L.A. Shaw's Blog, page 2
May 3, 2011
Seasons of Love
This always does the trick when I'm having a bad day (kinda like today). Just thought I'd share.
Event :)
Click here for the Goodreads Event listing.
Info:
Date: May 06, 2011 12:00AM - May 06, 2011 11:59AM RSVP by: May 06, 2011 12:00AM Venue: Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Stories, TX, US Type: Author appearance Website: http://jacaburintexas.blogspot.com
Description:
Author of The Advice Girl, L.A. Shaw will be on the blog answering interview questions about her debut book and the Dalara series on Friday May 6th and it would be nice if you could stop by and see my thoughts on the book and welcome Ms. Shaw and if you have any comments or questions she will be available on and off that day...
Info:
Date: May 06, 2011 12:00AM - May 06, 2011 11:59AM RSVP by: May 06, 2011 12:00AM Venue: Housewife Blues and Chihuahua Stories, TX, US Type: Author appearance Website: http://jacaburintexas.blogspot.com
Description:
Author of The Advice Girl, L.A. Shaw will be on the blog answering interview questions about her debut book and the Dalara series on Friday May 6th and it would be nice if you could stop by and see my thoughts on the book and welcome Ms. Shaw and if you have any comments or questions she will be available on and off that day...
May 1, 2011
Winners of the eBook Giveaway!
The following people have won a free e-copy of my book The Advice Girl from my giveaway with Racheal at Reviews by Rae!!
Florentine
Penelope Lolohea
Jayde Scott
hwest
Cindy from Kindleboards - I need your email please! (email me - lashleyshaw at gmail dot com)
I will email each of you later in the day with instructions on how to claim the free copy. :)
Thanks for participating! Congrats! Hope you enjoy my book!
Florentine
Penelope Lolohea
Jayde Scott
hwest
Cindy from Kindleboards - I need your email please! (email me - lashleyshaw at gmail dot com)
I will email each of you later in the day with instructions on how to claim the free copy. :)
Thanks for participating! Congrats! Hope you enjoy my book!
April 28, 2011
Review :)
Book review for The Advice Girl was posted today by the lovely Karen over at Release Notes. (I just love her header, so cute)
Excerpt:
The author presents the friendship realistically. Nothing seems forced and you really get the sense of the deep bond between the girls. After the mysterious death of Sophia, you really go through the emotions and depression with Kira. The sense of loss on the pages cut so deep! However, after getting a cryptic note, Kira begins to wonder if she knew Sophia at all.
But WAIT! This book offers so much more! There is a love story and a dark and sinister group out to destroy those who would do good and so much more! The author deftly ties the parallel stories together into a seamless, wonderful read. You can't help but wonder what is going to happen next and keep turning pages. The suspense is great and as more things are revealed, there are moments of absolute surprise.
Check out the full review here!
Thanks Karen!
Excerpt:
The author presents the friendship realistically. Nothing seems forced and you really get the sense of the deep bond between the girls. After the mysterious death of Sophia, you really go through the emotions and depression with Kira. The sense of loss on the pages cut so deep! However, after getting a cryptic note, Kira begins to wonder if she knew Sophia at all.
But WAIT! This book offers so much more! There is a love story and a dark and sinister group out to destroy those who would do good and so much more! The author deftly ties the parallel stories together into a seamless, wonderful read. You can't help but wonder what is going to happen next and keep turning pages. The suspense is great and as more things are revealed, there are moments of absolute surprise.
Check out the full review here!
Thanks Karen!
Book Review!
Another book review was posted today!! Love these. :)
Louise from Book Bliss gave The Advice Girl 4/5 - Check it out here.
I am going to be doing an interview as well on her blog in a couple days.
I will post the link here when it goes live. Thanks Louise!!
Louise from Book Bliss gave The Advice Girl 4/5 - Check it out here.
I am going to be doing an interview as well on her blog in a couple days.
I will post the link here when it goes live. Thanks Louise!!
April 26, 2011
Book Review!!
Another book review for The Advice Girl was posted today by Leanne over at Magic of Reading.
Check it out here.
She said some very wonderful things about the book and the characters. She went very in depth with it, which I am grateful and happy about. I love to see other people enjoy it. :) Thanks Leanne!
Check it out here.
She said some very wonderful things about the book and the characters. She went very in depth with it, which I am grateful and happy about. I love to see other people enjoy it. :) Thanks Leanne!
April 25, 2011
Giveaway and Author Spotlight!!!
The lovely Racheal over at Reviews by Rae is doing an Author Spotlight on me and my books! She also did a great interview with me.
Check it out here.
Also she is going to be doing a giveaway for five people to win a free e-copy of my book - The Advice Girl. If you would like to participate please leave a comment on this post! Extra entries can be earned by choosing to follow me on twitter or following Reviews by Rae. Racheal is going to choose five winners and announce them this weekend. An email will be sent letting you know how to claim the prize. Winners will be posted here on my blog, and on Racheal's blog as well! So exciting! I love giveaways. :)
Check it out here.
Also she is going to be doing a giveaway for five people to win a free e-copy of my book - The Advice Girl. If you would like to participate please leave a comment on this post! Extra entries can be earned by choosing to follow me on twitter or following Reviews by Rae. Racheal is going to choose five winners and announce them this weekend. An email will be sent letting you know how to claim the prize. Winners will be posted here on my blog, and on Racheal's blog as well! So exciting! I love giveaways. :)
Giveaway and Interview!!!
