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BIG NEWS!

I am starting a BUSINESS! And my business is designing BOOK COVERS for indie authors!

www.coversbyalexandra.com
I offer custom and pre-made covers. If you go to the website and click on the pre-made covers tab, you can see a bunch of covers available for immediate purchase, and to get an idea of my style.

There's also a tab on this blog--the one that says book covers--if you want to see samples!

Writing Quirks: The Plot Wall

I used to revise in an unorganized manner that wasted a lot of my time. I didn't plan what I was doing before I revised, just scrolled back to the beginning of the manuscript and started reading through it again. Sometimes I had ideas about things I wanted to add, chapters I wanted to cut, characters who needed to change, and sometimes I didn't.

When I got a revision request for my third novel that stumped me in some very big ways, I was almost ready to give up. That's when I started making ou...

I love classics...do you?

I'm talking about classics today at YA Confidential! Check it out!

Imaginaerum Movie

I would pay $50 for a ticket to this movie. I don't know what the plans are for releasing it in the US, but I would also drive upwards of 6 hours to see it.

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY

Today is GRASPING AT ETERNITY's book birthday!!!!



Go say Congratulations to Karen!

Cover Making

Want to find out how I made the cover of Karen Amanda Hooper's GRASPING AT ETERNITY?

Head on over to YA Confidential!

Also, GRASPING AT ETERNITY comes out this FRIDAY!!!!

FREE e-book of TANGLED TIDES!

TANGLED TIDES, Karen Amanda Hooper's amazing story of merfolk, selkies, sirens, and gorgons is FREE on Amazon right now!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD IT FOR YOUR KINDLE!

As usual, I heart Taylor Swift

I'm part of a blogfest to blog every weekday in May. And I start off by missing the 2nd and the 3rd. I might as well legally change my name to Slacker.

Thursday is the day where I get to tell you about someone else, and while I sincerely want to tell you all about my cat Lucy (she's so cute, it would be an excuse to spam you with cat pictures) I'll refrain. This time. There are still several Thursdays left in this month.

I'm going to talk about Taylor Swift. Specifically why I like her so much....

Blog me MAYbe!

It's the first day of Blog me MAYbe, a great idea Sara had to get those of us who lack a certain *ahem* blogging motivation back into the swing of things! If you want to sign up, there's a big list at her original post (I could put it at the bottom of mine, but remember that whole laziness "lack of motivation" thing? I'm working on it, but baby steps.)

Tuesday is tell you something about myself day.

Is it sad that I've sat here for several minutes trying to think of an interesting thing ab...

Click here if you need some inspiration

Being a writer pursuing publication can seriously make you go nuts. Or it can really break your spirits. Probably both at the same time. If you start to look like the cat in the above picture at any point, I have some things for you to read that will hopefully help you. (Nobody wants to look like that cat. I looked like that cat last week because I was trying to get my query letter right. It wasn't pretty.)

Every time it gets hard, there are certain blog posts I return to. I think it's time to...