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Chautona Havig

Chautona Havig

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NaNoWriMo

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What Is This NaNoWriMo Thing All About?

I blame MSN Messenger. Well, maybe it was my friend who used the messenger as the conduit for her crazy idea.  Okay, so it wasn't exactly her crazy idea, but she did tell me about it. Millions of people writing fifty-thousand words in thirty days.  During the month of November.  Yep, November--you Continue Reading

2020 nanowrimo parody

Winking, Blinking, Nod(ing): A 2020 NaNoWriMo Parody

It happens every year... the annual NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) parody. I've done a few of these, of course! The Night before Nano (A "T'was the Night Before Christmas" parody) The Raven (as in Poe's, of course) Tease (as in Joyce Kilmer's "Trees") Till November (A "My Continue Reading

All the Preparation in the World Won't Write It for You

All the Preparation in the World Won’t Write It for You

Anne Shirley once said, "I am so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers." Well, I happen to agree with her. Here in America, though, October isn't just a month full of harvests and pumpkins, crisp autumn nights and vibrant trees.  October is that month.  You know the one... The Continue Reading

When Your Novel Is Awful, Shovel A Little Death into It

When Your Novel Is Awful, Shovel a Little Death into It

I made this video the other night.  It says it all.  I’ll wait while you have a laugh at my expense. … … … Yeah.  So after I finished with that, I did just what I said.  I went for the classic NaNoWriMo scene generation ploy… The Traveling Shovel of Death.  This little bit of NaNo Continue Reading

The Best Formula for Destroying Beloved Poetry in 3 Easy Steps

The Best Formula for Destroying Beloved Poetry in 3 Easy Steps

It happens every year. I get an idea, and I run with it--a parody to celebrate the coming of NaNoWriMo--the national novel writing month.  This is when crazies like me decide to write 50,000 words in 30 days--during the Thanksgiving holidays, no less. Now really, for me, that's not a lot of Continue Reading

NaNo's Raven

NaNo’s Raven Is Rapping:

It's become a habit of mine to write a parody of different poems or stories as a prelude to NaNoWriMo each year.  Some I posted on Facebook or private message boards, but you can find two of past years' parodies HERE and HERE.  This year, I played with Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven."  It's not a good Continue Reading

Conquering NaNoWriMo

Conquering NaNoWriMo: How I “Win” Every Year

Just days before November 1, 2006, a friend asked, "Have you seen this NaNoWriMo thing?" My response?  Totally predictable.  "NaNo-what, what?" But, of course, when I heard it was about writing--you know, that "wri" part?--I went to look it up. And signed up.  Needed a book idea.  I went Continue Reading

Night Before Nano

Night Before NaNo: A parody

It's that time!  Time for this year's NaNoWriMo poem! T'was the Night before NaNo T'was the eve before NaNo And all through the house We were frantically cleaning-- Even my spouse. The blue bowl was filled With candy to spare In hopes that costumed darlings Soon would be there. The Continue Reading

Just One More…

I promise I won't turn this into a "woe is me" blog. There was a question on the NaNoWriMo forums tonight.  I often don't get involved in discussions there, but this one tugged at me.  The question that prompted the discussion was a simple one.  "Anyone else just not... feeling it?" I thought Continue Reading

Camp NaNoWriMo!

Tomorrow I climb on the cyber bus to Camp NaNoWriMo.  Well... for me it is almost today.  I'll be starting at 12:00:01. Here, I'll join my other campers around the campfire and swat at the mosquitoes that try to suck the life from our stories.  I'm sure there'll be a few letters written "home" (i.e. Continue Reading

What If…

The glass is just a glass?  What if it isn't half anything?  I mean, it was a nice little object lesson once upon a time.  Now it's just annoying.  I hate it when people ask me if I see life with a half full or half empty glass. Wanna know the truth?  I don't see it either way.  It's life, not a Continue Reading

The days of kids bringing in a fistful of flowers The days of kids bringing in a fistful of flowers has been gone for a very long time... until today when it wasn't.  @lornarose9 brought these home today and made my day. Happy Mother's Day to me!
Thanks to all my local kids for coming and having dinner with us,  to @andralane0129 for making most of it, and to @havigk4 for my organizational gift. Also, to #MrBrilliantAndHandsomeToo for cleaning up.
It was a beautiful day. I am blessed. 
#GodIsGood
#MothersDay2025
Hiding from the gang that tried to kill him, Leo j Hiding from the gang that tried to kill him, Leo just wants to keep a low profile and start over. He didn't count on his first friend being someone like Allison.
The Kasimirs won't let him go unpunished.
Allison won't let him go unfriended.
What's a guy to do?
Listen FREE to a new chapter every day in November AND the complete book after the end of the month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eLI5ZH6YUk&list=PLGJaJiSo6mQ2dDLCnbGRORVFd5Rg1y7rR&pp=iAQB
Also available on all major audiobook platforms AND on Kindle Unlimited.
Narrated by the fabulous @ChristaDelSorbo
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Reposted from @twodogsanthologies Have you read Ju Reposted from @twodogsanthologies Have you read Justice yet? Now you can get this first volume of the Long Hot Summer series in eBook and paperback 😎

With FOUR full length stories, we are just getting the summer started with sizzling suspense and sweet romance! From terrorist plots, to secret babies, to kidnappings and forced proximity, this anthology volume promises to keep the pages turning 📚

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It feels like another "last" in the "Havig army." It feels like another "last" in the "Havig army." #7daughter followed in the footsteps of six of her siblings yesterday. Proud of you, @lornarose9 
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The fabulous @ChristaDelSorbo has narrated many of The fabulous @ChristaDelSorbo has narrated many of my books, including TheNutcracker's Suite--a mystery set among the mob activity during the Prohibition era.
You can listen FREE on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@christadelsorbo/videos
Check out the other books she has on there... also free!

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You can also get The Nutcracker's Suite and several of my other titles on popular retailers like Audible, Spotify, Everand, and more!
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Austria, 1939. Before the "death trains," Hitler's Austria, 1939. Before the "death trains," Hitler's regime deported ten thousand children to Holland, Sweden, and even England on what was known as the Kindertransport. Two desperate mothers send their only childrent to safety on this Kindertransport, but when those children arrive, nothing is as it seems or should be.  A war-time mystery twist on "Hansel and Gretel" set just before the invasion of Poland.
Available as an audiobook FREE on Youtube, narrated by @ChristaDelSorbo
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