The Velvet Zebra

Author: The Velvet Zebra

  • did you know?

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    That the website has been redesigned? www.Midnightreading.com That you can purchase my novels in Trade Paperback, or eBook? They make great gifts, and summer beach reads. www.Midnightreading.com That you can now purchase Ether, my fantasy title, as an eBook for your iPhone, smartphone, PDA, Kindle and other e-reading devices at Mobipocket? That the Fourth and…

  • not for the faint of heart

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    In January of this year, I made the decision to go back to what I truly loved about writing. After years of learning, researching, and discovery, I stopped trying to find an agent and get that “big publishing contract.”  I learned a lot in those years, and contrary to what some might think, I’ve made…

  • kindle-ing.

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    So there I was, sitting at home watching a baseball game, and I get this email from Lulu telling me the books I have there are now also available through Amazon. Just right outta the blue, no asking or nothin’ – as of now, readers can find me on Amazon and purchase my books through that megolythic…

  • Book 3 of the Keeper series

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    is now up.  Read it for free online, or buy a hard copy or ebook version. Tools of Extinction now available.

  • girls just wanna have fun

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    I was going to write a ranting post about an article on Yahoo yesterday, wherein a family earning $250,000/year claimed they were really “poor” with that income – then I thought I’d just write a ranting post about the lack of respect given to Science Fiction fans by network television . . . But then…

  • the more people I meet, the more I like my dog

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    I’ve been pondering this, off and on, for some time now. A short while back, some literary agents got together and started to Twitter something called QueryFail, wherein they openly – if anonymously – mocked the queries they’ve received from hopeful, inexperienced, probably completely virgin writers. I don’t know what they were intending, beyond the…

  • my 2 pack-a-day habit

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    Would be a ridiculous title for this blog post about writing, but I was a little stumped for a better one. So today, I was going to do a real Debbie Downer post about how greed has brought our country to its knees – but a friend suggested I write instead about how I manage…

  • economy = fail

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    Contrary to the familiar movie line – Failure IS an option.  Sometimes it’s the best option, in the long run. Think about when you learned how to ride a bike. You probably fell down a few times until you go the hang of it, right?  You fall off a horse, you get back on, but…

  • Good Girl!

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    Lori posted over at the Commune about some escaped parrots in her town, and chatting with her about it reminded me of a funny thing that happened to a co-worker a few years ago. He had a Cockatoo, big beautiful bird that had bonded to him the way most birds tend to bond with a…

  • got shirts?

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    I couldn’t resist – I’ve opened up a Cafe Press store with custom shirts (so far) and more to come.  So check it out: http://www.cafepress.com/MidnightReading Just when you thought it was safe to go in your closet!