B.B. Shepherd's Blog, page 20
May 12, 2013
Happy Mother's Day
A short post to wish all you mums out there a lovely Mother's Day with a special Mother's Day song from a very special lady. Flo Paris is the talented daughter of a musical friend of mine, orignally from California and now residing in Nashville. I got to know her a little when she was still in high school--an extremely talented performer even then.
Every February Flo asks her friends and fans to send in their ideas for song titles. She picks fourteen and then writes songs to them! This song,...
May 3, 2013
An Interview with Asidefromwriting Blog
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know about a cool blog site called asidefromwriting. I am featured there today in an interview and later in the month there will be a feature of my novel Bronze. I'd love for people to stop by and say Hi! You can also enter to win books from all the authors involved!
It's a great blog with YA book reviews and features from authors. The bloggers themselves are also writers: Melanie Cusik-Jones (Hope's Daughter and Outlanders from The Ambrosia Sequence seri...
April 13, 2013
Two Lovely Bronze Reviews . . .
. . . and a very flattering picture.
Ruth over at Reading...Dreaming, a book review blog in Uruguay (how cool is that?) did me the honor of requesting a book to review a few months ago. Unfortunately the first book went missing and I've imagined all kinds of interesting stories of where it might have gone and in whose hands it ended up! But she finally received the second book, liked it (yay!), and posted this lovely review.
One of the things I love most about being a writer is the connection...
March 29, 2013
Dark Days Ahead? (A Goodreads/Twitter Lament)
I try to be an optimist by nature and don't like being an alarmist, but last night I heard the news about Goodreads--I don't even remember where. (There is a conversation going on about it now at Book Riot. Here is a relevant article on Huff Post.) Forgive me for venting a little.
Goodreads has been feeling like Home: my first stop to see what's going on; what are my friends reading now; what new books are coming out; are there any new interesting discussions; has anybody new discovered my bo...
March 9, 2013
Artwork, Road Trip, Music (Part Four)
This is Chris and Merle from The Glister Journals as imagined by artist Katelynn Chambers, the last of four pieces commissioned from her to coincide with the release of the hardback edition of Bronze. I absolutely adore her style and her sense of color. All her work affects me quite deeply. I look forward to commissioning (and/or working with) her more in the future.
The Road Home (A continuation)
As usual for me, I didn't get on the road until much later than I had planned, but still wanted...
February 21, 2013
Seven Line Blog Challenge
I was recently invited by a Goodreads friend, Hazel West, to participate in an author Seven/Seven blog challenge.
It sounded like a fun way to give a sneak peek into whatever book you are working on and increase exposure for others' work as well as your own.
These are the rules: 1. Choose seven lines from page 7 or page 77 of your current work in progress.
2. Invite seven other writers to post the same and link back to you.
3. Mention and link back to the person who nominated you
Okay, here a...
February 2, 2013
Valentine's Day Giveaway
First of all, thank you so much to the members of Goodreads who commented so kindly on my interview there and entered the giveaway. I loved hearing your thoughts. And congratulations to the winners. I hope you enjoy the books!
On to the current giveaway...
Why Valentine's Day? Because it's the anniversary of Bronze's first publication! It seems only right to recognize the day with something special, so I'm offering two paperback copies of Bronze. I am trying Rafflecopter for the first time wi...
January 19, 2013
YABC Interview and Giveaway
Hi all, I just wanted to tell you of a current giveaway! The Young Adult Book Club on Goodreads is hosting a giveaway of two hardbound copies of my novel, Bronze, to coincide with the interview. If you are a member of YABC, please stop by and leave a comment to be entered to win a copy!
Even if you're not a member, the interview can be read here: B B Shepherd Interview
If you're not a currently a member of Goodreads, consider joining. It's a great place to find and discuss books!
Note: All o...
January 6, 2013
The End Has Come . . .
. . . and gone! The end of the year that is. Of course the anti-climatic non-apocalypse has absolutely ruined our plans for a post-apocalyptic tea, but all's well that ends well I suppose.
As far as life on this end of the computer goes, it goes well, though I'm feeling very much like Wonderland's White Rabbit, but instead of "I'm late, I'm late for a very important date!" it's more, "I know, I know, you a proper blog post I owe!" (Sorry, had to twist the gammar there.)
I normally don't make...
