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Book Review: The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart

May 19, 2017 - By Andree Koehler

There are times when we are blessed to meet greatness.What had happened was … (yes, there’s a story here. Hang with me and then I’ll get into the book review)… I was honored to serve as part of the book review team for Urban Fantasy Magazine for a while and during…

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Book Review: The Felix Chronicles – Five Days in January (Book Two)

July 1, 2016 - By Andree Koehler

Stay tuned for the next installment …Oh. Right. I’m supposed to tell you about this installment. I needed to get the plug for the next book out of my system. Yes — I got to the last page and was ready to send along an email to the author, asking for…

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Book Review: Erratic Sun

March 29, 2016 - By Andree Koehler

One of the best things you can do in life is buy a book. The next best thing you can do is read the book you bought. The next next best thing you can do is review that book. The first list item is economic in nature. Buying books allows…

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Repost: When Worlds Collide July 8, 2025
How to make an artificial intelligence “friend”Screenshot: part of my “conversation” with Scholar GPT. That’s my part on the right.Here’s the thing. There’s a whole thing about AI and I get it.People using it to do the work for them.Companies using AI to take intellectual property.But as I note toward the end of a post, AI has become […]
Repost: Part 4 of the Querying Journey July 1, 2025
What #RevPit is and how I got there …Created by the author on MidjourneyAh, so. You don’t know what RevPit is and I hadn’t bothered to clarify. I took another detour from the WIP in this post to write about the pitching process for the event.
Repost: An Interlude June 24, 2025
Did you watch “The Residence”?Andre Braugher, from Town & Country Magazine, https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a46116433/andre-braugher-classical-theatre-harlem-donations/I was saddened to hear of Mr. Braugher’s death. But as I watched “The Residence”, I was curious about why one of the episodes was dedicated to him. I did a little digging and wrote a piece as a little interlude to all the […]
Repost: Part 3 of the Querying Journey June 17, 2025
A pause to chat about rejection(s).The ocean would definitely make the query rejections not hurt so much … Image created by author on Midjourney.One thing I failed to mention when sharing that I submitted to RevPit, I didn’t include that I had already been querying it.In this post, I share where I was on 25 March with […]
A Conversation about How The Police got it right (no, not them …) June 14, 2025
This conversation is not about the “people in blue” or those who “patrol the streets in their black and whites”. I’m referring to the other Police. Postor from the “Ghost in the Machine” tour. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/390075-the-police-ghost-in-the-machine-tour-live-at-gateshead/images/posters Right, the band! You know, Sting and company (if you don’t know who they are, pop over here for a […]
Repost: Part 2 of the Querying Journey June 10, 2025
And it’s a winding road.If being a writer always looked this good … Created by author on Midjourney.Oh, how I’d love to spend all my time, sitting by a lovely window, writing. But alas, that’s not the hand I’ve been dealt.However, I still dream toward it. I enjoyed sending my science fiction WIP, the Big Messy WIP, to […]
From Recon to cReative June 8, 2025
This site isn’t new. But it is different. What once lived here as Reconnoiter Leadership has grown into something more layered, more inward-facing, more alive. It’s now called cReative Leadership — and it holds space for those who lead with vision, soul, reflection, and resilience. For those who move sideways before forward. For those who think deeply, […]
Repost:Part 1 of the Query Journey June 3, 2025
Repost: Part 1 of the Query JourneyThe road is long and this is a first step.Just another day at the writing desk … Image created by author on Midjourney.I decided to dedicate some time to writing about writing. What better way way to do that than to tell my own story?This first part is less about querying than it […]
Repost: Walking in Liminal Space May 27, 2025
Some memories just won’t go awayAlleyways that are invisible but visible exist in every city. Created by author on Midjourney.Have you ever taken a long distance bus? Or spent time in what some might call the unseemly part of town?Come with me …
Repost: A Mystery, Rendered in Ice May 20, 2025
Another wildcard from Flash Fiction FebruaryWhat is it that the ice has released? Imge created by author on Midjourney.There is some folklore that draws me round, again and again. One of those is about the Yeti.Bigfoot, Sasquatch, whatever you prefer, but there are differences. The Yeti are snowbound and sometimes, things show up in the highlands that […]