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April 22, 2014
Blog Hop 2014: My Writing Process
The lovely Cindy Hale tagged me last week to carry on this blog hop. This post was supposed to go up yesterday, but it was entirely too beautiful outside to be in writing a blog, so I’m a day late. 
About Cindy:
Cindy Ray Hale is a Young Adult author and a book blogger. She lives in a little slice of wooded heaven near Atlanta, Georgia. She spends way too much time following up-and-coming musicians on YouTube and dreams of joining their ranks one day. She’s a bit of a health food nut and can’t...
April 15, 2014
COVER REVEAL!
My lovely friend ST Bende is revealing the new covers for The Elsker Saga today, and they are fantastic! You guys. These books. You can’t even wait for the rerelease, I promise. Ull.
Just, Ull. 
TUR
The Elsker Saga #0.5
by ST Bende
Inga Andersson is the envy of every girl in Asgard. On the surface she has it all — great friends, a job as Odin’s personal fight choreographer, and a happy ever after with her realm’s hottest assassin. But when evil invades Asgard, her perfect world comes crashing dow...
March 24, 2014
In which I am brutally honest
I’ve been thinking about this post for a long time, but have yet to write it because 1) I didn’t want to really take the time, 2) it’s not easy to talk about, really, and 3) well…I guess there’s only two reasons.
But then I read Elana Johnson’s post from last week, and while it’s not the same thing I am talking about, it struck a cord with me. So I figured it was time to lay it all out there and be really honest about my self-publishing journey. The truth?
99 Days of Laney MacGuire has barely s...
March 19, 2014
What’s Up Wednesday
What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly meme for writers and readers, meant to give us a quick way to touch base with bloggy friends and let them know what’s up.
It’s hosted byJaime MorrowandErin Funk.
What I’m reading:
After binge-reading a couple books last week, I’ve slowed down a bit. I’ve gotPartialsby Dan Wells in hardback (signed copy), still working onDragonflyby Leigh Talbert Moore on the kindle (which I probably would’ve binge-read in one day, but I typically only read on the kindle when I’m g...
March 18, 2014
Top Ten Tuesday
image borrowed from A Hoot and a Half Reading
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is:
Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR List
(in no particular order)
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed...
March 17, 2014
Forever Last Night
I’ve not talked aboutForever Last Nightmuch, but if you bought a signed copy of99 Days of Laney MacGuirefrom me, you probably got a little postcard teaser about it, saying to was coming out…well, already.
That was the plan. Before Geek Husband got a new job and we had to pack and move to another town and try to find a new house (which we still haven’t done). It was the plan when I had a husband who would be running a farm over winter – who would have plenty of time to stay home with Boy Sprout...
March 14, 2014
Friday Five
1. We have SUNSHINE. And warmth. (At least warmer than the bitter cold we’ve had.) I am not naive enough to think Spring hasreallysprung here in Montana, but it’s glorious.
2. Remember how I gushed about my Alphasmart? (Come on, y’all. It was only yesterday. You remember.) Well, after writing that, I realized I reallyshouldnab up one of the remaining Neo 2 models before it’s too late. So I did. I can’t even wait for it to get here – though, it’s coming from the UK, so it’ll probably take a whi...
March 13, 2014
Things That Help Me Write
Writing is writing, no matter how or where you do it. No matter if you use Microsoft Word, or if you prefer to scrawl your words out into a notebook long-hand, or if you tap them into your phone while you wait to pick your kids up from school. There is no program or tool that will make you a better writer, but there are things that can help you – have helped me – hone your craft.
My favorite writing tools:
My Alphasmart
This little buddy is the best thing that has ever happened to my writ...
March 12, 2014
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s hosted byJaime MorrowandErin Funk.
What I’m reading:
In paperback, I’ve gotThis is What Happy Looks Likeby Jennifer E. Smith. It is exactly what I love in a contemporary YA romance. It makes me swoon and cringe and laugh and want to move to the coast so, so, SO bad. Even if that coast is in Maine.
On my kindle, I’m readingDragonflyby Leigh...
February 28, 2014
Are modesty teachings destroying actual modesty?
This is something that has been on my mind for years, and as I am starting to see the first modesty posts of Spring (so jealous of those who are already getting Spring weather!), I’ve decided it is time for me to share my thoughts on this. (Warning: this is long. And sometimes ranty.)
First, my story about modesty:
I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was 18 years old. (And much of my talk about modesty teaching centers around teachings in that church, though I know o...
