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Shout out to all the amazing #CritiquePartner and #BetaReader peeps! CPs and Betas are the life blood running through the #WritingCommunity. Not sure how I'd ever pluck up courage to share my #WIP wider afield without their thoughtful, constructive criticism.
Yep, I'm sure you can guess, I just got feedback, and the lovely mix of positive comments and targeted areas to work on has made my day! Rolling up my sleeves #AmRevising #MiddleGrade #KidLit
Okay, since we're doing intros:
I'm Dea Poirier, I write Thrillers, Mysteries, and Historical Paranormal/Fantasy. I have six books out currently (Next Girl to Die, Beneath the Ashes, After You Died, Find Me in the Dark, The Girls in the Fire, and Their Final Cry.) I have two psychological thrillers releasing next year.
I photoshop Godzilla frequently and run a page on Facebook for my 'shops. I'm also an artist, I bake, I work in tech, and I have a dog named Pancake.
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No one took the roses, the stranger says in the parking lot.
We hesitate; we load his mother into the car.
Take them, she says, they will open more.
But the thorns are long and the petals wrinkled.
I reach across the door and curl my fingers around the stems.
They were in the church, to remember those we’ve lost, she says.
I thank her and we go.
He drops them out the window on the entrance ramp to the interstate.
His greatest fear is death.
Tam
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