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Happy Book Birthday: BROKEN CHORDS, by me!

AHHH! BROKEN CHORDS is now out in the world! I can't even believe it. I started plotting the book two years ago, in preparation for NaNoWriMo in 2015. In fact, I specifically wrote it to meet requirements for a call from Leap Books. For a short time only, they'd take submissions from non-agented authors, but only for their Bloody Good Reads series. The books had to be stand-alone YA horror for Leap Books Shine, their novella line, so that's what I wrote. When I sent the sto...

Countdown to BROKEN CHORDS!

BROKEN CHORDS launches with Leap Books in TWO days! In honor of the release, I'm holding a giveaway for a free copy and some swag. 

It's a Writer Thing 17: Productivity and Finishing What You Start

Happy September, Wonderful Writers! 

Before I get started, a HUGE thanks to Amber Gregg for hosting my  It's a Writer Thing series on her lovely site .

It’s been a whirlwind this summer, what with my first time as a Pitch Wars mentor and all the work I’ve been doing on
I acknowledge that I’m a fast writer, but I owe...

I have TWO books available for pre-order (and TEN PAST CLOSING GETS A NEW NAME)

Today I found out that BOTH my upcoming books are available for pre-order. You can now purchase TEN AFTER CLOSING (notice the new name?) and BROKEN CHORDS. Click the images and see for yourself!

It's a Writer Thing 16: Revisions - Where the magic happens.

Hello, wonderful writers!

I wrote about the Big R—rejection—several months back , but as we get closer to Pitch Wars , I find myself reflecting on the OTHER Big-R: revision. That’s what Pitch Wars is all about, after all. Revision Warriors!

Many authors dislike revisions, but I love the process. And I’ll emphasize that last word: process. So, in order to help inspire everyones’ Revision Warrior Mojo, I thought I’d address some myths about revision.

MYTH 1: The most important part of writing...

PITCH WARS BLOG HOP

My wishlist and what you can expect from me as a mentor. Holy moly, I can’t believe it’s Pitch Wars Blog Hop time! I’m super excited to be mentoring in Pitch Wars this year in the MG category. It’s my first time, so I know that means it will be the BEST! 

If you’re still new to this whole Pitch Wars thing, let me give you a little info. This is an awesome competition where you enter your manuscript for a chance to get paired with a mentor who will help you get your book into the best shape poss...

It's a Writer Thing Post #15: Let's talk about Pitch Wars (don't let unhelpful thoughts derail you)

First off, I just want to state for the record (my husband loves to make fun of me because I state many things "for the record,") that I can't believe this post is #15 in the It's a Writer Thing Series! When I first decided to start this, I wasn't sure I'd have enough in my brain to share to keep it going. I know I have at least one more post in me. Next time, I'll be writing about the OTHER r-word: revisions. So check back next month for that.

Secondly, THANK YOU to Amber Gregg for host...

Be a fire waiting for the wind.

BREATHLESS is back (or, how I survived self-publishing)

Wow. It's been a heck of a year. I can't believe I've made it to the day when my romantic ghost story, BREATHLESS , hits the shelves again. This has been an immensely LONG process that started months ago. 

As you may know, I'm pursuing a traditional author career where my books are published by established presses (like my debut, TEN PAST CLOSING , which is tentatively scheduled for release by Sky Pony Press in the spring of 2018), but when the small press that originally put out BRE...

It's all in the way you think...