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Ren’s Retirement Omnibus

I’m not writing contemporary romance anymore, but I needed to do a trial run of some processes to work out the kinks before the fantasy romance is ready to go, so it seemed like a good occasion to make a bundle of the three contemporaries I self-published as Ren Benton. Thus, I bring you the […]

Covers Refreshed

I’ve wanted a brighter cover for 10KH since about five minutes after publication. While I was changing that, I made some minor tweaks to WCAD to make the text less flat and help with brand consistency. Someday maybe I’ll upgrade to mantitty, but I have a really hard time finding stock photos of men that

Cover Refresh

I’ve been designing more covers lately than writing, during which I stumbled across a shinier piece of stock art I could use for WCAD. The ebook is working through the system as I post. Paperback refresh coming soon.

WCAD Walkthrough: Final Thoughts

Subjects touched upon herein: babies, exes, disappointment, learning experiences, and the interdimensional hell portal that is life. No spoiler alert because no spoilers.

WCAD Walkthrough: Chapters 23 through 27

I’m going to do this whole sequence in one shot, since most of the chapters in it are short. Subjects touched upon herein: clone wars, sorcery, lemon nipples, damn dirty apes, echoes, foreshadowing, and stage-2 gardening. “HERE THERE BE SPOILERS!” SIGN LOST IN BLOG MIGRATION!

WCAD Walkthrough: Chapters 21 & 22

This might actually be brief. Structurally, nothing fancy happens in the middle of the middle, and I prematurely covered some of the content that otherwise would have gone here. Subjects touched upon herein: boys are can be jerks, foreshadowing, stage-2 gardening, and last-minute inflation. “HERE THERE BE SPOILERS” SIGN LOST IN BLOG MIGRATION!

WCAD Walkthrough: Chapters 19 & 20

Subjects touched upon herein: the talking heads, this is 0.000035% less a cursing book, professional jargon, look at somebody being all well-adjusted (in one regard), fatal flaws, foreshadowing, and stage-2 gardening. “HERE THERE BE SPOILERS” SIGN LOST IN BLOG MIGRATION!

WCAD Walkthrough: Chapters 17 & 18

Subjects touched upon herein: Act II, point of view, bare naked old ladies covered in tomato sauce, professional jargon, echoes, foreshadowing, and stage-2 gardening. “HERE THERE BE SPOILERS” SIGN LOST IN BLOG MIGRATION!

WCAD Walkthrough: Chapters 15 & 16

You came back for more? I’ll be gentle this time, since your eyes are probably still sore from all the abuse last week. (It was only yesterday for me, so mine are still chafed, too.) Subjects touched upon herein: story origins, structure, foreshadowing, and stage-2 gardening. “HERE THERE BE SPOILERS” SIGN LOST IN BLOG MIGRATION!

WCAD Walkthrough: Chapters 12 & 13 & 14

Chapter 12 divorced 11, and 13 and 14 don’t want to be separated because they’re fornicating, so you get a triple shot this week. Brace yourself; it’s going to be a wordy one. Subjects touched upon herein: character arc, something in my eye, an overblown construction metaphor, flames on the side of my face, echoes, foreshadowing,

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