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July 17, 2013
Cape Cod Scribe has a Liebster Award!
So, I am thrilled to announce that my crazy, slightly irrational bloggy, was nominated for a Liebster Award by fellow crazy – Danielle of Ever On Word.
Gotta love her blog and the fact that she is nuts enough to be a writer, like moi. I bet there is a genetic disorder linked to our common story-telling obsession!
Anywho, to accept my fab-o award, I must complete the following rules (and, heck knows I suck at rules, but here goes!):
* Answer the 11 questions provided – DONE
* Create 11 questions f...
July 15, 2013
Send us your Indie Book for review!
Yes! It is true! I (along with a few fellow writers / readers) are taking on independently published books for review!
Published your own novel? Dying to get some reviews you can post on your blog / Amazon page? Well . . . try your luck with us!
Before you get insanely excited, realize that we are fairly selective in which novels we decide to sit and read and thus review. And you will get an honest review – not a nit-picky, “so and so missed a comma,” review, but an honest reflection of the sto...
May 29, 2013
The Critical Self-Published Cover
I’m just gonna say it: I DO judge a book by it’s cover. Well, okay – at FIRST. Then you have the book blurb to continue to lure me in. After that, I give you just the sample pages. Wait – I’ve wandered off topic for a second. Back to covers!
So . . . if so many people are like me and are drawn to the sparkly stuff (and therefore fancy covers), why, WHY, do self-pubbing authors go the cheap route with such a critical selling point? PEOPLE! If your going to go it alone, for goodness sake spend t...
March 18, 2013
All Around the Town: Tales from Bus Driver Hell
It is possible that I have been asked to write a Bombeckesque memoir about being a bus driver at least fifty times. And yes – the tales from the road could fill an encyclopdeia. But I am a professional writer (and driver) and believe it or not, my time is somewhat squeezed. So yes – someday I hope to gather the tales of craziness from my fellow school bus drivers, but for now I will stick with just a few posts from our crazy profession.
So, in honor of BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY (yes – it is...
March 6, 2013
Why I Passed on a Couple of This Week's Queries
Reblogged from The Blabbermouth - Linda P. Epstein:
I don't know if I'll be able to do this every week. I was very uncomfortable as I wrote the reasons why I passed, knowing I was putting them up on the blog. I don't want folks to feel bad orembarrassedif they recognize their query. I know it's supposed to be helpful to them and to others, but it feels kind of like airing dirty laundry, somehow.
This is just too good not to reblog :) Hee hee
February 21, 2013
BOOK REVIEW: THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT
THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT by VERONICA ROSSI
So, it ain’t no secret that I loved UNDER THE NEVER SKY, Rossi’s first book in this fabulous dystopian series. Of course, being that I adored book #1 meant that I had high standards set for book #2 (THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT). Dang it all, Rossi actually outdid herself.
In THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT, Perry and Aria reunite and are determined to join forces to find the “Still Blue” – a fabled area of the Earth, unmarred by the vicious Ether Sky. Perry, now a Blo...
