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Sling words for fun & money. SPED teacher. he/him #LGBTQIAally #BlackLivesMatter #fightracism #fightheteronormativity #prochoice #SPED http://thetaylorverse.com http://badgirlsgoodguys.com
"I was deployed to Iraq in 2003, and I’d always wanted to write a story about what would happen if the game of chess came to life, so I did." - Darin Kennedy

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October 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Because a writer is only as good as the next book, I have compiled & am editing the followup to Giddy and Euphoric. It's currently titled My Barbaric Yawp: More Essays on Writing and Reading. Expect a surprise writer for the introduction.

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October 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hey folks! If you're in the Lawrenceville/Gwinnett area this weekend, come by and say hello. Buy a book even!
September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action:
Queer Eye for the Crime Tale

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September 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action: My Dragon*Con schedule!
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August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
You'll be there, right? (Spelled correctly this time.)

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August 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You'll be there, right?
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August 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Just sent a note to the folks who do James Rubel's estate, asking what it would take to obtain permission to write a new adventure featuring his female detective, Eli Donovan, who appeared in only 1 book, 1 of my favorite mystery novels, No Business for a Lady. #amwriting #writingcommunity #hopeful
July 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
In case you don't realize the magnitude of the joy I'm experiencing, I gave myself a goal to write a novel during summer break. I'm a teacher & I get roughly 8 weeks of summer. I have 1 more chapter plus the denouement to go, & I am on target to have all that finished by EOD Wednesday.
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July 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
5k words 2day. That brings the novel to 60k+. 1 chapter to go for the big conclusion. Then 1 denouement chapter. (1 of the cozy tropes I'm keeping.) Should be done by EOD Wed. before I start school on Thurs. That way, I can say I knocked out the novel in two months like I had hoped to. #amwriting
July 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
105 pages of edits entered. Back to writing tomorrow. I've got three days to finish this first draft before school starts.
July 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I did it. I hit 55,000 words on the novel. That's 30,000 words for the week, actually achieving my goal for the private writing retreat. Roughly 12,000 more to go. The final act has begun and our poor heroine finds herself in hot water. But I'm not saying more. That would be "spoilers darling."
July 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
5,000 words today. That brings the total to 53,000. So close to the 65-70k mark I can almost taste it. We're zoom-zooming our way into the final act now. Let's just hope our dear Miss Jordan Baker can keep herself and her friends safe.
July 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Okay, ladies and gents and all shades in between. I have arrived at the 48,000-word mark on the novel, so I'm calling it a night. That's 6000 words for the day, and I feel like they were all good words.

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July 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Mission accomplished. The novel is now at 42,001 words. That means I can go to bed now.

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July 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Okay, folks. Tomorrow I'm sending out chapters 1 and 2 to beta readers. I've got you on the list already if I've already contacted you. Who else wanted to join the beta readers group? Several folks "liked" the previous post but didn't comment about being added, so I wasn't sure.
July 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
3400 words so far today. Want to hit another 3500 tonight. The goal is another 30k by the end of Friday to bring the novel to 55K so I can finish the first draft next week back at home. Aiming for 65-70k words total when done.

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July 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That vacation view.
July 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Well, it's midnight, but I made it. The novel is past the 25k word mark, like I wanted to be by tonight. It's 25,225 to be technical about it. Yay! Go me. Now I need to rest and let my brain relax.
July 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Knocked out 3500 words on the novel today. That brings me to 22,000 words total. I'm going to try to write another 3,000 tonight. I'd really like to close the day at the 25,000 word mark.
July 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Only a little more than 1,000 words today, but my brain isn't wanting to cooperate. May hop back on the computer later tonight to knock out another 2,000. Still, it's progress, and finally Jordan had a day without stumbling across a body.

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July 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
4k words today. Time for the pause button again. That brings the novel to 17k plus words, almost a third of the way done. Two bodies in, and our dear Miss Baker just accepted a new caddy. Let's hope that doesn't come back to hurt her. #wip
July 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Another 3k words today. We'll click the pause button for now.
June 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Coming up in August!
June 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Got the tag on the b extended.
June 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM