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Christine Steeves Speakman
writer, poet/artist, editor, reader, reviewer
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      • Justifiable Murder – in under 200 words
      • Keeper of the Shadows
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        • Midnight Find – reworking (Iris)
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      • Violet
        • Interference…Ian & ? (Violet)
      • Hazel
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    • Short Works – Romance
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  • Heat with Humour
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      • A Year in the Life Of…
        • Connie and Boris
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    • A
      • Collection – Absent Willow Review
      • Jack Adler
      • Tomi Akinyanmi
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      • Preston L. Allen
      • Anastasia Amor
      • Bonnie M. Anderson
      • E.J. Anderson
      • Donna Andrews
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      • Eden Arthur
      • David Artuso
      • Eve Asbury
      • Jude Atkins
      • Lena Austin
    • B
      • Heather Beck
      • Jay Bell
      • Raymond Benson
      • Ken Blaisdell
      • J.S. Breukelaar
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      • Lorna Collins and Larry K. Collins
      • Bruce Cooke
      • Kevin Craig
      • Adam Croft
      • P.W. Cross
    • D
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      • Aaron Dries
      • Anna del C. Dye
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      • Robert Fate
      • Barbarella Fokos
      • Patricia Fry
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      • Teel James Glenn
      • Mark Allan Gunnells
    • H
      • Megan Kelley Hall
      • Anne Rothman-Hicks and Ken Hicks
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      • Leonard Jacobson
      • Dave Jeffery
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      • Ruth Karas
      • Brian Kavanagh
      • Todd Keisling
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    • L
      • Penny Lockwood
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    • M
      • Verna McKinnon
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      • Lea Schizas
      • Dave Stanton
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      • Christine Verstraete
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      • Don Westenhaver
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Month: May 2022

Quiet or Silent

May 31, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

A couple of my journals ask about my meditation time. What type, how long, my reactions. Most times I don’t…

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Posted in: Current Life Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, current life, LifeBecomesUnderstanding

The blank page…

May 30, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

…it will always be there. It never goes away, which is why you need to make friends with it now.…

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Posted in: General - Chris Writer Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, writer, writing

It’s been repeated…

May 27, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

…your porn name is first pet’s name and street name. Maybe it’s true and maybe it’s bologna, but if your…

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Posted in: General - Heat With Humour Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Heat with Humour, Theadora Mitchell, writing

Listen…

May 26, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

…your story is talking. There’s the quote about listening to hear is better than listening to talk your turn. One…

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Posted in: General - Romantic Heart Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance, writer, writing

Review: The Black Stiletto: Secrets and Lies, Book 4

May 25, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

By Raymond Benson About, From the Black Stiletto Website The Black Stiletto is back in the fourth book of the…

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Posted in: General - ChrisChat Reviews, Reviewing - Mystery Filed under: Black Stiletto, chrischat, ChrisChatReviews, Christine Steeves Speakman, mystery, Raymond Benson, Reviewer

Paying for a review – revisited

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Who makes money reviewing? I guess influencers could be called reviewers? Or are they a non-opinion reviewer? I’ve never been…

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Posted in: General - ChrisChat Reviews Filed under: chrischat, ChrisChatReviews, Christine Steeves Speakman, Reviewer

If it’s not this it’s that…

May 24, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

And from there it will be something else and something else again. Have you heard the saying…humans make plans and…

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Posted in: Current Life, Reflections/Quotes Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, current life, LifeBecomesUnderstanding, Reflections

Writing times

May 23, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

Are certain times more conducive to certain genres? Are certain seasons more fitting for certain genres? Do writing times change…

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Posted in: General - Chris Writer Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, writer, writing

There goes that idea

May 20, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

I had what I thought was a great idea – write about the mystical supposedly fictional position raved about in…

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Posted in: General - Heat With Humour Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Heat with Humour, Theadora Mitchell, writing

My romance goals

May 19, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

Or…taking care of two birds with one whatever…not that this may make sense this week. Instead of rambling notes that…

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Posted in: General - Romantic Heart Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romance, writer, writing

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This is my little corner of the vast internet world. It’s my space, my face to the world, it was created to…to? To, what exactly? What was my intention when I purchased the site’s name, registered it, rent cyber space for it, spend time on it?

I first came to the internet to figure out how to get published and ended up a reviewer, copy editor, editor, blogger, writer, still reviewing.

I don’t know who all sees me and I’ve been asking the question – does it matter if anyone does?

The truth is…it doesn’t. It doesn’t matter if 1 or a billion sees me, or you, I’ll/you’ll always see myself/yourself. What’s that line…wherever you go; there you are. We all carry our own baggage.

There’s no escaping who we are…I don’t want to escape myself. I want to be me and with that, here I am, all of me.

 

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