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October 21, 2011
Contest Roundup! Win THE SHADOW READER & Other Great Books
It's Friday! The last Friday before THE SHADOW READER hits the shelves!
Did you know October is International Urban Fantasy month? Yep, it is, because fellow DFW area UF writer, Jaye Wells says it is. Jaye is doing a MASSIVE giveaway over on her blog. 5 winners will receive 5 books. That's totally a sweet deal!
And look at what JUST arrived on my doorstep!
A whole box of The Shadow Reader! SQUEE!
So, I'm jumping on board the International Urban Fantasy Month train and doing my own giveaway. On...
October 17, 2011
Newsletter Contest Winner & OMG One More Week!
First, I wanted to say congratulations to Nicole T., who's favorite fae book is ELFLAND by Freda Warrington. You should receive an email with your $15 Amazon gift card.
If you haven't signed up for my newsletter yet, you can do so here. I have subscriber-only contests in all my quarterly newsletters, and I update you on my latest reads and my writing news.
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October 14, 2011
Friday Updatery
Happy Friday, everybody!
This week went by so fast! I'm having fun with the sequel to THE SHADOW READER. And let me tell you, THAT is a big deal. This has been such a tough book to write. I think that's because my mind has been everywhere this past year (pregnancy from hell, newborn twins, general chaos), but it finally feels right. Yay! I have tons of work to do on it still, so I'll probably continue to be scarce online for a while. I'm just excited to be excited about this book!
Speaking of b...
October 7, 2011
Win Jenn Bennett's KINDLING THE MOON!
It's giveaway time! I'm super excited about this one. First, because I LOVE the book I'm giving away and, second, because I get to use a new contest program that's still in beta: RaffleMonkey!
Okay. No. The program isn't really called RaffleMonkey – it's called Rafflecopter - but everything sounds more fun when you add "monkey" to it.
So, what is the prize of this contest? It's Jenn Bennett's awesome debut, KINDLING THE MOON! You guys, this is seriously one of my favorite reads of the year...
September 29, 2011
Reviews and Giveaways!
I can't even begin to tell you how surreal it is to read reviews of THE SHADOW READER. I still feel like this whole publishing thing is just a dream. It's something that happens to other people, not to me. I'm just me, a girl with stories in her head. The stories don't even belong to me. They belong to McKenzie. I just happen to be the one who writes them down (McKenzie is WAY too busy to write a novel!).
But, there are reviews out there. Good reviews, too! I get giddy whenever I hear someone ...
September 21, 2011
Goals Update
Geez. I'm already behind this week, and it's only Tuesday!
(The husband just came in with Boy #1 saying, "Look how cute he is!" He is pretty darn adorable, which is why it's so hard to get work done sometimes. 
)
I need to get some more writing done today, so I'm doing a quick post to update my goals. Here's what I accomplished last week:
Last Week's Goals:
Writing Goals
1. Write 10k on TSR2. Hopefully more! [Totally failed on this! I'm writing at a good pace for me, but it's not quite fast...
September 12, 2011
Weekly Goals
I mentioned a few weeks ago in my I'm Back post that I experienced a mini life crisis the other day after spending over $100 at Target on a week's worth of diapers and baby formula. Since them, I've been reading up on how to save money, namely, I've discovered the world of couponing.
One of the sites I stumbled across was Money Saving Mom. It's a great site to check out if you're interested in saving money by sale shopping and using coupons. She posts deals and tips multiple times throughout t...
September 11th
Others have already posted their memories of September 11th. They've written about their thoughts and feelings more eloquently than I ever could, so instead of writing out my memories, I'm posting the thoughts I wrote several days after the attacks.
I don't think I've shared these written thoughts with anyone before. I found the yellow pieces of paper folded up in an old journal in my memory chest. The letter or journal entry or whatever you want to call this is long. I wrote it at work. I...
August 30, 2011
I'm Back!
I can't believe it's been over three weeks since I last posted. Major writer fail on my part! But I'm back and I think I'm at a point where I have time somewhat under control again. Since it's been so long since I've been around, I thought I'd do a quick summary of what's been going on these past few weeks.
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August 4, 2011
I'm Working Today!
My in laws are in town helping out this week. They were here yesterday, but I didn't get hardly anything accomplished, writing wise. I kept helping out with diaper changes and feedings and baby holding, etc. I just feel so guilty if I don't. But I have 81 days until THE SHADOW READER hits the shelves and 88 days until my deadline to turn in book two (which is in desperate need of a title!), so I've sent myself to my room and am trying my darndest not to help out with the boys. (One of them...
