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Squirrel!

March 7, 2014

I’ve been busy lately. The writing thing. Again. I finished a Christmas novella that will be out this year. For a change, it includes nothing of my recent Christmas stories (hot sex against a wall, murder, brain damage, ghosts, actors) This one has singing, mistletoe, a little kid, a dog, and a wedding. I am […]

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Damn you, J K Rowling

February 25, 2014

I don’t usually review books, and I try not to snark on other writers. As someone who has both written and been published, I have way too much skin in the game. But sometimes, an opportunity is just too good to pass up. Sometimes, a writer does something so spectacularly wrongheaded that it leaves me […]

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Old Yeller

January 25, 2014

Let me start out by saying, if you like to be scared and aren’t watching Helix, you probably should be. I love Helix. And now, if you are watching , and aren’t caught up, stop reading this until you get caught up, because I am going to spoil the hell out of it. But first, […]

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The Bleak Midwinter

January 23, 2014

So. It’s 2014. And as always, I have been writing. Just finished, or mostly finished, a book. It’s sitting on my editor’s desk, anyway. And I’ve gone on to other things. But as always, after a deadline, I am looking around at the house, and wondering what the hell happened. Nothing it clean and there […]

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A Very Merrill Christmas

December 19, 2013

Once again, the year is turning, and my top resolution will be to reboot the Double Cheese Blog. You’ve all heard that one before, right? Well, this time, I am taking out some insurance. I’ve hired the plucky Rachel, to keep me in line, with firm emails, which may be followed by a stern expression, […]

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