The lovely Racheal over at Reviews by Rae is doing an Author Spotlight and Interview on me and my books which will be posted tomorrow - April 26 on her blog!
I will post the link here when it goes live tomorrow morning.
Also she is going to be doing a giveaway for five people to win a free e-copy of my book - The Advice Girl. If you would like to participate please leave a comment on this post! Extra entries can be earned by choosing to follow me on twitter. Racheal is going to choose five winners. An email will be sent letting you know how to claim the prize. Winners will be posted here on my blog, and on Racheal's blog as well! So exciting! I love giveaways. :)
I will post the link here when it goes live tomorrow morning.
Also she is going to be doing a giveaway for five people to win a free e-copy of my book - The Advice Girl. If you would like to participate please leave a comment on this post! Extra entries can be earned by choosing to follow me on twitter. Racheal is going to choose five winners. An email will be sent letting you know how to claim the prize. Winners will be posted here on my blog, and on Racheal's blog as well! So exciting! I love giveaways. :)
April 23, 2011
In the beginning
I have to say it's almost 6 am and I have not yet been to bed. For those of you that know me, you understand that this is just how I am. I've always been an insomniac, and I write best at night. The past two nights however have been consumed by something else - research. I decided to embark on this publishing journey knowing absolutely nothing about this business. Things like agents, query letters, and promotion baffled and confused me. I knew nothing about formatting a book for paperback or electronic format. I didn't even know how to use twitter. It took me a week to find the @mentions on the home page. I am not kidding. I didn't know what the Kindle Boards were, or anything about royalty rights to use images for book covers. In the last month, I have learned all these things. It was like taking a crash course in everything publishing related.
Doing more research over the last couple nights has shown me how little I still know, and how much more there is to all of this. I feel like a complete and total newbie. The point is, I won't be a newbie forever. I think gradually all these things will become easier. I've started this journey now, and I can't stop. I have to keep going. Writing is and has always been my passion. I've noticed that I'm not alone. I am finding other authors who are on the same journey as I am. It helps to know them.
In the beginning I was lost. I felt like I should know all these things. I felt like not knowing them meant I was a bad writer, and I was wasting my time, and in comes the negative thought train. It's hard to stop once it gets enough steam. I was embarrassed that I was even trying this without learning all of these things first. I was then horrified I would get a negative review and my dream that I held sacred and close to me for so long would just die. What I have learned... and heard from so many other authors is that it's okay to not be perfect the first time out. It's okay. It happens. Write another book. A better book.
I am proud of my progress. I'm finally doing what I love to do, and I'm not scared anymore. One of the places I ended up randomly tonight was author Lauren DeStefano's blog. Her debut novel is WITHER. I want to know about the experiences of other authors, and I'm trying to learn as much as I can. I totally got sucked into her writing and ended up reading the entire blog. I found an amazing guest blog post she wrote as well - What to Expect When You Are Aspiring & Why You Need A Dragon. I highly recommend any aspiring authors to check it out. (I am definitely a fluffy kitten). It's related to traditional publishing, but like I said I'm trying to learn everything I can.
I can't shake this feeling, like I'm the new kid in school. I'm trying to make friends, trying to find someone to sit with at lunch. In fact it's kind of like my freshman year in high school revisited. I can see the popular kids, they all sit together. They all have designer clothes and are extremely attractive. I want to be like them, and yet I know that's not where I fit in. I actually have no idea really where I fit in so I stand there holding my tray. Eventually I just decide to sit by myself and write instead. Maybe someone will come along and sit with me. Maybe they won't. That's not the point. I'm doing what I love, and I'm right where I am supposed to be.
Doing more research over the last couple nights has shown me how little I still know, and how much more there is to all of this. I feel like a complete and total newbie. The point is, I won't be a newbie forever. I think gradually all these things will become easier. I've started this journey now, and I can't stop. I have to keep going. Writing is and has always been my passion. I've noticed that I'm not alone. I am finding other authors who are on the same journey as I am. It helps to know them.
In the beginning I was lost. I felt like I should know all these things. I felt like not knowing them meant I was a bad writer, and I was wasting my time, and in comes the negative thought train. It's hard to stop once it gets enough steam. I was embarrassed that I was even trying this without learning all of these things first. I was then horrified I would get a negative review and my dream that I held sacred and close to me for so long would just die. What I have learned... and heard from so many other authors is that it's okay to not be perfect the first time out. It's okay. It happens. Write another book. A better book.
I am proud of my progress. I'm finally doing what I love to do, and I'm not scared anymore. One of the places I ended up randomly tonight was author Lauren DeStefano's blog. Her debut novel is WITHER. I want to know about the experiences of other authors, and I'm trying to learn as much as I can. I totally got sucked into her writing and ended up reading the entire blog. I found an amazing guest blog post she wrote as well - What to Expect When You Are Aspiring & Why You Need A Dragon. I highly recommend any aspiring authors to check it out. (I am definitely a fluffy kitten). It's related to traditional publishing, but like I said I'm trying to learn everything I can.
I can't shake this feeling, like I'm the new kid in school. I'm trying to make friends, trying to find someone to sit with at lunch. In fact it's kind of like my freshman year in high school revisited. I can see the popular kids, they all sit together. They all have designer clothes and are extremely attractive. I want to be like them, and yet I know that's not where I fit in. I actually have no idea really where I fit in so I stand there holding my tray. Eventually I just decide to sit by myself and write instead. Maybe someone will come along and sit with me. Maybe they won't. That's not the point. I'm doing what I love, and I'm right where I am supposed to be.
