to …
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What are common traps for aspiring writers?
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I'm a little puzzled by the word "aspiring." I guess it indicates that there's a success level a writer might be "aspiring" to, or getting published in itself. For me, since I'm self-published, there's no aspiring about it. I write. But I've heard those struggling to adopt writing into their lives, as an ongoing endeavor, say things like "I feel …
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Does writing energize or exhaust you?
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The last time I became exhausted from writing was working on a dissertation. With my fiction writing? Never. I don't set myself exhausting tasks. I take time between edits. Not too much time, though. I always share my work in small chunks so I get feedback fast, and know I'll see around the next corner soon. Does writing energize me? …
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All is Not
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When I first moved into my place, i fell in love with a burly old acacia tree I discovered hidden behind the ugliest scrap fence you’ve ever seen. I grew up with a huge acacia in my yard and climbed it in stormy weather, swaying and lashing on high limbs. At work recently, I mentioned in passing that my parents, …
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Broken Plates
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I’m thinking the first holiday in a new home is defining, sets patterns, or may bring new insights on the past. When we went to unpack dishes for Thanksgiving dinner this past week, we discovered a tragedy of our move; four of our family’s special dinner plates, from throughout my childhood, and my children's, were broken. The box had sustained two …
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The Cliffs on Thanksgiving
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We had a great walk overlooking the sea before starting in on cooking dinner. So many different scenes and even changing weather. We passed through twisty cyprus woods. Mist rolled in, making rocks in the water ghostly (see below). It was strange walking by Sea Ranch homes, looking in at families on display. I suppose I may have bypassed signs …
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Projects
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People say "the joys of home ownership," with a little groan. I know they mean there's always a new cost. Or couples have arguments about "when are you going to fix...?" right when the partner in question has sat down to relax and binge some Netflix. But on the other hand ... I've never owned a place until now. I …
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Dangerous Shoreline
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When I knew I was moving to the Gualala-Pt. Arena area, I researched the history of the area and came across references to hazardous sea travel along this stretch of sea. Sure enough, my friends who have a sailboat told me they avoid this area. I had pictured them easily visiting me by boat. Commuting along the coast highway, I've …
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