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In One Picture: Cameron Allie’s “Claimed by her Naga Bodyguard” (Contest)

In One Picture: Cameron Allie’s “Claimed by her Naga Bodyguard” (Contest)

UPDATE: The winners are…Dana Zamora, BN, and Flchen! *~*~* “Claimed by her Naga Bodyguard” by Cameron Allie – Escaping her dorm for a night of fun with friends takes a turn for a witch-in-training when demons attack, and a mysterious creature comes to her rescue. When I saw the call for the Secret Identities anthology I immediately got a few ideas, and I wanted to tie my story into my fantasy world. I had no intention of adding a new species to my…

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In One Picture: Michal Scott’s “My Heavenly Phantom” (Contest)

In One Picture: Michal Scott’s “My Heavenly Phantom” (Contest)

“Her Heavenly Phantom” by Michal Scott – Forced into a marriage of convenience neither wants, a mild-mannered banker with an intriguing secret discovers his reluctant bride has a secret, too. I couldn’t get into this story for a long time. What finally helped was putting myself in the place of my main characters, who are forced to adhere to 19th-century societal restrictions regarding their race, class, and gender. Under those circumstances, how could such people find an outlet to keep life from being bitter and…

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Getting to Know Gabbi Grey (Contest)

Getting to Know Gabbi Grey (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Cindy! *~*~* Although I wrote my first romance in the eighth grade, I didn’t take up a pen seriously until ten years later.  In my senior year in university, I enrolled in a creative writing class.  I was in my literature phase and wanted to write a series of short stories for a collection.  Classic Canadian dramatic and dreary short stories.  My professor said, “No. You must write a novel.” I was like…huh? Interestingly, my friend had…

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Getting To Know M. Jayne (Contest)

Getting To Know M. Jayne (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Latifa Morrisette! *~*~* Come closer, take a seat, relax, have a chocolate. The season of all things Leo is fast approaching, and I can’t wait. I am a true Leo. Go on, look up the personality traits. I’ll wait. People are drawn to me. Yes, they are usually a little unique. Sometimes, they are very weird, but that adds to the fun. I love being the center of attention. I think a part of it is because…

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Getting to Know N.J. Walters (Contest)

Getting to Know N.J. Walters (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Mary Dellenbusch! *~*~* Hi! I’m N.J. Walters, and I’m thrilled to be in the Secret Identities: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology. This is not my first time in one of these amazing collections. I was also in Stranded: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, Blue Collar: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, First Response: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, and Silver Soldiers: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology. I love being a part of a collection with other authors. What’s…

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Getting to Know Ava Cuvay (Contest)

Getting to Know Ava Cuvay (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Mary Preston! *~*~* My Summers are usually filled with author signings, the coordination and travel to get to them, time spent with readers and other authors, and writing deadlines. It’s an intense, hectic, wonderful few months. This Summer, however, my plans were oddly absent. Signing Season happened during the Spring months instead, and I made no firm writing deadlines because I was uncertain what I wanted to write after my May release of What a Dragon Loves…

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Getting to Know Cindy Tanner (Contest)

Getting to Know Cindy Tanner (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Jennifer Beyer! *~*~* Confidential and Classified Report Known Subject Alias: Cindy Tanner Code Name: The Quiet One Last Known Location: Southeastern Indiana Background: Clandestine sources have reported and confirmed that Cindy Tanner is published in romantic comedy, paranormal, and contemporary romance. She has a soft spot for animals and currently has three highly trained and dangerous rabbits. Two agents confirmed lethal cuteness levels and advise to avoid at all costs. Cindy also has a security detail of…

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Getting to Know Brent Archer (Contest)

Getting to Know Brent Archer (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Mary Preston! *~*~* Life is a journey, and though I’ve hit a lot of bumps, it’s been an interesting ride so far. I’ve spent several years as a musical theater actor, met my husband in a dance ensemble, developed a hunger for travel, and sat behind many a desk pulling my hair out doing non-profit accounting (non-profit can also be a descriptor for the salary…). Creativity has always dominated the course of my journey. Many of those…

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Getting to Know A.J. Harris (Contest)

Getting to Know A.J. Harris (Contest)

UPDATE: The winners are…Debra and Terra Oenning! *~*~* Interrogating A.J. Harris I am an unalloyed geek. Two of my favorite shows are Babylon 5 and The Prisoner. They’re known for a lot of things, including asking very simple, but very consequential questions. An interrogation, if you will. And since an interrogation features prominently in my short story for Secret Identity… Who Are You? I’m a writer. I’ve published short stories in about a dozen anthologies. Some are under my given…

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Getting to Know Michal Scott (Contest)

Getting to Know Michal Scott (Contest)

UPDATE: The winner is…Cindy! *~*~* I sat down to create this post with Rogers’ and Hammerstein’s “Getting to Know You” from The King and I playing in my head. My favorite phrase from that song is, “you are precisely, my cup of tea.” I hope by the end of this post, after you’ve gotten to know me, I’ll be a tea to your liking. Born and bred in Brooklyn, NY, I’m a child of the sixties’ Black Power movement and…

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