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April 3, 2017
Monday writing update and NaNo plans
Hello everyone, I’m back from Bangkok and ready to take on a new week of writing, and to get going with Camp NaNoWriMo! But first, what did I do last week?
I wrote my as-yet-untitled Christmas story, that I started plotting early in the morning last Friday if you remember? I wrote like a fiend and managed more than half of it last week! Admittedly, it’s not going to be very long: I aim for around 10-12K words. But still!
I’m really happy with it so far and I updated my NaNo plans to include t...
April 1, 2017
#RainbowSnippets
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Weekends means Rainbow Snippets-time here on the blog, since I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. According to their description, “it’s a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction—a WIP or a finished work of even 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).”
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My snippet this week is from my current WIP, a Christmas story that is yet to be named. To get into the spirit of the season, I’ve listene...
March 30, 2017
Christmas in March
I thought we’d talk about book titles today, guys. But first a little song to get in the right mood (and don’t say I didn’t warn you! 
March 28, 2017
More reviews: Unconditionally
Unconditionally has gotten more reviews since my last post, and each and every one of them has made me really happy. All of them has been great, not one single You suck so far 
March 27, 2017
Weekly writing update
Happy Monday, everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. Mine kind of got away from me and it was so bad I didn’t have time to do a #RainbowSnippets post. Don’t you just hate it when real life interferes with the fun stuff? Also, I will have to start scheduling the posts so this problem won’t happen again
March 24, 2017
Early morning plotting
How come I always come up with all my ideas when I’m about to go to sleep, or early in the morning if I open my eyes even for just a second.
Like this morning. I stumbled into the bathroom and did my business and had every intention of going back to sleep. But as I pulled the cover over my head, an idea popped into my head.
I considered getting up to write, but I glared at the time and decided against it. But I was afraid of forgetting my idea, so I did what I always do. I texted myself.
But...
March 20, 2017
Writing update
Time for my writing update for last week:
Nothing. I wrote nothing.
Blog post done.
Okay…not really done. I did some things. I edited a couple chapters of The Locked Room. I sent out review-requests for Unconditionally. And I wrote a blog post. That’s about it.
But I did something else. I signed up for Camp NaNoWriMo.
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I’ve never been interested in NaNoWriMo because I think it’s crazy to commit to writing 50000 words in 30 days. But after researching what Camp NaNoWriMo is, I decided maybe I...
March 19, 2017
#RainbowSnippets
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Weekends means Rainbow Snippets-time here on the blog, since I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. According to their description, “it’s a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction—a WIP or a finished work of even 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).”
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The snippet this week is from my upcoming short story Find His Way Home, that will be released some time in May. Stay tuned for more infor...
March 17, 2017
Saint Patrick’s Day sale – 30% off!
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If you’re like me and prefer a good book over a pint of Guinness, now’s your chance! JMS Books—publisher of Unconditionally—are having a Saint Patrick’s Day sale. 30% off all e-books in their store, even pre-orders, all through Sunday.
It’s a great opportunity to take a chance on a new author like me, or support a trusted favorite. I think I’ll do some shopping myself: there’s a couple of books I’ve had my eye on but not yet bought.
Clickety-click this link to buy Unconditionally, and make m...
March 14, 2017
Tired writer
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This is me. Seriously. All last week I was too tired to get any writing done, and yesterday I was too tired to even post my writing update like I usually do on Mondays. Bad, lazy writer.
I’m tired, guys. I either need two weeks sleep or a coffee IV-drip, whatever’s more efficient.
Anyway. What did I do last week? I edited one chapter of The Locked Room. I wrote a bonus scene to celebrate my one week anniversary of the release of Unconditionally. I decided to name MC2 in my WIP Jerome. And I...
