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Blog Tour Day Two: Straight From The Library

Today Straight From The Library is hosting my interview with Kyla James from GENERATIONAL CURSE. Stop by and get to know Kyla and enter to win a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card.

Tell a friend. Hope to see you and look forward to reading your comments.

Blog Tour Day One: The Pen and Muse Blog

Today I am at The Pen and Muse Blog.  Thanks to them for hosting me and my book GENERATIONAL CURSE.  What a great blog.  The interview was fun and I enjoyed spending time with them.

Stop and and visit. I’d love to hear from you.

Stop by today for a chance to win a $10 Amazon/Barnes and Noble Gift Certificate.

First Blog Tour

I am so excited to be doing my first blog tour for GENERATIONAL CURSE. Yeah! I had no idea how much work goes into preparing for such a task. It’s been fun and insightful.

Funny thing, I wrote the book, but this tour prep has reintroduced my characters to me. I created Kyla and Sean and now I’m remembering their back story and why I thought they’d make a good story to tell.

A couple of tidbits. Did you know that Sean was engaged and dumped? Did you also know Kyla was involved with a man who had kids?

I’ll be posting more about the tour as it gets closer. Right now, all I can say is it starts on May 11th.

Where Am I Today?

Today from 12-12:30pm, I’ll be at the BTS Book Review Facebook Party.  Stop by for a chance to chat and win a signed copy of Generational Curse.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1559583940978248/1578023185800990/

LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS Signing

I’ll be signing books on Saturday, April 18th, 2-4pm, booth 916. Stop by and say “Hi.”

First Blog Tour

I’m prepping for my first blog tour next month. When I set out to write books, I thought all you did was write a book hand it to an agent. Let me back up, I thought getting an agent would be a piece of cake, but that’s a whole other story.

Back to what I was saying. I thought this would be easy. I’d give the agent the book, they’d hand it back needing a few corrections. I forgot the part about the big fat check I’d get from the publisher that requested the corrections or changes to said manuscript. Then I’d hand the book back and the agent and publisher would handle the rest. That was the old system, sort of.

What I hadn’t realized was I would have to do a lot of the marketing and promotion myself. [One of the reasons I chose self-publishing. The thought of doing a lot of the work and splitting my money didn’t appeal to me.]

So here I am prepping for my first blog tour and I’m on edge. Why? Because although I wrote the book it seems I have become the “Absent Minded Writer.” I wrote the book, but when it comes to answering questions about it, I have a major case of brain fog.

So how am I going to unclog my brain and be the intelligent writer I know I am and speak on a subject I’m the only one that knows in depth? I think the same way I do when I get stuck on a chapter…just start writing. Eventually, the right words will appear.

I’ll keep you posted on the tour.

FIRST NOVELLA COMPLETED

I just completed my first novella…YEAH!!!

I was invited to be part of a box set this Summer [details as it gets closer to to the release date]. The box set comes out around July, but I needed to complete the story by May. I’m also proofing my second full length novel for a Summer release, which meant a double deadline.

I was determined not to miss the box set deadline, so I sat down and wrote the book. The story centers around Gabriella and Phillippe. She’s his assistant and neither was expecting to fall for the other. It’s a fun story with a little secret that could destroy their relationship.

I’m excited about this little book and started on the next installment. I hope to reveal the cover very soon.

Have a great weekend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

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BOOK SIGNING

I’m so excited to share this.  I’ll be signing books at the LOS ANGELES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, Saturday, April 18th, 2-4pm

Party In My Head

How many people are at the party in your head?  Ask any writer this question and you may be surprised by the answer.

This is a question I’ve been asking myself this week.  I currently have standing room only at the party in my head.  I’m writing one book, editing two, promoting another, writing mental notes on three others and reading one for pleasure.

When I decided to become a writer, it was a different time in publishing.  If you put out three books a year, that was considered a lot.  As the indie writing market grew, so did the desire for fresh content.

I had a plan, four books max a year.  One every quarter…very old school thinking.  I’ve been following a few writers and have learned, I have to write more.  SHOCK!

I had it all planned.  I’d release my first book and take about three months and then release the next one.  I figured I’d release the follow up to GENERATIONAL CURSE early next year.  Then I increased my reading and understood why that wasn’t going to work.  When you become attached to characters and finish their story, you immediately want to know what happened next.  I wasn’t prepared for this.

I wrote GENERATIONAL CURSE, while waiting to hear from a potential publisher about a different book.  I figured once that series was sold, I’d have a little time before GENERATIONAL CURSE was ready to go.  So I focused all of me energy on the other series.  However, things changed and GENERATIONAL CURSE was released first.  Now I have people asking will there be a follow up?  Yes.  I’m working on it and it’s an eye opener.  You get to meet Kyla’s sister and she’s something else.

So how many characters are in my head?  Too many to list. Smile.