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Writing Challenge Day 7: Bookstagrammer Recommendations

Day 7 and final day of the #BAWritingLife challenge is to say who you follow for Book recommendations.

Day 7 also falls on a timely moment — my “Climbing The Walls” ebook went live on July 28th, closely followed by the paperback version on July 29th — so today marks my 6-week anniversary as a newly published author!

Honestly, I’m still a newbie to Instagram, having been here just a little over a month! So I am still getting the hang of it and discovering AWESOME people to follow every day, on...

Writing Challenge Day 6: TBR Recommendation

The timing could not be more perfect for this #BAWritingLife challenge by Bethany Atazadeh.

TODAY is the Release Party for the new book “Easy” by Mercedes Siler which is happening over at Facebook here.

My review:

This is the last book I read and it was AWESOME.

“Easy” was a rollicking adventure from the opening line to the end.

*SPOILERS*

Among relationships, random sex, budding parenthood, runaways, drug addicts, kiddie porn, and incest and molestation so casual and commonplace it is its o...

Writing Challenge Day 5: WIP Playlist

Day 5 of the #BAWritingLife challenge by Bethany Atazadeh is to share your favourite music to write to.

I’m a culture/race/music mongrel [I listen to EVERYTHING!] but when I’m actively plotting my scenes to write Contemporary Romance, a few songs are WIP-Worthy…

 

1. One Republic: “Let’s Hurt Tonight”

Writing Challenge Day 4: In The Zone

Day 4 of the #BAWritingLife challenge by Bethany Atazadeh is to say what rituals/habits get you “In The Zone” or the mood to write.

An important part of my journey to writing — especially in the end stages towards the PUBLISH button — was to set the lock screen & background on my phone to the book cover. I did it with Book 1 (left) and recently changed it to Book 2 (right)! So now I’ve got my book boyfriend to look at all day!

Writer Challenge Day 4 – In The Zone

Day 4 of the #BAWritingLife challenge by Bethany Atazadeh is to say what rituals/habits get you “In The Zone” or the mood to write.

An important part of my journey to writing — especially in the end stages towards the PUBLISH button — was to set the lock screen & background on my phone to the book cover. I did it with Book 1 (left) and recently changed it to Book 2 (right)! So now I’ve got my book boyfriend to look at all day!

Writing Challenge Day 3: Behind The Scenes

Onto Day 3 of the #BAWritingLife challenge by the awesome Bethany Atazadeh, which is to say where you write and when.

I write anywhere the muse moves me!

Author Interview With QwertyThoughts

I just did an Author Interview with a fabulous online platform for readers and writers to connect: check out Qwerty Thoughts on their website, Facebook page or Instagram feed.

My interview blurb:

Read the conversation between Sacha and Qwerty Thoug hts about her Book 1, “Climbing the Walls“, in the real-life romance, Hart and Cole series.

She has a lot of works-in-progress and her series is based on what she believes “A marriage is not a happy ending; it’s a beginning of so much more to come.”...

Writing Challenge Day 2: Work In Progress

I’m participating in the Instagram #BAWritingLife challenge by author Bethany Atazadeh and also posting to my blog. Now we’re onto Day 2: Say what your WIP (Work in Progress)

Writing Challenge Day 1: Why do I write?

I’m participating in the Instagram #BAWritingLife challenge by author Bethany Atazadeh and figured I should also be posting these to my blog!

Yesterday was Day 1: introduce yourself and why you write. Here’s my story!

I’m a #Trinidadian or #Trini (as we say it) and therefore a #CaribbeanGirl by birth, but I consider myself to be a #CitizenOfTheWorld.

I’ve lived in the UK, travelled throughout Europe and the Caribbean (with SO many locations on my “to go” list!), and now operate my business (...

Size Matters… Mini-books & Millennial Brains

“Right now, this is not the type of book I am looking to read… mostly due to the page count.”

Er… ok. It’s not an epic 2000+ page book I’ve written… but 500+ pages — most of which is dialogue, so there’s a lot of white space.

But the page count alone was my potential blogger-reviewer’s hard “no” from the jump.

…And unfortunately, it’s not something I can change at this point.