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#Indiecember Reading Challenge

A fellow indie author, Megan Tennant, put together a reading challenge for the month of December. Basically, the challenge is to read great indie books, write some reviews, and win prizes.

Yes, prizes! As of writing this, more than thirty authors have added their books and merch to the prize pool, and there's over $150 in cash prizes. (And if you want a free book right now make sure to read to

Oh Christmas Tree

My kids woke me up at the break of dawn the day after Thanksgiving. “Mommy! We need to put up the Christmas tree!” I’m not one of those people who insist that there shall be no hint of Christmas before Thanksgiving, and in some past years, I’ve brought out all the holiday decorations in mid-November.

As we unfolded and quickly erected our pre-lit tree, my husband and I remarked how much

Holiday Sales

I can’t believe we’re already more than halfway through November. I’ve been dealing with a lot of personal stuff, so I’ve gotten really behind in NaNoWriMo and only yesterday made some sort of Thanksgiving plans. And, of course, I haven’t even thought about holiday shopping for anyone.However, I have decided that I want to do a special sale for the holidays. EBooks aren’t particularly conducive

Book Review: Outliers by S.M. Pearce

Miss S.M. Pearce reached out to me asking if I would be interested in reading and reviewing her debut novel, Outliers. I’m used to asking people to review my books, so I was pretty flattered to be on the receiving end. Plus, it’s YA dystopian, which is my weakness. Naturally, I agreed.

Less flattering—getting BCC-ed on an email which asks to ‘submit a book for review.’ When asking for a

Today is Release Day for In the Lurch

One day I thought to myself, I’m a sci-fi writer. I should really write a book with robots in it. At that point, I decided my next would include robots. Tossing around the idea in my head, I imagined a future where androids were common. Early on, I decided that the robots would be more like a machine executing procedures than a human-like being with advanced A.I. which could function as a

Introducing My NaNoWriMo 2018 Novel

This November will be the fourth time I participate in NaNoWriMo (I can’t believe I’ve already been writing this long). In order to help keep myself accountable, I like to announce the project I’ll be working on ahead of time. Last year, I only had a working title and a rough cover, which I shared alongside a quick blurb and an excerpt. That novel has grown into In the Lurch, which releases next

Preview of In the Lurch

The paperback version of In the Lurch is now live on Amazon! This means that I should have copies for Four State Comic-Con this weekend—provided that printing and shipping don’t take too long. So for those of you who can’t wait for the ebook launch on November 6th, you can order the paperback now!

Purchase In the Lurch

For those of you waiting for the ebook to come out (or if you want to read

I Am Not Prepared

Starting early on October 1st, my social media feeds began filling up with posts from writers declaring that their NaNoWriMo journey has begun. However, National Novel Writing Month is in November. October has now morphed into National Novel Writing Preparation Month, or Preptober for short, which is a month-long concentrated effort on making a novel without actually writing it.


“National

Self-Publishing 101

This week, I'm holding an event for my writing group to give them a brief overview of self-publishing. There are a lot of misconceptions about self-publishing, and even I didn't seriously consider it until I watched a ton of writing videos on YouTube which were created by indie authors. Check out my favorite writing channels on YouTube.

I thought I'd share the slides and handouts for my talk

Win at Instagram

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