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The newest issue of ALLEGORY eZine is out

Are you a fan of horror, sci-fi, or fantasy? Do you like free stories? Then check out the latest issue of Allegory eZine, including several stories that yours truly was fortunate enough to be assigned, right HERE .

How Christopher Pike Saved This Author from Drowning (not kidding)

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This post is in honor of the second release of my short romantic ghost story, BREATHLESS. And yes, you read that title correctly. Christopher Pike saved me from drowning. I’m not sure if I would have died that day when I ran out of air during a scuba dive, but I suspect I there would have been medical-injury-related fallout. Probably in the form of major ear problems and a couple lungs full of water. It would not have been pretty. 

I am not an avid scuba d...

Cover Love: BREATHLESS gets a new look!

"...a great story, exploring the human soul's emotional needs with insight and an exciting touch
of mystery and the paranormal."  -- Hilary Hawks for Readers' Favorite People who are following my author journey will remember my romantic ghost short, BREATHLESS, which was released originally by Three Worlds Press in May of 2015. TWP closed it's doors in February, 2016, and ever since, this story has been on my mind. I was so sad it was gone from the world, so I decided to undertake...

Cover Love: BROKEN CHORDS by me!

Ah! I'm so excited to share this cover for my YA horror novella with Leap Book's SHINE series. The book comes out October 2nd, just in time for the Halloween season. I'm always craving spooky, specter-filled books and movies at that time (Can you crave books? Well, I do .)  and this one is exactly that. In the words of my Leap editor, Judith Graves , this book is CREEPTASTIC. They rip, they tear, they FEED, and you never come back again. Here’s how last year’s Gypsy Cob Music Festiv...

I'm a #PitchWars Mentor!

I am thrilled to have been selected to serve as a #PitchWars mentor in the 2017 competition. For followers of my blog, you know that I was lucky to be selected as a winner of #P2P16, which was just about a year ago now. The time around that competition was one of the most AMAZING and EXCITING of my entire life. First, just following the #tenqueries on Twitter. Then, seeing tweets that MIGHT have been mine... Of course, we never really knew, but sometimes we could guess. The...

It's a Writer Thing 14: Is THIS why you can't finish that book?

Hello, Wonderful Writers! Not too long ago, someone in the Electric 18’s group shared a video by Brene Brown, Ph.D. I majorly LOVE this woman’s work. In case you’re not familiar with her, she’s a researcher who focuses on studying shame and vulnerability. If you haven’t read her books, I really recommend them all. She talks about how being vulnerable is one of the most courageous things we can do, that vulnerability comes with great rewards, “because vulnerability is the birthplace of l...

Coming soon! BREATHLESS re-release

Folks who've been following my blog will remember that just a little over a year ago, Three Worlds Press shut its doors. This is always such a hard thing for everyone. Sure, our books revert back to us, but to see them gone from the world and to face the uncertainty of what will happen with them is tough. I was fortunate to publish a short novella with them, BREATHLESS, I like to call romantic paranormal magical realism. For the last year, I've thought about the story with sadness. Like most...

On winning, losing, and learning.

It's a Writer Thing #13: Do not fear rejection

Hello, wonderful writers! Welcome back to my blog series, I t ’s a Writer Thing. Today I want to spend some time talking about the dreaded r-word, rejection.
 
some of you may know that back in May I signed with my agent ( which you can read about here ), and just about a month ago, we received our first offer for the publication of my debut novel (which you can read about here).
 
In the midst of all this, I wrote my 9th short (a silly, horror story), for an anthology. Long story short (no pun...

Deal Announcement: TEN PAST CLOSING, Sky Pony Press, 2018

I thought my dreams came true when I was accepted into Pitch2Publication in 2016 (I worked with the amazing Rebecca Faith Heyman ) and signed with my rockstar agent, Dr. Uwe Stender . Now they've REALLY come true because, thanks to my agent and #TeamTriada, I just sold my debut novel, a Young Adult Thriller, to Sky Pony Press!Editor Alison Weiss has worked on some fabulous projects already (including another TriadaUS book, TIMEKEEPER by Tara Sim), and now I get to work with her on
TEN PAST...