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April 4, 2015
In Between by Jenny B. Jones
I immediately fell in love with Katie Parker, a sixteen year old who has traveled from foster home to foster home, finally ending up with Millie and Joseph (a pastor) in the small town of In Between. Her insecurities about not really having anyone and fears about being shipped off to the next foster home are conveyed loud and clear through her sarcastic inner dialogue, which is very funny but overdone at times. About halfway through the book this sarcasm dies down a bit and is replaced with...
April 2, 2015
Cover Reveal: Don’t Call Me Kit Kat
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Junior high is where things really start to happen. Cliques form and break apart. Couples are made and destroyed. And a reputation is solidified that you won’t ever be able to escape. Everything you do and say, and everyone you spend your time with, matters.
Katie Mills knows that. She gets it. That’s why she tried so hard to get in with the cool girls at school. And why she was so devastated when those efforts found her detained for shoplifting and laughed o...
April 1, 2015
Click Date Repeat Awarded Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion
I’m pleased to announce that Click Date Repeat has been awarded an Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion.
Yippee!
A little about indieBRAG, LLC and the B.R.A.G. Medallion:
“Our mission is to discover new and talented self-published authors and help them give their work the attention and recognition it deserves.” “All ebooks brought to the attention of indieBRAG, LLC are subjected to a rigorous selection process. This entails an initial screening to ensure that the author’s work meets certain minimum...
March 31, 2015
Processing Beta Reader Feedback
The good news is that much of the feedback has been positive and quite useful. From little things like “change fuzzy fashion boots to Uggs” to bigger things like “go a bit more in depth about X, maybe Y happens to Z,” I am pleased with the quality of the comments. On top of providing top-notch suggestions, one beta even pointed out a handful of pesky typos. (Some authors have their betas proofread for typos, but I didn’...
Author Press Kits are Key to Getting Media Coverage
This is essential information for self-published authors. Thank you Readers+Writers Journal!
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Any self published author promoting anovel, self-help or non fiction title knows that, after the work of writing, the real work comes when you’re marketing your book. You are undoubtedly (or should be) contacting book blogs, professional reviewers, Amazon Top Reviewers and th...
March 28, 2015
Book Review: What’s Left of Us by Michele Tucker
What’s Left of Us is a new adult novel filled with a good mixture of suspense and sweet romance. I like the way the story is told from the alternating perspectives of Calla, Beck and Asher (who have been neighbors and the best of friends since grade school) and the way it weaves from past to present.
Early on, readers learn that something has happened to tear the trio apart but must read about 80 percent of the book before finding out exactly what. Tucker did an amazing job of building suspe...
What’s Left of Us by Michele Tucker
What’s Left of Us is a new adult novel filled with a good mixture of suspense and sweet romance. I like the way the story is told from the alternating perspectives of Calla, Beck and Asher (who have been neighbors and the best of friends since grade school) and the way it weaves from past to present.
Early on, readers learn that something has happened to tear the trio apart but must read about 80 percent of the book before finding out exactly what. Tucker did an amazing job of building suspe...
March 24, 2015
Romance Rendezvous * April 18 * Waterloo, Iowa
Please join me, along with 15 other romance authors, for this spectacular book signing event in Waterloo, Iowa. (Click here to view a list of participating authors.) Date: Saturday, April 18 2:00 AM — 7:00 PM (CST)Venue: Country Inn & Suites, 4025 Hammond Ave, Waterloo, IA 50702
Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1526432530927837/ Event Schedule
2:00-4:00 Book Signing
First 75 people will receive a Romance Rendezvous tote bag. Two winners will receive signed Kindle cov...March 21, 2015
The Graham Cracker Plot by Shelley Tougas
Eleven-year-old Daisy Bauer has a rough life. Her parents are divorced, she lives with her recovering-alcoholic mom in a rundown trailer park, and her dad has been sentenced to serve time in a minimum-security prison for causing a chemical explosion. Worried for her dad’s safety in prison, Daisy hatches a plan with her sort-of friend Graham (aka Graham Cracker) to rescue him. What follows is an amusingly quirky tale of two naïve children who rely on an “idea coin” to make important decisions...
March 20, 2015
Click.Date.Repeat. by K.J. Farnham
Thank you to Readers+Writers Journal for the lovely review of Click Date Repeat!
Originally posted on readers+writers journal:
Based on the author’s real-life experiences with online dating (through which she met her husband) Click. Date. Repeat. is a look at internet dating in its early days – 2003. The novel opens with the text of Chloe’s online profile and moves swiftly from there. It follows Chloe, a teacher in her mid-twenties...
