I decided to do a post from a READER’s perspective today regarding reviews. Â As I troll around Amazon, looking at other books in my genre that I might want to check out, I read a LOT of the reviews left by customers. Â It has been interesting to say the least. …
I, like Ruby, have a soundtrack to my life. Â I’ve been known (to the great annoyance of both my roommates and neighbors in college) to play the same song repeatedly for hours if it suits me. Â When I write, I typically play certain songs that inspire the mood I need …
Lately, I’ve been bombarded by comments/questions regarding the cover of Caged. I thought that maybe I’d take a brief moment to address the issue at hand. The short answer is, no, that is NOT my eye on the cover. I know it looks VERY much like my eye (sans fiery …
I’m standing here, typing, fighting back tears, completely overwhelmed by the acknowledgments I am receiving about CAGED. I can’t put into words what it means to me to hear that other people are as invested in it as I am (so I’m not going to try). Putting your work out …
Two words: Epic Fail! Bry and I were huddled around the laptop last night, anxiously reviewing the eighth version of the file we needed to upload to kindle to get Caged published. Â Once we were nearly cross-eyed, we determined we were as error free as we were ever going to …
I stared blankly at my computer last night for at least ten minutes, asking myself what it is that people would find interesting about me. Â Most books have a blurb about the author at the end, discussing where they live, who they live with, etc. Â I didn’t want to do …
OK…here they are: Ruby: (face is perfect, coloring is perfect…wee bit too skinny for the role. We’d have to put about 10lbs of muscle on her first) Sean: Cooper: Ronnie: Sophie: Eric: So here’s the deal with Eric. I have searched high and low for DAYS, and for the life …
In my quest for answers about publishing abroad, I decided to post a comment on Anne Rice’s Facebook wall (yes…THE Anne Rice) to see if any of her myriad followers might be able to help me. Â What I didn’t expect was to have the more-than-famous author respond to me directly. …
When I opened an email from my friend and editing nazi, Jen Krom, I never expected to see what I did. Â Within the text she had pasted a message from a friend of her’s in Austria who had seen my blog on Facebook and checked out CAGED’s summary. Â What she …
I’m on a mission to find the actors/models that I would cast as my characters from the CAGED series if it were a movie. Â I have some lined up and have posted them on Facebook, but I’m working feverishly to round up the rest so that I can post them …
With my impending (self-imposed) deadline rapidly approaching, the reality of what I’m about to do is fully sinking in. And it’s terrifying. Writers would likely all agree on the fact that your work is a reflection of you. Therefore, if someone thinks your work is terrible, it’s extremely hard not …
I think one of the hardest processes for a writer is naming the characters. It’s a time-consuming quandary fraught with indecision, and it’s not unlike picking a name for your own child – you want it to be the perfect fit. Once you come up with what you think is …
‘Tis the season to reflect on what you are thankful for. So I thought I would kick off Thanksgiving week with a post solely dedicated to the people that helped make this whole dream possible! Here we go… I’d probably be headed for divorce if I didn’t start with a …
This all began as a dare. Thanks to the gauntlet thrown by my delightful friend and former office manager, Jill Perkins, I’m now staring at my computer, writing a blog all about me and the crazy books I’ve written. Who would have thought I would have wound up here? Certainly …
