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writer, poet/artist, editor, reader, reviewer
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      • Justifiable Murder – in under 200 words
      • Keeper of the Shadows
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      • Paula Cappa
      • Lorna Collins and Larry K. Collins
      • Bruce Cooke
      • Kevin Craig
      • Adam Croft
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      • Aaron Dries
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      • Dave Stanton
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Yes, to be a writer one must be crazy…

July 6, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman

…insane even, but not the legal type. Not the need medical help. Let’s not make fun or take likely mental…

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Pandemic Writing

June 30, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman

Basically, I don’t think I could write characters, like some I’m seeing and hearing on the news and online, and…

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The Beginning

June 23, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman

The idea, concept, for this website was to explore and share my life and how I’ve changed. My journey and…

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NEW REVIEW…

June 3, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman

The Doll in the Wall By Thea Phipps Product details Paperback: 344 pages Publisher: Xlibris (October 27, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1441570756 ISBN-13: 978-1441570758 Product…

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Baby Shark (Baby Shark series Book 1) By Robert Fate Product details Paperback Publisher: Capital Crime Press (1800) ASIN: B014ICA8NY Product details…

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NEW REVIEW…..

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Murder…They Wrote (Agape Jones Mysteries Book 1) by Larry K. Collins & Lorna Collins Product details Series: Agapé Jones Mysteries (Book…

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If Teapots Could Talk

June 2, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman

On a wild fluke I pulled out the collection, the family, generational collection of teapots. Wiped them off and set…

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Posted in: Reflections/Quotes, Writing about Living Filed under: chrischat, Christine Steeves Speakman, LifeBecomesUnderstanding

Just one word…

June 1, 2020 christinesteevesspeakman

…can lead you into the world you didn’t realize lived in you. It’s Covid-19 living and I’ve been struggling to…

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Erotica plus

September 6, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Plus the other genres, that is. If a certain slasher can find himself in the future on a spaceship, well,…

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

Why difficult to write

September 5, 2019 christinesteevesspeakman

Probably because the characters need to feel a match. The readers need to want and believe they belong together. When…

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

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