Jan Sikes

January 22, 2025March 3, 2026

Tonight’s The Night!!

Tonight's the night I make a guest appearance on the new live video format of Voice of Indie!! My hosts are Beem Weeks and Stephen Geez. Please join in, even if just for a few minutes. Let's have some fun! 7 pm CST, 8 pm EST. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/vNJ1JaFSllc?si=hN7PUMBpvkZUEIVR See you there!

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January 20, 2025March 3, 2026

Monday Meanderings #2

Greetings, friends. Happy Monday! Thank you for joining me as I look back over the past week and forward to the week ahead. My grandson, who was home from college, spent the night with me last week and one of the things he wanted to do was watch The Wizard of Oz. It had been …

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January 18, 2025March 3, 2026

Creative Perspective Challenge One https://bsky.app/profile/dlfinnauthor.bsky.social

My Story Empire colleague and good friend, D.L. Finn, has started a new monthly blog challenge based on an image. I'm excited and hope to be able to participate each month. Remember when Sooz Burke used to do these challenges? I've missed them. So, thank you for the nudge, Denise! Here is the image and …

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January 16, 2025March 3, 2026

Throwback Thursday! Two Shorts And A Snort

Created in Canva The first feature in this blog series is going way back to my first attempt at writing a short story. When I wrote this little book, I had just finished publishing the book of poetry and art from Rick and myself. I had no idea what I wanted to do next, then …

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January 14, 2025March 3, 2026

Tale of The Seasons’ Weaver – #NewRelease @DWallacePeach #Fantasy

I am thrilled to host another Story Empire colleague today to talk about her newest release. D. Wallace Peach has won awards for her pristine storytelling abilities and this new book is another fantastic example of her work. But, I'll let Diana tell you all about it. Having had the pleasure of reading this book, …

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January 13, 2025March 3, 2026

Monday Meanderings

Happy Monday, friends. I hope everyone is well and feeling positive about a new week. We had our first snow of the year and, no this photo is not from the snow, but from Canva. It's rare for Texas to get snow this early in January. However, it was short lived - only a couple …

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January 10, 2025March 3, 2026

What you should be reading based on your Astrological Sign! Capricorn

Born between December 22 and January 19, Capricorns are responsible, reliable and steady individuals. The sign of Capricorn is the mythical Sea-goat, a creature of both earth and water. Capricorn's reading tastes are equal parts practical and emotional. A Capricorn may be found reading a self-help book, or on the opposite end of the spectrum, a fantasy. …

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January 8, 2025March 3, 2026

Endangered Species (Savage Land Book 1) – #NewRelease @Worddreams

I am super excited to host my first guest author of 2025! Jacqui Murray has a new book release and I can assure you that you are in for a treat! But I'll let Jacqui tell you about it. Thank you, Jan, for allowing me to take over your blog today to talk about a …

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January 6, 2025March 3, 2026

First Monday Menagerie of 2025

Courtesy of Canva Welcome to a new year and the first Monday post of 2025. While I enjoyed my blogging break, I am ready to get back into some sort of routine. The kids return to school this week and that will help to get back to some normalcy. But it's been fun and I've …

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January 2, 2025March 3, 2026

Best Books of 2024! @joyyorkauthor @MarClair1 @dlfinnauthor #AlexCraigie @stacitroilo @SueColetta1 @TPolen6 @Virgilante @JoanHallWrites @lisa_traugott @AuAuthor @lindabroday.bsky.social @RobertaEaton17 @lizgauffreau.bsky.social @97_taylormoore

Here it is! This was SO hard and there were at least five more I wanted to include. If you see a book you want to grab, I've made it easy for you. Just click on the image and it will take you to Amazon. I'd be remiss not to mention at least a few …

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