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#IGAuthorLifeJan – Day 20 Currently Reading
Posted on January 20, 2017 Leave a Comment
#IGAuthorLifeJan – Day 20 Currently Reading I always have books piled on my nightstand and I’m usually in the processing of reading at least one all the time. I just finished Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, which I did enjoy, and I ordered the next book, Scarlet (I’m waiting for it to arrive at Titcombs Bookshop). I […]
#IGAuthorLifeJan – Day 19 Favorite Review
Posted on January 19, 2017 Leave a Comment
#IGAuthorLifeJan – Day 19 Favorite Review This was tough for me to choose, but I always loved the review I got from Jackie at She Reads She Blogs. While we authors can get our butts kicked from time to time with reviews, the really great ones make up for the bad ones ten times over […]
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 17 – Teaser Tuesday
Posted on January 17, 2017 Leave a Comment
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 17 – Teaser Tuesday This is from a manuscript that is not part of Undertow, but a new world with new characters. Enjoy :)
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 14 – National Vision Board Day
Posted on January 14, 2017 Leave a Comment
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 14 – National Vision Board Day I’d like to start this post by saying I had no clue what the Vision Board Day thing was. I actually thought is was like, a vision test. You know? Read the letters on the board a mile from ya? Yeah – I’m outta the loop, […]
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 11 Writing Snack
Posted on January 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 11 Writing Snack Seriously? I thought M&Ms were mandatory in all writer realms . . .
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 9 – Where I Write
Posted on January 9, 2017 Leave a Comment
#IGAuthorLifeJan – DAY 9 Where I Write Where I write is on the 3rd floor of my home on Cape Cod. From the windows, I can see Cape Cod Bay all the way out to Provincetown. It is quite beautiful and I’m blessed to have such a view. But I also write in front of my […]
#IGAuthorLifeJan Day 2 – Goals
Posted on January 2, 2017 Leave a Comment
So, today for the #IGAuthorLifeJan the theme is “Goals.” This is also known as “Lies formerly known as goals before life got in the way,” but hey . . . wadda I know, right? So, if I could shoot for the moon, then my goals would be to wrap Last Light up in March and have […]
Brain Melt
Posted on December 10, 2016 Leave a Comment
“Puke and rally, puppy dog. We’re needed on the rooftop.” – Kian, Last Light When I first started writing the Undertow series, I had no clue what the characters would do for people. What their lives and their story would mean to people. And honestly, I had no clue the impact that the fictional world and […]
Walking the Line – Sex in YA
Posted on December 4, 2016 1 Comment
If you have ever kicked around on YA blogs, inevitably you come across posts about sex in Young Adult novels. Nine times out of ten, the post will say something about how books portray these moments, whether accurate or inaccurate, fade to black or way too much details. I’m going to address the top three […]
Inside the Concepts of a Killer Nightclub
Posted on December 3, 2016 Leave a Comment
They say news comes in two forms: Good and Bad. The Good: I’m working on Last Light. The Bad: It’s gonna be huge and my fingers are bleeding. Sometimes I’m stalled in my writing by simply needing to come out of the story to do research so I can feel my way through a setting […]






