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March 10, 2012
Snippet Saturday – Character Sass
Ah, hell y'all…character sass is our theme for today. This is an easy one. I'm about as full of sass and sarcasm and smart mouthedness (Yes it's a word! I just made it up. I can do that. I'm a writer!). And if Southerners know anything, it's how to sass. Whether it be our elders, [...]
March 9, 2012
Author Friday – A Little Thing We're Not Supposed To Talk About…
Actually, there are a lot of things we're not supposed to talk about. Bad reviews. Negativity. Failure. Money. Sales. Contracts. Publishers. Each other. We also live in a society that believes in not speaking the truth to spare everyone's feelings, being politically correct whether it's right or not whether we agree or not, and where [...]
March 7, 2012
Guest Author: Shara Lanel – Read an eBook Week
So it's Read an E-book Week, and, after all these years as a published e-book author, the average person actually knows what I'm talking about! When my first novel, Enlightened Love, was released in 2004, I was by no means an e-publishing pioneer. Sony put out its first dedicated e-reader in 1992, but there were [...]
March 6, 2012
Feelin' Lucky Giveaway Hop
Yes, yes, yes! We're participating in another giveaway hop. Don't y'all like how I always say 'we're' most of the time instead of just 'I'. I do. I like it to sound and be as though y'all are included because well, those of you who read this blog on a steady basis ARE included. All [...]
Late Racing Post
I wrote this post Sunday night and told y'all I'd be writing one every week about the race. I spent the better part of the day updating the Books page of my website and was late getting started on the race (thank goodness for the DVR). I shuffled some things around. Some covers went to [...]
March 5, 2012
Guest Post – Graylin Fox
Bowls of Coffee. I live for bowls of coffee. And I'm not talking about the kind of coffee that can peal paint from the walls or clog a drain. I'm talking dessert bowls of coffee. My writing career would move at a slower pace without my 24 oz. soup bowl of Hazelnut coffee with flavored [...]
March 4, 2012
Blind Date Event at Scorching Book Reviews
Yesterday was the start of our Blind Speed Dating Event. This will see some of my favorite authors make their characters battle it out to win your votes and be crowned the perfect Blind Date..There are 6 rounds, each with 3 authors competing. The winners of these rounds will go onto to compete against each [...]
March 3, 2012
Keurig Winner from Lissa's Birthday Giveaway #5
Hey y'all! I'm a little late and I totally blame the pinched nerve in my neck and the fact I haven't until just in the last few minutes been able to lift my left arm. DH had to put some muscle relaxer cream on my neck and shoulder and I've had to take an anti-inflammatory. [...]
Snippet Saturday – First Time Characters Meet
First impressions. Sometimes they're good. Sometimes they're horrid. But, they most often last forever and ever. Do you remember the first impression you had of your SO? Did you even dream they'd become your SO? Did you like them? Want them? Revile them? In most of my books, the main characters have already met off [...]
March 2, 2012
Author Friday – Lissa Matthews
Today starts the new blog series I told y'all about a while ago. Authors talking about how they do what they do. We're calling it Author Friday and for the first few Fridays, you'll be stuck with me while Brandy and I fill up the calendar with more authors. As for how I do what [...]
