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Cover Reveal for Sweet Madness by Leaver and Currie
Posted on March 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
SWEET MADNESS Coming September 18, 2015 from Merit Press Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty one. BLURB: Who was Lizzie Borden? A confused young woman, or a cold-hearted killer? For generations, people all over the world have wondered […]
Book Review: Unconditional by Cherie Hudson
Posted on February 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
Unconditional by Cherie Hudson **This title is NEW ADULT and not appropriate for teen readers** Many thanks to Pan Macmillan for offering me an ARC of this title. Their generosity has no impact on my review. I enjoyed this title and burned through it in one day. It’s a light-hearted semi-fairy tale of a young […]
Joyride by Anna Banks
Posted on February 1, 2015 Leave a Comment
Joyride by Anna Banks Pub Date: June 2, 2015 I received this title in return for an honest review. Many thanks to Macmillan Publishing for offering me a chance to review it. Joyride is the first book I’ve read by Anna Banks and I suspect I’ll be reading more of her work in the future […]
Writing Real Characters
Posted on January 18, 2015 5 Comments
So, lately I’ve not been here, on my blog, because I am trying to get the final edits to CRUEL SUMMER done, so you can get your hot little hands on Kian, Ana, and MJ on March 16th, 2015 at the Girl Power Author Panel (deets to come). But I needed to squeeze in some […]
Book Review: ZEROBOXER by Fonda Lee
Posted on December 15, 2014 Leave a Comment
ZEROBOXER by FONDA LEE Flux, April 8, 2015 Preorder: AMAZON, B&N TEASER / SUMMARY: A high-action sci-fi about a young man battling to make it to the top in the world of zero gravity prizefighting, amid brewing interplanetary conflict, pitched as Rocky meets Gattaca. Eighteen-year-old Carr “the Raptor” Luka is an athletic phenom, a rising […]
My TBR for 2015 (thus far anyway)
Posted on December 7, 2014 Leave a Comment
Soooo, below are some of the books that I am dying to read for 2015 SO FAR (my list grows weekly, I swear). Some are already out, some will release in the coming months, but ALL (yes, ALL) are on my Santa list . . . unless that damn elf rats me out. If anyone […]
Why the agony of writing for teens is worth it
Posted on December 6, 2014 2 Comments
Writers can become burned out. I don’t mean the hyperventilating, “OMG I have no story ideas!” type of burn out. I mean the grind of the words, the constant push to out-write your last book, the stiff necks, the time crunches, and the piecemealing of a life outside of your characters’ worlds. You try to balance […]
Stormfront in free on Amazon
Posted on October 13, 2014 Leave a Comment
Today (October 13th) I am placing STORMFRONT for free on Amazon as a huge thank you to all my readers!!! Go grab the sucker while you can! – CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO TAKE YOU TO THE AMAZON PAGE! –
Writing Prompts for the Terminally Stuck
Posted on October 8, 2014 1 Comment
Every once in a while a storyteller can’t think of . . . well, A STORY TO TELL. That’s when writing prompts come in handy. Below are a few jumping-off points for potential story ideas (some from me, some I found online). Enjoy! WRITING PROMPTS: You wake up feeling refreshed, a new day […]
Indie author life and other forms of torture
Posted on October 3, 2014 Leave a Comment
Last night I had an epiphany. One would think it would have been obvious to ME for a while now, but it wasn’t. You see, I am a self-published author, though I refer to myself as an “Indie” mainly because I operate like a business – like a small press. I am also a professional […]
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