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Hadena James

@HadenaJames

Author, Darter, & Protector of Armadillos

 Missouri
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Joined September 2012
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I am formatting Codex Pandemonium for upload to most ebook retailers. #newreleaseebook #urbanfantasy #bookseries #darkfantasy
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Computer Elbow hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Computer Elbow

Computer Elbow

Tuesday morning, I was hard at work on revising Copycat Dreams and noticed my forearm hurt. Now, I’m used to having pain in my right arm, but this was my left. I went to the “not doctor…

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Copycat Dreams and Codex Pandemonium Updates hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Copycat Dreams and Codex Pandemonium Updates

Copycat Dreams and Codex Pandemonium Updates

I continue to self edit both Copycat Dreams and Codex Pandemonium. It takes me about 6 hours to edit a 3,000 word chapter (rewording sentences to remove passive voice and clauses, clean up ideas, a…

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Lola’s Surgery hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Lola’s Surgery

Lola’s Surgery

They successfully removed the benign tumor from the muscle in Lola’s back leg. This is the same side she has the bone spurs from her spine pushing on the nerves of her leg, which was part of …

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The Writing Update Everyone is Waiting On hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
The Writing Update Everyone is Waiting On

The Writing Update Everyone is Waiting On

The morning of Tuesday April, 18, 2023 after dropping Lola off at the vet for surgery. I came home to find Kelly freaking out and wanting outside. So even though it was only 53 degrees out, I loade…

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Insanity hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Insanity

Insanity

My neighborhood has stupid numbering, I know because my house and the person next door to me constantly deal with people who are lost. For example, both our houses face west on Road A. Our mailboxe…

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Not A Choice hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Not A Choice

Not A Choice

I was unfortunately 10 when I hit puberty, it was dreadful, as only puberty can be. Last night, I got to thinking about it, because I was reading the news. Between the ages of 10 and 20, I never on…

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A Hemodialysis Guide hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
A Hemodialysis Guide

A Hemodialysis Guide

**Before I get a dozen messages about how awful sugar is, let me say my mom is not diabetic, she’s not even pre-diabetic. Her pancreas is working great. Her and I are more likely to suffer bo…

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Flushing Taxpayer Money Down the Drain hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Flushing Taxpayer Money Down the Drain

Flushing Taxpayer Money Down the Drain

I always thought Republicans were trying to cut down on wasteful government spending, that’s why they oppose Medicaid, SSDI, and even SSI for the elderly. Apparently this is not true of Repub…

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Food Poisoning hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning

The last couple of weeks have been very stressful. Emotionally and physically as we all adjust to a new routine now that my mom is going to dialysis several days a week (we hope to be able to cut b…

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And Just Like That… hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
And Just Like That…

And Just Like That…

Four hours ago, I sat in an ER waiting room texting my husband a complaint about the fact that there were 2 TVs and both were tuned to WWF Friday Night Smackdown. I was there because I’d take…

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The Recipe Blog hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
The Recipe Blog

The Recipe Blog

A few weeks ago, my best friend was watching a TV show in which cinnamon pie was mentioned. She texted me to see if I’d heard of it… I had not, but it’s cinnamon and pie, so I can…

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Bam! Just Like That…. hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Bam! Just Like That….

Bam! Just Like That….

I’ve been struggling to write D&R because I couldn’t get in the head of the last three killers I created. As a result, it would take hours to write a single paragraph and the book j…

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Reactionary Laws hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Reactionary Laws

Reactionary Laws

A Missouri legislator has decided cross dressing is inherently sexual and created a bill placing restrictions on cross dressing and drag shows in Missouri. I was discussing this with a friend, beca…

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Homemade Body Butter and Dry Skin hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Homemade Body Butter and Dry Skin

Homemade Body Butter and Dry Skin

I’ve mentioned before that I have seriously intense dry skin. It is so extreme that I go through several bottles/jars of lotion a month and I still scratch my skin in my sleep until it bleeds…

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The War on Drugs An Unusual Opinion hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
The War on Drugs An Unusual Opinion

The War on Drugs An Unusual Opinion

This blog post will be controversial. Some will immediately be angered and consider me a moron. Some will be triggered as they bare scars from our war on drugs. However, my opinion has been formed …

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Connection hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Connection

Connection

Aside from a plot, when I write a D&R novel, I need a connection to the characters that make up the plot: the killer and his victims. For several weeks, I’ve been struggling with this as …

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Electrolytes & Urine hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Electrolytes & Urine

Electrolytes & Urine

Last week, I had reason to Google “Why do we leave the water dripping in our house when it’s cold”… There was no clear answer and I Googled it because it seems unrealistic t…

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Dear Autocorrect, WTAF!? hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Dear Autocorrect, WTAF!?

Dear Autocorrect, WTAF!?

Last night I typed this text: I tripped over a dolly. Autocorrect decided dolly was not the correct word and what I meant to type was I tripped over a cat. I did not misspell cat by spelling dolly&…

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Changing the Way We Think hadenajames.wordpress.com/20…
Changing the Way We Think

Changing the Way We Think

In early November, the kids in Olathe started passing around a virus. It was not cleared up by Thanksgiving and my mom and I woke up exactly 7 days after the holiday sick. I was running a fever and…

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