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March 17, 2015
Self-publishing Timeline
Are you a new author with a completed manuscript and you’re not sure what to do next?
Photo Credit: Jonny Wikins on Flickr
That was me last spring after I’d completed my first novel.
My solution was to ask my developmental editor, Leah Campbell, for advice. Leah is a published author, so she was able to fill me in on what I needed to do.
Create a cover, or hire a cover designer. Hire a line editor. Read through my book. Again. For the 80 billionth time. Figure out which print-on-demand servi...
March 14, 2015
Bombed by Winifred Morris
After reading Morris’s Of Mice and Money (which I highly recommend) I was happy to learn that she’d written another novel. Just like Of Mice and Money, I enjoyed Bombed. Not only is it unique and peppered with humor, romance and suspense, but it is also well paced and full of memorable characters.
The main character, Annie, is the front woman in a band and a likeable drug dealer. Yes, that’s right, she’s an LSD distributor. This tidbit leads me to something that I love about Morris’s charact...
4 Paws for Piper Book Auction
Please participate in this book auction! All funds will be donated to 4 Paws for Ability,a non profit organization that trains service dogs for individuals with disabilities. This organization will provide Piper, who battles Autism and Epilepsy, with a multipurpose service dog.Piper’s service dog will be trained in behaviors disruption, tethering, tracking, search & rescue and seizure alert work.
Over 140 authors have already donated books.I am donating two paperback copies of Click Date Rep...
March 12, 2015
Cover Reveal – Don’t Call Me Kit Kat
The cover for Don’t Call Me Kit Kat will be revealed on Friday, April 3.
Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen of Okay Creations
Cover Reveal Organizer: Xpresso Book Tours
Please visit the cover reveal sign-up page if you’d like to participate. If you could also share this post with anyone who might be interested, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you! : )
Blurb:
Junior high is where things really start to happen. Cliques form and break apart. Couples are made and destroyed. And a reputation is s...
March 10, 2015
East Coast Road Trip
Hi everyone! Sorry it’s been so quiet around here lately. I just returned from a much-needed vacation. My husband and I traveled for a week with no kids! It was the first time we’d gone anywhere alone since 2012. I thought sharing some trip pics would be a nice way to ease back into my blog schedule. Enjoy!
Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont
Washington, D.C.
The Cedars of Williamsburg Bed & Breakfast, Virginia
Virginia Beach
February 24, 2015
The Power of a Book
I recently read a book that made me cry. Actually, I sobbed. What book caused me to become so emotional?
Bambi’s Fragrant Forest, A Golden Fragrance Book, Copyright 1975
What was it about this cute scratch ‘n sniff book that had me in tears?
Memories.
Some of my most cherished memories involve my grandma and books. She always read to me and often gave me books as gifts for birthdays and Christmases. Whenever I visited her in the small town of Evansville, Wisc., we would go to the library every fe...
February 21, 2015
It Will Always Be You by Tina Ness
It Will Always Be You tells the story of Elizabeth, a young woman who hasn’t had the best luck with relationships, and Marshall, a hunky, head-turning businessman. Elizabeth works at a hotel where Marshall frequently stays while on business trips, and she has been eyeing him for quite some time, afraid to make a move because she assumes he is a playboy. After a chance encounter leads to a date, romance blossoms, and Elizabeth slowly comes to realize that there is so much more to Marshall than...
February 18, 2015
Quote Of The Week: Amazing You
My post for today was supposed to be about participating in a book signing, but it’s just one of those days/weeks when my to-do list is out of control! And, for some reason, my toddler has decided that today’s a good day to be unusually uncooperative. Ugh.
So instead of putting too much pressure on myself to finish my intended post, I’ve decided to share this inspirational quote via Writer’s Bounty, a blog that I really enjoy.
February 16, 2015
Please Vote!
If you could spare a moment to vote, it would be much appreciated!
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Thank you!
February 14, 2015
You by Caroline Kepnes
YOU is a dark, twisted story that I couldn’t put down.
Joe Goldberg becomes fixated on Guinevere Beck the moment he sees her. They engage in small talk, flirt with each other a bit, and then she’s gone. This is the point when a “normal” man would either follow a woman and ask her out or simply move on with his day. However, Joe happens to be a sociopath who takes a much different approach. He decides to stalk Beck in person and online, and he eliminates “obstacles” until they become an item. E...
