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A Novel Idea
"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead." —Gene Fowler
"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."
—Isaac Asimov
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Cherie Claire
Sep 6, 20191 min read
Time to 'Give Up the Ghost'
There's a full moon on Sunday, Oct. 13, this year. What better time for the latest installment in my Viola Valentine paranormal mystery...
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Cherie Claire
Jun 18, 20193 min read
Choose kindness to save the world
This oversized pickup truck drew up dangerously close behind. I knew he was there right away for the rear-view mirror in my tiny Saturn...
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Cherie Claire
May 12, 20191 min read
Happy Mother's Day
There’s a scene in book two of my Viola Valentine mystery series where my main character, Vi, sits on the seawall overlooking Lake...
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Cherie Claire
May 5, 20192 min read
Who is Stinky, the psychic cat?
Characters sometimes throw open a door while I’m writing, demanding to be part of the story. In the case of my Viola Valentine mysteries,...
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Cherie Claire
Mar 15, 20193 min read
McAllen, Texas, a birding paradise
Viola travels to McAllen, Texas, in my latest novel, "Ghost Trippin,'" the fourth book in the Viola Valentine paranormal mystery series....
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Cherie Claire
Jan 17, 20191 min read
Viola heads to Texas
Valentine's Day beckons and you know what that means? The fourth book in my Viola Valentine paranormal mystery series comes out! "Ghost...
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Cherie Claire
Mar 8, 20181 min read
Trace of a Ghost Song List
I hear songs when I'm writing and since "Trace of a Ghost" incorporated a few supernatural elements, particularly angels, I heard plenty....
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Cherie Claire
Feb 27, 20184 min read
Tom's Wall of Alabama
In "Trace of a Ghost," the third book in my Viola Valentine mystery series, travel writer Viola visits Tom's Wall outside Florence,...
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Cherie Claire
Jan 9, 20181 min read
Trace of a Ghost now on pre-order
"Trace of a Ghost," the third book in the Viola Valentine paranormal mystery series is now available for pre-order for only 99 cents....
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Cherie Claire
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Where do you get those names?
Do you ever wonder where writers come up with names? I like to choose names with meaning. In my current Viola Valentine mystery series, I...
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Cherie Claire
Jun 17, 20171 min read
Viola has her day in DeSoto magazine
DeSoto magazine spotlighted my new book, "A Ghost of a Chance," book one in the Viola Valentine paranormal mystery series. I write travel...
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