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Inked – On Sale (for $6.50!) and Available through BarnesandNoble.com

If you've been waiting to purchase "Inked", now's the time. It's on sale on BarnesandNoble.com for $6.50, and if you spend at least $25 the shipping is free too!

Click here to see the book on BarnesandNoble.com! It's also available on Amazon.com, but it's not on sale.

What people are saying about Inked:

"detailed, intriguing, 'stick with you after book ends' characters."

"[the character's:] flaws and scars show, but in the end just shows how human she really is."

"A fearless and brutally honest...

Inked – On Sale and Available through BarnesandNoble.com

If you've been waiting to purchase "Inked", now's the time. It's on sale on BarnesandNoble.com for $6.50, and if you spend at least $25 the shipping is free too!

Click here to see the book on BarnesandNoble.com! It's also available on Amazon.com, but it's not on sale.

What people are saying about Inked:

"detailed, intriguing, 'stick with you after book ends' characters."

"[the character's:] flaws and scars show, but in the end just shows how human she really is."

"A fearless and brutally honest...

My Twitter Short Short Story entries.

So, tonight I participated in NYCMidnight.com "Tweet me a story!" contest.

All of the participants were divided into groups and given a word. I was the lucky recipient of "charge", and I don't want to be whiny but there were better words. (Online friends Matt and Klepto got "better" and "cure" respectively.) Anyhow, the rules were pretty simple. The word had to be in the story and  the story had to be 140 characters or less. You could submit up to three stories.

The three I submitted were:

She...

Twitter SHORT short story contest

http://www.nycmidnight.com/2010/Tweet...

Just a quick update to let readers know about the twitter fiction contest that is happening tomorrow. I love the thought of trying to convey a message in 140 characters.

Registration ends TONIGHT at midnight EST.

Good luck!

Interesting Internet Happenings

I was recently interviewed for ThePugetNews.com about writing "Inked" and National Novel Writing Month. The interview can be read here. It was a lot of fun to do and I was able to share some of the secrets to my success with NaNoWriMo.

There's also a new literary magazine out entitled "Leaves and Flowers". An all new short story "The Last Day of Summer" I wrote was included in the debut issue. For more information please visit the site here. If you are a writer I suggest checking out "Leaves...

Mid-NaNo Catch-Up

18000 / 50000 words. 36% done!

As you can see, I'm behind in this years National Novel Writing Month challenge, however I still have almost half a month to catch up. So, I'm going to take the next couple of hours and try to hit 21k.

Good luck to all of you out there who are participating.

Indie Author?

I recently came across the term "Indie Author" while researching more avenues for self-publishing and promotion. While I personally like to avoid labels, in the world of writing and publishing genre and identification are so important. It shows that the author understands their writing and where it fits in with traditional publishing. It's a much nicer label than "Self-Publisher", which has so many negative connotations. It used to be if someone told you they had self-published a book you...

When Inspiration Strikes..

I've been planning my next novel for months, and it has usually served as an escape from editing/revising Inked (you know, those moments where you just can't read your own writing again or you're going to burn it all?). While I had planned on starting to write the book before NaNoWriMo this year, I have been far too busy. So it looks like I'll be going ahead with the first draft of "Jake" in November. (As a side note, I think picking a title for my books is harder than writing them...

Obligatory "About the Blog" Post

I've recently discovered Twitter. It's an excellent resource to reach out and meet new people, but honestly as a writer I can't fit what I have to say in such a tiny box. So, I decided to create a wordpress blog for the more wordy days.

I have a lot going on in my personal and writing life.

I am self-publishing my debut novel Inked. It releases on 10/20/09. It has been a very interesting, frustrating and rewarding process. I have a lot to say about the self-publishing business, as well as the...