Author: Vanessa Thurgood
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When did you stop doing the things that made you feel like yourself?
For a lot of us, it happens so gradually that we don’t notice until one day we look up and don’t recognize our own life. Now I get that it can be hard in this crazy, high-stress world we live in to find time to do something relaxing. But did you know that just by…
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I almost killed my favorite character
Last week I shared some of the deleted scenes from The Phoenix and The Wolf, but this week I want to share another tidbit you may not have known. I nearly killed off Teague in this book! It was so close because it brought such emotional weight to the story and really made the final…
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Deleted Scenes from The Phoenix and The Wolf
Deleted scenes, whether in movies or books are some of my favorites. I love to see what was a good enough idea that the author wrote it, or the producers filmed it, but either due to pacing, length, or some other reason was cut from the final product. Here are a few such scenes that…
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The Comstock Chronicles is over. What’s Next?
Over the past several weeks, I have been asked over and over, “Are you going to keep writing?” My usual reaction to this is to laugh, and say “yes.” When I first turned to writing, I thought, “I’ll just keep doing this until I’m ready to move on to something else.” After eight years, I…
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If I Reviewed My Own Series: The Comstock Chronicles
The power had lain dormant for a thousand years until Nienna woke it up. Now the world is in turmoil as the Elemental Guardians begin to stir. ***Please Note*** In this post, you’ll find reviews for the series as a whole, plus each book individually. I do my best not to give away spoilers, but…
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The Bookshop is Getting a Facelift.
If you have ordered from Vanessa’s Bookshop in the past, you will have noticed that your book came in a bubble mailer with an author copy printed from Amazon’s KDP print-on-demand service. This will no longer be the case. The Bookshop is now linked to Lulu direct, which is a print-on-demand fulfillment service that will…