The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford

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The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford
  • The Books
    • The Dark Horseman Novels
      • Not Your Father’s Horseman
        • Prologue to Not Your Father’s Horseman
      • Dark Moon Seasons
        • Chapter 1 of Dark Moon Seasons
      • Last Rites
        • Chapter One – A Loss of Confidence
    • Non-Fiction Books
    • Short fiction
  • The Blog
  • Contact me!
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(advent) December 3

By Val December 3, 2017 advent No Comments

  Sunday, December 3 When they came into the tea room that afternoon, Lily, Kaylee and Jack found Gideon and Schrodinger waiting for them. But no Zoey or Aurora. “Zoey…

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(advent) December 2

By Val December 2, 2017 advent No Comments

Saturday, December 2 The snow from the night before had continued, a light but steady fall of flakes that looked as if it might never end. Luckily for Molly and…

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(advent) December 1

By Val December 1, 2017 advent No Comments

It’s December 1, and you guys know what that means! A new Advent story! Enjoy! – Val   What do you think this year will bring? “I don’t know,” Molly…

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Thinking about changes

By Val November 16, 2017 advent, brian, goals, nanowrimo, personal, writing No Comments

Most people think about changes this time of year. It’s the turning of the seasons, I guess: as the world settles down to renew itself during the cold winter months…

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Living in interesting times

By Val November 9, 2017 Uncategorized No Comments

For those who may not know, my father had his left hip replaced on Monday. So this week I’ve been in caretaker mode. Luckily my family has been awesome with…

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Learning to live in a new normal

By Val October 29, 2017 advent, brian, goals, personal, writing 1 Comment

It’s been a difficult year. I feel like every time I sit down to write something on this blog, it’s a variation on that theme. I used to not understand…

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(writing) More Advent, of course

By Val October 11, 2017 advent, depression, goals, patreon, personal, short stories, tea No Comments

It’s getting to be that time of year again, after all. Yes, there WILL be a Carter’s Cove story this year. But I’m doing other things as well. I’ve just…

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(writing/personal) Sunday updates

By Val October 1, 2017 advent, depression, metrics, nanowrimo, personal, writing 3 Comments

Today is the first day of October. This year has seemed to fly by, and yet it’s been the longest year of my life. I’m told that grief is like…

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(advent/writing) The times they are a-changing…

By Val September 24, 2017 advent, goals, patreon, writing No Comments

The leaves are starting to change again. Normally, I hate the shorter days and longer nights, the cold of the mornings, the dying of the year. But I’m actually not…

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(writing) Day 2 of #100daysofwords

By Val August 13, 2017 metrics, short stories No Comments

Day: 2 #100daysofwords Starting Count: 2511 Ending Count: 3823 New Words: 1312 Opening Line: The ring of the doorbell woke me from a half-confused state, somewhere between research and sleep.…

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