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August 22, 2013
Review: THE CINDERELLA MOMENT by Jennifer Kloester
Book blurb: Let the masquerade begin! Angel Moncoeur has always wanted to be a fashion designer, but without money or connections, it’s going to be a challenge. When an opportunity to leave her home in New York and head to Paris appears, Angel grabs it – even if it means masquerading as her best friend […]
August 20, 2013
Lauren Jankowksi — Blog Ring of Power Interview, Part 2
Today I’m happy to welcome Lauren Jankowski, speculative fiction author of Sere from the Green and the upcoming Through Storm and Night. She’s talking today about the writing life. The Writing Life What is your writing process? Do you follow a regular routine? Do you use pen and paper or computer? Work at home or at the library/Starbucks, […]
August 16, 2013
A Post in Poems — Thursday’s Children Blog Hop
Finally back into the Thursday’s Children blog hop after life pulled me away to deal with, well — life. Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about why we write — or sing, or paint, or dance, or act, or do any number of creative things. It’s to communicate. Because no matter […]
August 13, 2013
Interview With T. J. Loveless, Part 3 — Blog Ring of Power
Today I welcome author T. J. Loveless to the Blog Ring of Power – The Creative Process Where do you get your story ideas? Everywhere. A conversation with family, pictures, paintings, watching the mustangs on Wild Horse Loop, talking to other writers, situations I’ve been in, a backyard BBQ. Sometimes everything is spaced out […]
August 5, 2013
Interview with Jennifer Allis Provost, Part Five — Blog Ring of Power
Today I welcome Jennifer Allis Provost, speculative fiction author. She will be sharing her “words of wisdom” with us. Tell us about your route to success – where there any bumps and bruises along the way? I am a cautionary tale with regard to publishing – if there’s a mistake to be made, […]
July 29, 2013
Interview with Tracy Lane, Part 5 — Blog Ring of Power
Today I host the second part of a 5-part interview with Tracy Lane, author of speculative fiction. We’re highlighting Tracy’s book, PARANORMAL PROPERTIES. Words of Wisdom from Tracy: Why did you decide to go with an indie publisher? Did you use/do you have an agent? I submitted to agents and I wasn’t very confident of getting [...]
July 25, 2013
1,000+ Twitter Followers Giveaway!!
Okay, this is also my Thursday’s Children blog post for this week because… Well, I am shamelessly plugging my giveaway. There, I said it. When I – social media newbie — ventured into Twitter last year, I was clueless. I didn’t expect to garner many followers. I simply felt that I needed to understand and experiment [...]
July 24, 2013
1K Twitter Celebration & Giveaway Sneak Peak
This giveaway — a celebration of reaching 1,000+ followers on Twitter — is based on my debut novel, CROWN OF ICE, which will be published by Month9Books in Fall 2014. (For more about the book, check here:http://wp.me/P2N5ke-dB ) In CROWN OF ICE there are two very important NON-human characters — the wolf pup, Luki and the [...]
July 17, 2013
Letting Go of Perfect
I have a confession. I am a recovering perfectionist. Most of my life, I lived in such fear of failure that I would rather not do a thing then do it poorly.I didn’t want to waste my time on anything if I wasn’t convinced that it was going to be a rousing success. A story [...]
July 16, 2013
Blog Ring of Power — Interview with Anne E. Johnson
Today I host the second part of a 5-part interview with Anne E. Johnson, author of speculative fiction and historical fiction. We’re highlighting the release of Anne’s new book, BLUE DIAMOND DELIVERY. The Writing Life 1. What is your writing process? Do you follow a regular routine? Do you use pen and paper or computer? Work at [...]
