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Pompano or Bust Heading for the FAPA Fall Conference

One of the possible meeting rooms for the FAPA workshops Camp NaNofilled July with lots of words and a good hunk of a novel written. Writing is always a thrilling adventure, but on August 8th and 9th I’ll be taking on a different kind of adventure.
I will be traveling to Ft. Laurderdale/ Pompano Beach with JLB Creatives Publishing CEO, Janet Beasley. We have the honor of teaching workshops during the Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA) Fall Conference.
This isn’t my first e...

WeWriWa & Camp NaNo

This is the first week of Camp NaNoWrimo! For those who don't know what that is, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month, participants race to write a 50,000 word first draft in 30 days.  The main NaNo event takes place in the month of November but Camp NaNo takes place in April and July. It's kind of a NaNo Light, you can choose your word count starting at 10,000 words.

Yes, it's probably a little nuts to try and write 50k words in just 30 days. Yet it is also exhilarating, i...

WeWriWa 8 sentences from Outlaw Born

Welcome to my second post as a Weekend Writing Warrior. *swings nunchucks. Goes well until, smack... rubs nose as she tosses nunchucks over her shoulder* Maybe I should stick to the pen as my weapon of choice. 
Anywhoo... My focus was totally blown this week and didn't get much writing done on WIPs, but it was still a good week. Finished bullet points for my Camp NaNo project and while rereading the first part of this WIP I fell in love with Ben Mason all over again. I remembered how stro...

Outlaw Born 8 Sunday Weekend Writing Warriors

This week I’m going to join other writers who battle through the pages. The rules for Weekend Writing Warriors are simple. Sign up on the week’s linky list then post 8 sentences from your current WIP to your blog the next Sunday.
This week I’m working on Outlaw Born. Blurb: Orphaned young and raised by a preacher's family Benjamin Mason became a good man. He wanted to forget and erase his real father's legacy of blood and violence from their name for his own son.
Then tragedy struck. The law w...

Elise VanCise's Paying It Forward hop

Thank you to Juneta Key a fellow scribe who invited me to participate in this hop. This blog hop was created by F.C. Etier, author and photographer. Be sure to stop by their blogs for more great posts. 
For this hop we’re asked four questions about our latest projects and writing process. I hope you’ll enjoy this little peek into my write life.
What am I working on? I’m working on a few things actually. One I’m working on reoutlining a story that I’ve chosen to work on for Camp NaNoWriMo...

One Word 60 Seconds: Cornered

This was a fine mess he'd gotten himself into. He could hear the sirens blaring as they came down the street. The sound of tires squealing as the coppers skidded to a stop right out front of his hiding place.

They must have spotted the getaway car out front. "Damn it!" he swore half under his breath. He should have held onto that damefor a hostage, he might have had a way out of this. He looked down at the bag of money on the floor next to him. Maybe all those greenbacks weren't worth this kind...

Could author Keith Rommel be the next Stephen King?

Could author be the next Stephen King?
 mpb.floridaweekly.com /news/2014-06- 12/Arts_(and)_Entertainment_News/Could_author_be_the_next_Stephen_King.html Port St. Lucie writer Keith Rommel’s horror novel is being made into a motion picture! BY AMY WOODS Special to Florida Weekly

The next Stephen King could surface in sunny South Florida.
With troubling titles such as “The Lurking Man,” “The Sinful Man” and “The Cursed Man” — now in prod...<![endif]--><![endif]--><!--[if mso & !supportInlineShapes & supportFields]></o></div>

Top 10, writing and conference preparations oh my!

Wow the 2nd Quarter for ROW80 2014 has really flown by. I can’t believe it’s over at the end of this month. For those that don’t know ROW80 stands for Round of Words in 80 Days. A writing challenge that understands we have life.
I haven’t posted an update in a while with so much going on but there have been some awesome accomplishments made.
Let me start with the most recent news… I was informed Saturday that I am one of the TOP 10 Authors of AuthorsdB. How cool is that! AuthorsdB is a databa...

Flash Fiction: The Mission

A glance at the tower clock said it was almost time. Fingers drummed nervously on the café table. Stop, he admonished himself mentally. He couldn’t afford to draw attention to himself. Not now.

The mission was about to take place, delivery was crucial. Crucial to national security, maybe even global from the impressions he got during briefing.

After one last sip of the pungent tea, he pulled a few dollars from his wallet and tossed them on the bill. Standing, the young man glanced again at the...

Amazon introduces a new way to buy books without leaving Twitter

Amazon has a new way to shop for books with out leaving Twitter.  All you have to do is connect your Twitter and Amazon accounts.
Then, when an author tweets an Amazon link for their book all you have to do is reply to the tweet and include #amazoncart. The book will be added to the cart on your Amazon account. When you’re ready to check out, go to your Amazon account and sign in all your fictional finds will be in your shopping cart waiting.
Okay, #amazoncart can be used for more than j...