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If you are looking for the place where Edwina Darke’s thought spill forth like an unexpected geyser from a crack in the earth, then you are in the right place. Please examine your sanity and your life choices.

Last Thoughts for January

Last Thoughts for January

I’m getting ready to hit the road with my sister next week. We’re off to nose around all the pretty, sparkly, shiny things at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. It’s a work trip for my sister, who is a very talented jewelry designer. I’m along for the ride because I’m...

How Bridgerton Season Three Failed

How Bridgerton Season Three Failed

Dearest gentle reader, Generally this author tries to only share mostly positive and generous thoughts… *clears throat and loses the Julie Andrews impression*…but that’s not what is happening here today. Today, you are getting a grade-A, long-form-essay-style rant....

Escape Room Shenanigans

Escape Room Shenanigans

Do you like playing games? I love them. Cards, darts, hacky sack, board games, online RPG, mobile puzzle games… If it’s designed to entertain ages 5 and over, I’m pretty much a sucker for it.  So escape rooms? They are very much my jam. And the one I played this...

Book Launch Week!

Book Launch Week!

The Not-So-Ugly Stepsister Gets Her Guy went live this week and it's been such an exciting time. I've uploaded file until my brain went numb and scrambled about updating websites and social media and now I'm ready to collapse into an exhausted puddle, turn on an...

The Lost Months

The Lost Months

Okay, so it's been a minute since I made a blog post. Or more accurately, it's been a couple of months. I've been gearing up to launch the first three books in my new romance series and it just kind of... ate my life. I felt seriously burned out towards the end of...

Writing Round Up – Feb 5, 2021

Writing Round Up – Feb 5, 2021

The first week of February has been a surprisingly good week of project progress. My writing partner and I upped our daily word goals for this month from 1,700 words per writing day to 1,800 words. And 100 words may not sound like a big difference - but it is! It's...