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writer, poet/artist, editor, reader, reviewer
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    • Longer works
      • Justifiable Murder – in under 200 words
      • Keeper of the Shadows
      • Pieces of Jules
      • Prey
      • Phineas Tom
      • Poetry Book 1 – editing
      • Poetry Book 2 – writing
      • Derrick
      • Sherman Dudley; Vampire Accountant
      • Sister Kate/Believe
      • Aunt Tessie
      • Village Headline
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      • Seeing Halos
      • Reporter
      • Mama Tell Me Another
      • Epic Prose Story
    • Short Stories
      • Agoraphobic Mysteries
      • Baby Animal Farm
      • Bairies
      • Comedy of Murders
      • Cruising South, Southward Murders…Directional Murders
      • Dump Surprises
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      • Frederick Stevens
      • Gambler
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      • Hollow, The
      • Jack in the Box
      • Let Sleeping Wolves Lie
      • Meet Me At Midnight
      • Murder Maze
      • Mystery Manor
      • Personal Assistant Felix
      • Protectors
      • Quinn O’Grady
      • Sir Sampson
      • Stumblers
      • Tea Shop Time
      • Twenty-Four Hours
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        • Winter – Santa’s a vampire
      • Vampire Therapist
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      • What’s an editor to do
  • Romantic Heart
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      • Iris
        • Midnight Find – reworking (Iris)
        • Tina & Patrick x 2 (Iris)
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        • Mick & Maggie (Iris)
      • Violet
        • Interference…Ian & ? (Violet)
      • Hazel
      • Myrtle
      • Oliver
    • Short Works – Romance
      • Iris (Shorts)
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      • Hazel Shorts
      • Myrtle Shorts
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  • Heat with Humour
  • Heat with Humour WIPs
    • Longer Works – Heat
      • A Year in the Life Of…
        • Connie and Boris
        • Cassie
        • Patrice
    • Short Works – Heat
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      • Experiment/Creating Love
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    • A
      • Collection – Absent Willow Review
      • Jack Adler
      • Tomi Akinyanmi
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      • Anastasia Amor
      • Bonnie M. Anderson
      • E.J. Anderson
      • Donna Andrews
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      • Farhan Ansari
      • Robert Appleton
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      • J Armin & N Moore
      • James Aquilone, editor
      • Eden Arthur
      • David Artuso
      • Eve Asbury
      • Jude Atkins
      • Lena Austin
    • B
      • Heather Beck
      • JP Behrens
      • Jay Bell
      • Raymond Benson
      • Ken Blaisdell
      • J.S. Breukelaar
    • C
      • Paula Cappa
      • Lorna Collins and Larry K. Collins
      • Bruce Cooke
      • Kevin Craig
      • Adam Croft
      • P.W. Cross
      • Crystal Lake Publishing Collections
    • D
      • C.S. Davidson
      • Mark DeGasperi
      • Aaron Dries
      • Anna del C. Dye
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      • Falcon’s Bend – W & S
      • Robert Fate
      • Barbarella Fokos
      • Patricia Fry
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      • Mark Allan Gunnells
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      • Megan Kelley Hall
      • Amanda Headlee
      • Anne Rothman-Hicks and Ken Hicks
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      • Leonard Jacobson
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      • Ruth Karas
      • Brian Kavanagh
      • Todd Keisling
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      • Tess Lake
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      • Matthew Mercier
      • Verna McKinnon
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      • A.J. O’Connell
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      • David Putnam
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      • R.A. Scott
      • Falcon’s Bend – Spindler and Wiesner
      • Dave Stanton
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      • Christine Verstraete
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      • Don Westenhaver
      • Bradford Wheler
      • Falcon’s Bend – Wiesner and Spindler
      • Eric Wilder
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General: Huh? (to be continued)

March 1, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

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Affirmations and Mantras

February 28, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

It’s taken me some time to believe in this one, even as I’ve drawn, wrote, edited, even tried my hand…

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Youth/YA: Relating to the…

February 27, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

…is it a genre or age group. Hold, need to research that. It’s a – category of fiction writing for…

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Heat Writing Prompt

February 24, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

He never promised her a rose garden. No one knew what flower was in her hair. They’re yellow down south…

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Romance is…Gifting

February 23, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

Traditional It’s Valentine’s month and what’s wrong with the usual Flowers and Chocolates? A candlelight dinner. A bottle of champagne…

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Personal Share: Mickey Spillane

February 22, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

Mike Hammer. There’s so much to say against this character, so much he’s not PC…at all. Bad habits. A time…

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What I learned…listening to birds

February 21, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

Start every day with a song; with music; by letting the world know you’re alive. To stop and listen to…

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Poet:  What is a poem but a song?

February 20, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

One of my high school English teachers had us all pick a song and I think we dissected it like…

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Character Secrets: To Be Continued

February 17, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

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Challenges: To Be Continued

February 16, 2023 christinesteevesspeakman

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Notes from Today

May 4, 2026

  • realizing I write cryptically in order to get thoughts out without giving too much privately
  • Internal energy

May 3, 2026

  • glimmer at the end of darkness

May 2, 2026

  • I want to be determined

May 1, 2026

  • Unsure

April 30, 2026

  • Normalcy
  • spring blues

April 29, 2026

  • believe

April 28, 2026

  • slowly getting energy back
  • cold spring day, dull skies & windy
  • confusion and dismay
  • patience

April 27, 2026

  • a bed day

April 26, 2026

  • Sunny and still feeling sick
  • Headcold, what’s worse, the nose or the itchy eyes?
  • Setting up for a better week

April 25, 2026

  • Full-blown cold…oh yeah
  • Remind me not to push myself
  • Must rest
  • I could be stubborn ;/

April 24, 2026

  • Cold or allergies?

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