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in Potsdam, NY, The United States

August 12, 1970

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I was born and raised in a tiny town in the wilds of northern New York, a pretty, little college town called Potsdam. I grew up in a family of lawyers and teachers and bucked all the traditions. Before becoming a writer, I spent a lot of years wearing combat boots in the US Army. I spent most of my time in boots working as a Signals Intelligence Analyst (no jokes!) and a linguist. I also worked as a tech writer, an entirely different kind of writing, for Corning Glass Works. Now, I’m an Army wife and a mom to four sons.  Over the years, our Army life has taken us all over the place and I have been lucky enough to work and live in some pretty amazing places.  Now we live in Hawaii, just minutes from the beach!

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	Mad Cruel World by Victoria Ellis (Goodreads Author), Cady Verdiramo, J.R. Rogue (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	25 Days of Christmas by Hanleigh Bradley (Goodreads Author), Janet Mota, Anna Edwards (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unleashed: A Paranormal Romance Anthology by Melissa Bell (Goodreads Author), Samantha Britt (Goodreads Author), Kim Deister (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“In a calm, clear voice, she suggested that the wyrsa in question could do several highly improbable, athletically difficult and possibly biologically impractical things involving its own mother, a few household implements, and a dead fish.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Silver Gryphon

tags: epithet, fantasy, malediction

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“Mom. I have something to tell you. I’m undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I’m here to tell you that undead are just like you and me … well, okay. Possibly more like me than you.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

tags: city-of-ashes, humor, mortal-instruments, simon, vampire

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“Hello, my name is Angel, and I’ll be your zombie today.”
― Diana Rowland

tags: humor, zombie

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“I was just telling Claire about a guy I met in bread class. I hate him, but he could be my soul mate.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

tags: autumn, fall, first-frost, garden-spells, lost-lake, sarah-addison-allen, waverly

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“Was it really that simple? Choosing a life? ...
Maybe you don't fall in love. Maybe you jump.
Maybe, just maybe, it's all a choice.
(Josh Matteson)”
― Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

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