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April 1, 2014
Winners of the Twitter Signup Contest!
So I cut of slits of papers, wrote names on them, folded them, put them in a plastic container, shook them up and chose not three but 4!!! Yes… I decided to add another winner. And without further ado… 1. Diedra Fransaw 2. Rosemary Wright 3. Frances Head 4. Stacy Payne Congratulations to the […]

Published on April 01, 2014 11:44
March 28, 2014
Destination Next – Chicago, Ill
So… I’m impulsive–right??? Those who have followed me for a while know this about me. Well–impulsive me is about to sign a 6 months lease on an apartment here in downtown Chicago. This place is BEAUTIFUL. The views–breathtaking. The neighborhood urban but quiet. I saw two coffee shops in the immediate vicinity, a grocery store […]

Published on March 28, 2014 17:42
March 24, 2014
Parched Book ONE–Reedited, Revised, REBORN…
Was the title of this post dramatic or what? Let me preface this post by saying–I am sleepy. So please forgive me if I write something incoherent. I promise to correct it as soon as I wake up. I simply couldn’t wait until the morning to announce this. So the new version of Parched book #1 […]

Published on March 24, 2014 00:28
March 21, 2014
iBooks Pre-Order Price Correction…
Real quick. I made an error with pricing. The price for Forget Me Never and Getting To Know Her, A Chicago Love Story is $2.99, not $3.99. Both books $2.99. I changed the price of “Getting To Know Her, A Chicago Love Story” a few days ago. I’ll change Forget Me Never today. Also, stay […]

Published on March 21, 2014 14:06
March 20, 2014
Who Will I Lose If I…????
So… I’ve been caught in this conundrum recently. And it’s been pretty bad. I’m almost 21k words into Forget Me Never after I’ve deleted thousands of words already. I’ve been thinking too much about Getting To Know Her, A Chicago Love Story as well. It’s like I’m stuck at this impasse with that story. I […]

Published on March 20, 2014 16:22
March 7, 2014
Tweet Anyone??? LOVE in the USA Giveaway!
So this is my first independent book Giveaway. Now that the first three books of the LOVE in the USA series are in paperback, I’ve decided to do a giveaway. Three winners, one set of three books each. Find Her, Keep Her – A Martha’s Vineyard Love Story, There’s Something About Her, A Manhattan Love […]

Published on March 07, 2014 11:55
March 5, 2014
Exclusive iBooks Store Pre-Order – Getting To Know Her, A Chicago Love Story (LOVE in the USA, #4)
Yay!!! Here’s another book that’s available as a pre-order in the iBooks Store! I have big plans for “Getting To Know Her, A Chicago Love Story (LOVE in the USA, #4)”. I cannot wait to start writing on it. The plot is all mapped out and once I sit down to write, I’ll be ready […]

Published on March 05, 2014 09:53
Exclusive iBooks Store Pre-Order – Forget Me Never (A Parched Novel, #9)
Good Morning (or Afternoon depending on what side of the globe you reside)! I’ll keep this short and sweet. The iTunes pre-order is up and running for next book in the Parched Novel Series. I even have a description for you! Here it goes: Forget Me Never (The Search For A Vampire, Pt I) It […]

Published on March 05, 2014 09:32
March 2, 2014
Book Cover Reveals and an iBooks Store Feature!
Happy Sunday Everyone! Well today is a good day indeed. First, I woke up to emails that informed me that “Say You Love Her, An L.A. Love Story (LOVE in the USA, #3) has been featured on “Breakout Books” iBooks Spotlight on the iTunes Store! This is great news indeed! But there’s more! Guess what’s coming […]

Published on March 02, 2014 13:47
February 25, 2014
Forget Me Never (A Parched Novel) – Story Updates!
Yay! So the process of conceptualizing and then writing the next Parched novel has commenced. The first installment of this two-part series is titled “Forget Me never.” The series will be comprised of two full-length novels. This is a hug tale I’m telling here and the first and second parts take our characters on two […]

Published on February 25, 2014 17:20