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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
      • 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
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      • Mystery Manor
      • Personal Assistant Felix
      • Protectors
      • Quinn O’Grady
      • Sir Sampson
      • Stumblers
      • Tea Shop Time
      • Twenty-Four Hours
      • Vampire – Seasonal
        • Winter – Santa’s a vampire
      • Vampire Therapist
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      • Warnings Granny Never Gave
      • What’s an editor to do
  • Romantic Heart
    • Iris’ Romance Notes
  • Romantic Heart WIPs
    • Longer Works – Romance
      • Iris
        • Midnight Find – reworking (Iris)
        • Tina & Patrick x 2 (Iris)
        • Charlie & Charlie (Iris)
        • Mick & Maggie (Iris)
      • Violet
        • Interference…Ian & ? (Violet)
      • Hazel
      • Myrtle
      • Oliver
    • Short Works – Romance
      • Iris (Shorts)
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      • Hazel Shorts
      • Myrtle Shorts
      • Oliver Shorts
  • Heat with Humour
  • Heat with Humour WIPs
    • Longer Works – Heat
      • A Year in the Life Of…
        • Connie and Boris
        • Cassie
        • Patrice
    • Short Works – Heat
      • Shorts
      • Self Worship
      • Experiment/Creating Love
  • Life Becomes Understanding
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  • Reviewed Authors A-F
    • A
      • Collection – Absent Willow Review
      • Jack Adler
      • Tomi Akinyanmi
      • Jeanne Allen
      • Preston L. Allen
      • Anastasia Amor
      • Bonnie M. Anderson
      • E.J. Anderson
      • Donna Andrews
      • Mary Andrews
      • Farhan Ansari
      • Robert Appleton
      • Alastair J. Archbald
      • 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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      • Teel James Glenn
      • Mark Allan Gunnells
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      • Megan Kelley Hall
      • Amanda Headlee
      • Anne Rothman-Hicks and Ken Hicks
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      • Leonard Jacobson
      • Dave Jeffery
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      • Ruth Karas
      • Brian Kavanagh
      • Todd Keisling
      • Kristen Kelly
    • L
      • Tess Lake
      • Penny Lockwood
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    • M
      • Matthew Mercier
      • Verna McKinnon
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      • A.J. O’Connell
    • P
      • Thea Phipps
      • David Putnam
    • Q
    • R
      • Dr. Bob Rich
    • S
      • Lea Schizas
      • R.A. Scott
      • Falcon’s Bend – Spindler and Wiesner
      • Dave Stanton
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      • Christine Verstraete
    • W
      • Don Westenhaver
      • Bradford Wheler
      • Falcon’s Bend – Wiesner and Spindler
      • Eric Wilder
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Youth & YA: Dating yourself

August 22, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

Or….do your references match your readers’ I need to put a disclaimer here, my co-worker basically had a brain-burp; however,…

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Posted in: Youth & YA Filed under: child teen ya, chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, writer, writing

Character Secrets: Boris

August 19, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

Don’t tell Connie or I’ll be in, well, you know what… . . . . . . …I have turned…

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Posted in: Character Secrets Filed under: Character Secrets, chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Heat with Humour, Theadora Mitchell, writing

Challenges: To Be Continued

August 18, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

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Posted in: Challenges, General - Romantic Heart Filed under: Challenges, chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Melody Hew, romantic heart

Editor Eyes: An…tic…i…pa…

August 17, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

…tion Not always a good thing. I have two words I cringe when I see them…but, pop/popping/popped. Did these writers…

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Posted in: Editor Filed under: chrischat, ChrisChatReviews, Christine Steeves Speakman, Editor Eyes, Reviewer

Quote: Lao Tzu

August 16, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

Life is about change, growing, discovering, finding your questions and the multitude of answers there will always be. . .…

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Posted in: Reflections/Quotes Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, LifeBecomesUnderstanding, quotes

Poet: I am

August 15, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

I’m more comfortable calling myself a writer than a poet, but poetry and prose has always been my first love.…

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Posted in: Poet Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Poet, writer

What’s in a line: December

August 12, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

. From the first short story that started this journey… . . . . . . . . . .…

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Posted in: Connie and Boris, What's in a line Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Heat with Humour, Theadora Mitchell, What's in a line, writing

Iris Shares…Hand fans

August 11, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

Hand fans have been around, depending on where you research, 4000 years in Egypt and/or around 670 A.D. in Japan…looks…

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Posted in: Iris Shares Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, Iris Shares, Melody Hew, romance, writer, writing

What Makes It Campy?

August 10, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

That depends on the viewer, doesn’t it? Sometimes the single movie can be fully campy, Sharknado; Tremors; Porky’s; The Blue…

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Posted in: Campy Filed under: Campy Movies, chrischat, ChrisChatReviews, Christine Steeves Speakman, Reviewer

Journal Time – book

August 9, 2022 christinesteevesspeakman

This is a newer book I write in…Meditations. It not only helps me record my meditation time and reasons, but…

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Posted in: Current Life, Journal Time Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, current life, journal time, LifeBecomesUnderstanding

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April 28, 2026

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April 26, 2026

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