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My best Tip for Writers Block
Posted on September 13, 2013 3 Comments
WHY INDEX CARDS ARE A WRITER’S BFF So, recently I finished the first novel in a new series I am working on, known as UNDERTOW. You’re like, “No kidding? I would have never known except it is ALL OVER YOUR BLOG!” Well . . . let me tell ya a secret: I didn’t write UNDERTOW […]
Book Review: The Lux Series by Armentrout
Posted on September 6, 2013 Leave a Comment
Want to know, hands down, the best way to diet? Read the Lux series by Jennifer Armentrout. OBSIDIAN, ONYX, OPAL, ORIGIN, and SHADOWS I know. You’re like, “Poor woman . . . her brain is finally fried. She thinks you can diet by reading.” YOU CAN! Want to know why? Because this series is so […]
VLOG – Writer tips for Newbies
Posted on September 5, 2013 Leave a Comment
Tips for the new writer ;)
Behind the UNDERTOW novel – CERBERUS
Posted on August 10, 2013 Leave a Comment
Behind the Story: The making of the CERBERUS yacht. If you have managed to get your hands on one of the ARC copies of UNDERTOW, you know two things for certain: 1. Raef and Kian are loaded. 2. Their home isn’t on land. When I was working through the technicalities of UNDERTOW I knew that the […]
Writer Tips and Links
Posted on July 20, 2013 Leave a Comment
Because this blog is sizable at this point, I thought I should highlight a few things with quick links. Call it a MUPPET NEWS FLASH type of thing :) This blog is currently taking indie books for review: Click here for details: BOOK REVIEWS I am also looking for reviewers for my ARC (advanced reader […]
Book Cover Torture
Posted on July 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
I must applaud those fabulous artists on DeviantArt and those insane individuals who actually brave the tortuous world known as PHOTOSHOP. I am majorly intimidated. Which is why I am using a Superhero skilled Photoshop guru for the final copy of UNDERTOW (and live models . . . which is a whole different post for a different day). Anyway, I wanted printed […]
BOOK REVIEW: SIEGE AND STORM (Dark YA Fantasy)
Posted on July 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
OH YEAH! As much as I loved SHADOW AND BONE, Leigh Bardugo surpasses her first novel with SIEGE AND STORM. SIEGE picks up with Mal and Alina on the run from the Darkling after a throw down / massacre in a dark swath of land known as The Fold (see review of first book HERE). Bardugo […]
The Critical Self-Published Cover
Posted on May 30, 2013 1 Comment
I’m just gonna say it: I DO judge a book by it’s cover. Well, okay – at FIRST. Then you have the book blurb to continue to lure me in. After that, I give you just the sample pages. Wait – I’ve wandered off topic for a second. Back to covers! So . . . […]
All Around the Town: Tales from Bus Driver Hell
Posted on March 18, 2013 2 Comments
It is possible that I have been asked to write a Bombeckesque memoir about being a bus driver at least fifty times. And yes – the tales from the road could fill an encyclopdeia. But I am a professional writer (and driver) and believe it or not, my time is somewhat squeezed. So yes – […]
Self-Publishing?
Posted on February 19, 2013 2 Comments
TO HAVE AN AGENT OR NOT? That is . . . sooooo not the question! Of course I want an agent! I’d love that one person that sees the money in the story and knows I bring more than my pen to the table. That I bring an understanding of marketing and a deep love […]
Cape Cod Scribe 