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February 12, 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:
I’m still making my way through the audio of Fangirl.I am still super enjoying it, but I haven’t had as much time to listen this week.
On my Kindle, I’m diving intoHeart Breaths by KK Hendin. It’s been waiting for me since it released, and I’m so thrilled to finally be reading it.
And fina...
February 5, 2014
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s hosted byJaime MorrowandErin Funk.
What I’m reading:
Over on the Kindle, I haveStory Maps: How to write a GREAT Screenplayby Daniel P Calvisi. My big Challenge-Me goal for the year is to write a screenplay. We all know I’m a die-hard fan ofSave the Cat, but I decided to giveStory Maps a shot as well to help broaden my knowledge. So far it’...
December 18, 2013
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s hosted byJaime MorrowandErin Funk.
What I’m reading:
On my Kindle, I’ve gotLet’s Get Visibleby David Gaughran, which is teaching me about Amazon algorithms and how to smartly position my titles in front of more people.
I don’t have a physical book going, which is weird for me, but most of them are packed and I don’t have the time to sit dow...
December 11, 2013
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s hosted by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk.
What I’m reading:
In novel-land, I’m about 80 or so pages from the end ofMaggie Stiefvater’sThe Dream Thieves.In case you missed it, I was pretty darn excited about this book. And it’s not disappointing. I love getting swept away in Maggie’s words. Her writing is so clever and effortless* and just a jo...
December 6, 2013
Friday Five
1) Yesterday, Geek Husband sent in his official acceptance on a job in my hometown. Which means he’ll be programming again, so Geek Husband can be a professional Geek Husband again. I know he’ll miss farming a lot, and I am a bit bummed that Boy Sprout won’t be raised on the farm, but my sister-in-law is a freaking nutjob the family politics around running that farm are just too exhausting. So we’re getting out.
2) Related to #1: who ever thought it would be a good idea to pack up the entire h...
December 2, 2013
November review and December goals
I’ve officially been a published author for half a month, and, well…it feels kinda like I’m not published at all. I don’t mean that in a bad way, it’s just the month ended up being such a whirlwind and so many things happened the second half of the month, that it’s not really been able to sink in that my book is actually published. (It totes is. You should buy it.)
When I started this journey, one of the things I wanted to do was to be completely transparent about the process. I’ve not done te...
November 29, 2013
Secret Project: REVEALED!
I’ve been hinting about it here on the blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter…and now I can finally share my top secret project with y’all. Are you excited?! First a little background:
This project has been a LONG time coming. It’s the first thing I started work on when I started writing seriously a little over five years ago. It’s been written and rewritten more times than I care to admit. It’s the story of my heart, and I am so, SO incredibly excited to finally be sharing it with the world.
If you...
November 9, 2013
Checking In….
Wow. It’s been a while. So how about a little update of what I’ve been up to? In the past month, I’ve:
Done final edits (and proofreads and edits and more proofing and AHHH) on99 Days of Laney MacGuire.Got it all polished up for y’all.
Designed and laid out the interior of the paperback.
Made the paperback cover.
Formatted the ebook – that was a lot of HTML coding, you guys!
Created the cover for my February release.
Started a shiny new secret project, emailed with my publicist about it, and create...
October 16, 2013
Pride & Prep School SCAVENGER HUNT
Yesterday wasPride and Prep School‘s book birthday and we’re celebrating with a Scavenger Hunt and Amazon gift card giveaway! Pride and Prep School is the third installment in Stephanie Wardrop’sSnark and Circumstanceenovella series–a modern, snarky YA re-telling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.Here’s how to play:
Go to Stephanie’s blog for questions from all three enovellas. One coordinating photo answer will be featured on each of our participating blogs. Once you’ve matched the questio...
October 9, 2013
It’s Here! Yay!
You guys! I can finally -finally- share the cover for99 Days of Laney MacGuirewith you. I’ve been sitting on this cover for MONTHS, and I am so excited to get to show it. So, here it is:
Huge thanks to Stephanie at Mooney Designs for creating my lovely cover.
Laney can’t wait to spend the summer at her father’s lake resort. It’s a place where time stands still and nothing ever changes—the perfect thing for Laney after the year she just had. But when she gets there, she discovers the lodge isn’t...
