Sidney Bell's Blog, page 6

The Revision Process in Gifs

Revision is a long, unwieldy process full of insecurities, small setbacks, and large improvements. It is, to be frank, the emotional equivalent of the tilt-a-whirl. In the micro sense, the process is different for every book because you always manage to screw up in new, colorful ways.

In the macro sense, however, there's a fairly predictable path that can be summed up pretty well in gifs. Like so...

Step One: Sending the book to beta readers:

Step Two: Waiting patiently:

Step Three: More wa...

My Search History is Going to Get Me Arrested

A romantic suspense author's internet search history is a terrifying thing. Because we're constantly doing research so we can write from the perspectives of all sorts of heroes and villains, if something exists under the sun, chances are we've googled it, whether it's sexual, violent, or just plain weird. And we can yell to the heavens about the fictional purposes of the thing, but that's not going to keep anyone who takes a peek at our laptops from thinking that we're either a) psychotic, b)...

Night Owl Reviews Summer Fun Event!

I'm a sponsor for the Night Owl Reviews Summer Fun scavenger hunt this year! Woo!

But what does that mean for you?

Prizes. Lots of prizes in the form of Amazon gift cards. It also means a fun game where you investigate the site to find not only the pieces you need to win, but to learn about great books that've come out recently. 

Need something new to read? Need to beat other readers into the ground because you're that competitive? Need a new blender and a gift card is the only way it's gonna ha...

Giveaway: 2 Signed Copies of Loose Cannon on Goodreads!

That's...that's it. That's the post. A giveaway on Goodreads. So...not really anything else. Just that. Not much else to stay here for. Not that I'm not glad you're here! I am...just. This post is kinda over? So...

OH! You want the link!

Ahem. Sorry. My bad. ;D

Here you go.

Congration! You Done It!

This is going to be a packed month.

For one thing, we're moving at the end of June. We'll be heading back to Colorado, where my husband and I were both raised. This is both good news and bad--good because our families are there, and they mostly like us, and bad because moving sucks, especially when you're crossing a third of the country. Driving one of those big trucks while towing a car is basically my worst driving nightmare (I'm a nervous driver--too many accidents because of other peoples'...

Loose Cannon Post-Book Content

I really have fun producing post-book content for my newsletters. And for Bad Judgment I just let the wind take me wherever it felt like going. Apparently it went in the direction of Brogan being ridiculously sappy and Embry disapproving of pretty much everything. So...basically the same stuff that was in the book.

But the whole point of post-book content is to give you guys a chance to see stuff that you're excited about, so in the interest of doing that, I'm going to ask a couple questions....

About That Book I Wrote...

Hey. You know how I wrote a book that I said would be released on April 3rd? 

You know how it's April 3rd?

So...yeah. Loose Cannon is out now. 

No, Meryl, that is not all. Links to buy are here! 

Now that's all. ;D

 

5 Obscure Facts About Loose Cannon

1. I got Church's name from overhearing the phone conversation a random girl was having while walking past my office window. She was complaining about the misspelling of a band named Churches, which apparently spelled their name with a V somewhere. I don't know how you end up spelling Churches with a V, and I never looked it up because I was too busy thinking "I wonder if I can make that work as a name--minus the V." I'm clearly not cool enough to know about bands, but regardless, the name st...

The Birth of Bad Judgment

Okay, to be honest up front, this post is probably NSFW. There are no images and no explicit language, but there's a lot of discussion of sex, so be warned.

Everyone at work gone? Hopefully to return later? Okay. Well, you might be wondering why I'm talking about a book that came out last year, but in all the hubbub of the 99 cent sale, I've had Bad Judgment on the brain. I thought you guys might be interested in knowing how the book came to be.

Bear in mind, there's a part of this story that m...

Bad Judgment Signed Paperback Giveaway!

Through a lucky twist of fate, I have fifteen copies of Bad Judgment to give away. In paperback.

In case it's not clear why that last bit is worthy of being italicized, let me be clear--there are no plans to print more copies of Bad Judgment. At this moment, it is very unlikely that it will ever be offered as anything other than an ebook, so this might literally be your only chance to get a hard copy.

And since it's such a low number, I decided I should probably sign them. =D

All you have to do...