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  • Announcing DOOMFLOWER, My New Campy Horror Novel!

    Announcing DOOMFLOWER, My New Campy Horror Novel!

    I am so COMPLETELY ecstatic to announce that my campy horror novel, DOOMFLOWER, will be published by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2025! You’ll want to read who they are and why…

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  • About The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern

    About The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern

    My first young adult novel, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, written under my J. Dianne Dotson pen name, has received two awards nominations (Nebula and BSFA), to my great…

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  • I Am a Nebula Award Finalist!

    I Am a Nebula Award Finalist!

    I am a finalist for the Nebula Award for younger readers’ fiction, the Andre Norton Nebula Award, for THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, the young adult Lunarpunk science fiction…

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  • Announcing ATACAMA, My New Novel

    Announcing ATACAMA, My New Novel

    I am delighted to report that I have a new novel, a thriller-horror called ATACAMA, out on May 13, 2025 via Sley House Publishing! What is ATACAMA About? When her…

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  • BSFA Awards Shortlisted Twice!

    BSFA Awards Shortlisted Twice!

    Yesterday, I opened the email from the BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) to see that TWO of my works have made the shortlist for the BSFA Awards! Wow! My First…

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  • Creative Rituals – Artist Kim Herbst

    Creative Rituals – Artist Kim Herbst

    Welcome! Creative Rituals is a fun blog of mine featuring creatives and their rituals. Creatives talk about how they start their creative day, as well as give you more insight…

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  • The Color and the Word: My New Year Intentions

    The Color and the Word: My New Year Intentions

    Welcome to 2024, in which the tinsel of the holidays cascades down to the less sparkly reality that a new year unrolls before us. We can look at it with…

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  • A Year of Firsts – 2023

    A Year of Firsts – 2023

    I hadn’t felt much desire to round up my year, because it began with much heartbreak, with my mother passing away the day after my birthday. The rest of the…

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  • Creative Rituals – Author Tade Thompson

    Creative Rituals – Author Tade Thompson

    Welcome! Creative Rituals is a fun blog of mine featuring creatives and their rituals. Creatives talk about how they start their creative day, as well as give you more insight…

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  • Creative Rituals – Author Gareth L. Powell

    Creative Rituals – Author Gareth L. Powell

    Welcome! Creative Rituals is a fun blog of mine featuring creatives and their rituals. Creatives talk about how they start their creative day, as well as give you more insight…

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  • 2023 Awards Eligibility: Jendia Gammon or J. Dianne Dotson

    2023 Awards Eligibility: Jendia Gammon or J. Dianne Dotson

    Here are the works published this year under my two pen names, Jendia Gammon and J. Dianne Dotson, which are eligible for awards for science fiction, fantasy, horror, children’s fiction,…

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