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Toni's Big Six Journey #2

Hello there, Writers and Readers!I’m back, and as promised, I will be writing about a writer’s relationship with characters.Now this topic is one T.R. Graves and I have discussed a lot!  Although some writers will disagree, it is very, very important to connect with your characters on an almost supernatural level.LET ME TELL YOU HOW IT WORKS (for me).My characters and I are one, although they are far more experienced in life than I am.  Let me walk you through my basic day.  I...

Indie Author Series: Pinterest (Getting It To Work For You)

The YA (and more) Author Club  sponsors are talking about Pinterest and all of the wonderfully inspirational things that can be found on the site.  I've been using  Pinterest  long enough to attract great followers, and I now publicly stalk hundreds of people who post beautiful pictures, amazing scenes, fashionable designs, unusual architecture, ingenious products, mouth-watering foods, stunning people, and even interesting new reads.  It's like surfing a great...

Release Announcement: Hidden Object - Enemies

Hidden Object - Enemies by DifferenceGames LLC
I'd like to take a few minutes to let everyone know that Phatpuppy (Claudia McKinney, my book cover designer) and DifferenceGames LLC have released a hidden object game based on  Enemies of the Cross (Warrior, #3) . I'll be the first to say there's a lot more that goes into the creation of these games than I ever realized (much like writing a book... says the indie author). With my new appreciation, I'm encouraging everyone to go...

Indie Author Series: Twitter (Keep It Simple OR Get As Many Followers As You Can)

This week the YA (and more) Author Club are talking about Twitter and the obsession with getting more and more followers.

In today's fast-paced world word of mouth is Twitter. If you want your message out there, tweet it. If you want people talking about it, you hope others re-tweet it. If you want it to go viral, you pray the re-tweets are re-re-tweeted and the re-re-tweets are re-re-re-tweeted (you know where I'm going with this). In order for that to happen, you need as many followers as po...

Release Announcement: Left (Still Standing, #1) by T. R. Graves

Left (Still Standing, #1) by T. R. Graves Series:Still StandingGenre: Contemporary New Adult Disclaimer: 18+ profanity/sexual situations/violenceLength: 315 pagesRegular Price: $3.99Summary:
A naive Baylee loves Colt, her boyfriend of four years, more than she ever thought possible. After a little snooping, she's convinced she's well on her way toward hearing an once-in-a-lifetime proposal and starring in the wedding-of-the-year event. Instead, she's blindsided by a very pub...

Cover Reveal - Forever Fredless by Suzy Turner

Cover Reveal:
Forever Fredless by Suzy Turner
Kate Robinson has spent the past two decades yearning to find her soul mate, the boy she found and then lost during a family holiday. Shortly after her twenty-eighth birthday, however, she inherits a fortune from an old family friend and becomes something of an overnight celebrity. Can her new-found fame lead her to him after all this time?
Forever Fredless will be available from online bookstores from October 2013.
For more details about Suzy and her...

Toni's Big Six Journey #1

The YA Indie Authors are starting a new monthly series, Toni's Big Six Journey. It one where a starting-out and talented new author, Toni Lombardo, will share her trials and tribulations as she makes her way to the Big Six. She'll talk about pitches, writing, conferences, social media, and/or anything else she sees and does on this journey. Toni is

LIGHT 'EM UP
I guess I should start off with saying who I am:  My name is Toni Lombardo.  I am a writer.  I am going t...

Indie Author Series: Facebook (Family Page or Fan Page)

It's that time of the week again, and the YA (and More) Author Club is taking on another author conundrum and pondering the importance of the Facebook Fan Page vs. the Facebook Friend/Family Page .

In my opinion, authors must bite the proverbial bullet and create a  Facebook Fan Page  ... carve their personal lives clearly and distinctly away from their business... treat their writing and books with the respect they deserve. An important thing for authors to know is that if they are wri...

Are we already living Elysium?

Elysium

Today, my family and I made a rash decision to waste a rainy day at the movie theater. We didn't plan at all. We simply showed up at the ticket counter and picked the movie that was about to start. Our only option was  Elysium . We had no idea what the movie was about but felt we couldn't go wrong with Matt Damon.

Imagine my surprise when I found out the movie was a dramatized/dystopian version of our current healthcare system. Basically, the earth has become filthy, crime ridde...

Indie Author Spotlight: Maureen Murrish

Maureen Murrish was born in Co Durham, England close to both the sea and the countryside; the love of both has never left her.  During her working life she has been a nurse, a soldier and a swimming instructor amongst other things. She has also raised her beautiful daughter. She began creating fictional characters and telling stories to amuse her younger sister when they were still children. Her first novella, The Lost Sorcerer, was published January 2012. The first two books of the Drag...