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Dragon's Mark -8- by Shauna Rousseau

DRAGON'S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

Edited by Angela Rasch

*****

CHAPTER EIGHT

I lay in the ...

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Big Rock Candy Mountain Detour -3- Daddy Stops for Root Beer

Big Rock Candy Mountain Detour

The radio played that song, "Big Rock Candy Mountain," all summer long in two or three different versions. Burl Ives sang it on the pop station...

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Dragon's Mark -7- by Shauna Rousseau

DRAGON'S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

Edited by Angela Rasch

*****

CHAPTER SEVEN

"Okay, so we ...

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Big Rock Candy Mountain Detour -2-

Buttermilk Beer

Springtime in Wenatchee is cool and pleasant. Momma and Daddy got jobs at the hop orchard where Billy, Gladys, Charlie and Velma already worked. Daddy dug pos...

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Big Rock Candy Mountain Detour -1- Stealing Cigars

The song, "Big Rock Candy Mountain" may have saved my Aunt Opal's life back in 1951. It happened like this.

My parents and I left Senath, Missouri looking for steadier work than my dad could ...

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Night Has a Thousand Tales - Cover Candidate

"She's been haunting my dreams, insisting that I tell one of her stories..."

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Dragon's Mark -6- by Shaunna Rousseau

DRAGON'S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

Edited by Angela Rasch

*****

CHAPTER SIX

I sit in our us...

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Romance and Other Battlefields by Maryanne Peters - Cover candidate

The book should be up on Kindle in the next few days, sixteen tales of transgender romance in time of war. :)

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Dragon's Mark -5- by Shauna J. Rousseau

DRAGON’S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

Edited by Angela Rasch

*****

CHAPTER FIVE

I look into ...

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Sixteen the Hard Way -3- Park

“Is Mom at home?” Donna asked, taking turns with Rod ruffling Oscar’s ears.

I nodded.

“You guys going to the park?” she asked, looking at Rod, not me.

“Yeah, I guess,...

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Pete's Vagina -8- Pep Rally

I got through the evening somehow, but it wasn’t easy. My parents and sisters had to be told everything about Jake’s injury and more than once. But I didn’t spill anything about what had happ...

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Dragon's Mark -4- by Shauna J. Rousseau

DRAGON’S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

Edited by Angela Rasch

*****

CHAPTER FOUR

“Alex!...

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Special FX -19- Glue

Mr. Todd Harrelson, the assistant director who seemed to be in charge of today's shooting, had me standing on a mark on the street while cameras, lighting and props were readied. The cape that went...

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Dragon's Mark -3- by Shauna J. Rousseau

DRAGON’S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

*****

CHAPTER THREE

I’ve never had the slightest interest in a rela...

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Escape from Nowhere Isle - Or Why I Never Get Any Writing Done

So, I sat down today with almost a whole day free and clear of major tasks. Perfect for getting some writing done. 

But first I had to deal with one of those pesky muses who was clamorin...

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Dragon's Mark -2- by Shauna Rousseau

DRAGON’S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

*****

CHAPTER TWO

“Who is this we’re going to see, Momma?” Sara...

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Masks 16 - In the THICK of Battle with The Narrow Man by Rodford Edmiston

This is the cover art done by Rasufelle/Melanie Ezell for the next Masks book, out later this week. The story appeared on BC as Masks 16 - The Outside Man and will still be up for another few days....

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Maryanne's Latest on Kindle Very Soon

I did the cover last week and just noticed I hadn't posted it here. The book has been posted to Kindle but it takes sometimes a day before it appears. This is a good one, but then Maryanne is no sl...

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Dragon's Mark -1- by Shauna J. Rousseau

DRAGON’S MARK

Shauna J. Rousseau

*****

PROLOGUE

She’leth lets out an exasperated sigh a...

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Road to Khemenu by Melanie Brown - cover preview

Melanie's next book from DopplerPress.

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Sixteen the Hard Way -2- Mall

There's a salad bar place in the mall, and that's where we ended up. They had a bacon, cheese, and potato soup that I liked, plus a plate of greens and crusty bread made a good lunch.

"Your a...

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Dragon's Mark by Shauna J Rousseau - cover candidate

Just a teaser for Shauna's new serial that will be starting here soon. :)

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Queer -3- Corndogs

I stopped at Tommy’s house on the way home to lend him a bit of moral support in case Mrs. Nakamura began one of her lectures. She turned out to be in a good and expansive mood, though, and ended...

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Pete's Vagina -7- Punted

Turned out Jake had only bruised his hand, not broken or sprained anything, but it was a nasty bruise. Whether he would be able to quarterback next Friday depended on how fast he healed.

Coac...

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Alternate Cover for Romance and Other Crimes

I did two covers and I liked this one because of the emphasis on the word Crimes, but...I couldn't seem to find a way  to balance the typography to my liking, so I went with the other one.

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Special FX -18- Wardrobe

Unless you’re a musician or a rodeo rider, if you want to make your living as a performer in America, you need to live near either Hollywood or Broadway. Of course, those names are just shorthand...

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Sixteen The Hard Way -1- Jonny (1st person reboot)

"This is not happening to me," I told myself again, staring at my reflection in the full-length bathroom mirror. "I am not growing tits!" I didn’t say it out loud though because someone might hea...

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Bow-Legged Girls by Melanie Ezell

Bow-Legged Girls

Melanie E.


I laughed as my pappy picked me up and helped me to stand on the old farm gate that made up one of the panels of the cob...

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Sixteen, fifty years later, and other tomes of forgotten lore

I started posting a new-old story today. It's "Sixteen the Hard Way" and it is based on Wanda Cunningham's outline of her first novel written during her lunch hours, longhand, whil...

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Sixteen the Hard Way -1- Jonny

"This is not happening to me," Jon told himself again, staring at his reflection in the full-length bathroom mirror. "I am not growing tits!" He didn’t say it out loud though because someone migh...

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