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The first day of my virtual book tour for Seven Tears at High...

The first day of my virtual book tour forSeven Tears at High Tideis October 15! You won’t even have to leave the comfort of your space or the convenience of your mobile device to come participate in the fun. There will be interviews and giveaways and questions and I’m just beside myself with excitement!

Check out the entire tour schedulefrom October 15-28 to see what’s coming up next, and come check out the first tour stops on October 15:

Prism Book Alliance
Happily Ever Chapter
Velvet PanicVa...

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell..."

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

- Neil Gaiman

Shirotan the Seal Shaped Wagashi (Japanese Sweet Rice Dessert)

Shirotan the Seal ShapedWagashi (Japanese Sweet Rice Dessert)

Join me in celebrating the launch of Seven Tears at High Tide by...

Join me in celebrating the launch of Seven Tears at High Tide by coming with me on a virtual book tour! Starting October 15, I’ll be stopping by each of these lovely blogs and book review sites for an interview and to answer questions from anyone! Come hang out– there’ll be many more giveaways at each of these, with everything from copies of Seven Tears to gift cards from Interlude Press!

Keep posted for the links to each of these amazing sites– as we get closer to the tour date for each of th...

envyavenue:The Cove | Instagram

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The Cove | Instagram

"If you you write with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. So..."

“If you you write with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can.”

- Neil Gaiman

[Photograph by Tifferini Photography]On a hidden beach...

[Photograph by Tifferini Photography]

On a hidden beach tucked away in a cliffside, a selkie lays their sealskin out to dry as they take human form…

Seven Tears At High Tide will be released on October 15, 2015 and is now available for pre-order from Duet Books and Interlude Press.You can also now enter to win a free copy from Goodreads (US only) and Rafflecopter (available internationally)!

Falling in love is easy. But summer’s end is fast approaching,...

Falling in love is easy. But summer’s end is fast approaching, and a selkie must always return to the sea…

Looking for a gift for yourself or someone special? Interested in LGBTQIA young adult fantasy?

Seven Tears At High Tide is available for preorder from the following retailers!

[Interlude Press][Amazon][Apple][Kobo][All Romance][Indiebound]

If you’d like a copy and it isn’t available in your country, check back after the book is released on October 15, 2015 and the book will be available i...

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the..."

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

- Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

Dealing With A Character’s Internal Thoughts

Dealing With A Character’s Internal Thoughts:

writeworld:

Anyone who writes fiction wrestles with the problem of how to convey a character’s inner dialogue without distracting from the flow of the story.

How not to do itSetting off a character’s thoughts in quotation marks is a definite no-no. Such a technique is confusing to the reader. When we see quotation marks, we have the expectation that a character is speaking the words aloud.

Some writers and writer’s guides do use or recommend italic...