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Fantasy Book Review: The High Priestess by Val Tobin

The High Priestess: Persephone’s Return is the third book in Val Tobin’s Tales from the Unmasqued World Series, and in it she deepens and expands the stories from the previous two book. The book has two central story arcs based around characters we’ve met before. One arc follows Kelsey (a human) who is with Josh […]

OMG! My Book is Terrible!

How to Deal with Criticism of Your Book

The Classic Defensive Maneuver – do you do it?

Bad reviews? Watch out; defensiveness makes you blind.

When negative reviews are kind

The Best Beta Readers are the Most Critical

On dealing positively with feedback

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Seven of my novels have an Awesome Indies Seal of Excellence

Four of my books earned BRAG Medallions

I abide by the ethical author code

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