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Newsletter and New Short Story
First things first: Look at that stunning cover. Isn’t it gorgeous? It was created by artist Cassandra Stevens, and I just adore it. What’s up with this new short story? This is an exclusive gift I...
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Third Annual Epic Sale of Beloved SFF
It’s here! Once again, Glamours and Gunshots is featuring in the Epic Sale of Beloved SFF. (SFF, here, stands for Science Fiction and Fantasy). Running from September 10-14, all the sale books are...
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Looking Back … Magic Most Deadly
With Death by Disguise releasing in less than a week (November 8! Pre-order your copy here!), I thought it would be fun to do a bit of a retrospect on the previous books in the series. I’m starting...
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Looking Back … Magic and Mayhem
Purchase Magic & Mayhem here After publishing Magic Most Deadly, I struggled considerably with writing the sequel. I struggled so much, in fact, that I ended up writing an entirely different book,...
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Christmas Eve Book Flood Shopping
https://books2read.com/u/4D6jae I suspect many people by now have heard of “Jolabokaflod,” or “Christmas Book Flood.” It’s the Icelandic tradition of giving books on Christmas Eve and spending the...
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Death by Disguise 2023 Maine Literary Awards Finalist
I’m so pleased to be able to announce that DEATH BY DISGUISE has been chosen as a finalist for the 2023 Maine Literary Awards! https://www.mainewriters.org/events/2023-finalists The Maine Literary...
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Death by Disguise, MLA Winner
I am honored and delighted to be able to share that Death by Disguise won the 2023 Maine Literary Award for Speculative Fiction. I was not expecting that at all! I was honored enough to be named as a...
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Praise for Death by Disguise
I wanted to share some quotes from the jurors who read Death by Disguise for the Maine Literary Awards. “Bates delivers an absolutely worthy read that blends its dual genres of fantasy and cozy mystery...
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Magic Most Deadly Redux
Ten years ago this September, I published my first novel. It was a pretty good debut novel! But … it suffered from quite a lot of the issues that can plague first-time novelists. Such as trying to...
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Read-Alike Books to Whitney and Davies
Here is a fun challenge for fans of the Whitney & Davies series! If you’ve read any of the books in this series, what other reasonably current books/series would you say have a similar feel? So...
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