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January 11, 2017
It’s Time For A Series Of Unfortunate Events
One of my favorite books of all time is coming to Netflix this Friday, the 13th. This is what Netflix had to say about it: Dear Viewer, In this most unpleasant trailer, Lemony Snicket lays bare the terrible facts of…Read more ›
January 7, 2017
Heart’s Blood
“Long patience and application saturated with your heart’s blood-you will either write or you will not-and the only way to find out whether you will or not is to try.” ~Jim Tully
January 6, 2017
My Kindle Scout Experience: Stage 1 – The Preparation
I’ve been meaning to capture my experience with Kindle Scout ever since I started planning to enter my book. But for one reason or another, it never got done. Now that the KS adventure has come to a happy conclusion,…Read more ›
January 5, 2017
Psychology of the Hater—Using our Naysayers to Fuel Greatness
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
All right, I spent last post addressing HuffPo’s latest snooty rant regarding self-publishing and that’s cool. I don’t like giving attention to haters and click-bait. But, I also know there are a lot…
All right, I spent last post addressing HuffPo’s latest snooty rant regarding self-publishing and that’s cool. I don’t like giving attention to haters and click-bait. But, I also know there are a lot…
January 1, 2017
May 2017 Be Spectacular
Wishing everyone a fun-filled and bright New Year. Here’s hoping all your dreams come true and then some. 
December 28, 2016
It’s A Winner!
Yes!!! The Eternity Prophecy has been awarded a contract by Kindle Press. Thank you, everyone, for the tremendous support I received with the book. I couldn’t have done it without you. After 45 days of submitting and campaigning and struggling…Read more ›
December 25, 2016
Merry Christmas!
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Wishing you happiness…” – Helen Keller
December 24, 2016
Nourishment, Shelter And Companionship,
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ~Phillip Pullman
December 21, 2016
A Short Story For “The Holly Jolly Blog Hop”
It’s been so much fun participating in “The Holly Jolly Blog Hop” where writers across genres get together to share flash fiction with the prompt “the wrong gift.” In my case, the flash fiction turned into a short story. But…Read more ›
December 10, 2016
Most Of Our Lying
“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.” ~Anton Chekov
