I just got home from the New England Chapter’s conference in Framingham, MA. This is the third year I’ve gone. I always meet up with old friends and get to put faces to authors I’ve only met on the internet. In the grand scheme of things … it’s a wonderful weekend. It was a weekend [...]
Archive for March, 2010
The Long and the Short Reviews is hosting an easter contest. Beginning March 29 and running through April 4 they are giving readers an opportunity to win a basket load of prizes. And the winning is easy! Author sponsors have hidden an easter egg logo on their websites. All you have to do is visit [...]
Purity Gives over to Creativity
Published March 24th, 2010 in Curiosity, Point of View and Writing. 12 CommentsI didn’t know. How could I? I was just an innocent reader floating along on the river of the story the author chose to weave. I was happily ignorant. But not now. Now I’m a writer. I’m learning all those “don’ts” that come with writing a story. Don’t blather. Don’t name characters with no purpose. [...]
Ready for a Closeup?
Published March 22nd, 2010 in Bonded Souls, Book Trailer, Shifting Bonds and elloras cave. ClosedOkay, so now that I’ve finished the first round of edits on “Bonded Souls” and I have a beautiful cover (thanks to the amazing Syneca) it’s time for the book trailer. Because you know how much I enjoy making them …
I belong to a lot of email loops. Some professional, some for marketing purposes. There are a lot of discussions going on about different aspects of publishing and the book market. Well, the other day someone was talking about a formatting disagreement an author was having with their editor. (It had to do with POV and I’ll save [...]
Don’t Hate the Edits
Published March 18th, 2010 in Bonded Souls, Editing, Shifting Bonds and Writing. ClosedAfter I’ve spent months writing a story and even more time pouring over it and editing so each sentence, each paragraph paints a vivid emotional picture for the reader, I send my story off to a beta reader. I usually have one person reading for typos and misspellings (shhhh … don’t tell anyone, but this writer [...]
I don’t get it. Seriously, I never understood why anyone would want to hold on to negativity. You know what I mean. We see it nearly every day. Whether it’s in your office, a chat online or more recently comments on a YouTube video. I don’t get it. Now please don’t get me wrong. Sometimes life [...]
Cover Lusciousness!
Published March 11th, 2010 in Bonded Souls, Shifting Bonds and elloras cave. 4 CommentsAnd Syneca does it again! My newest story with Ellora’s Cave will be out hopefully this spring. This is the novella formerly titled “Blue Moon Rising” in the Furry, Fluffy &Wild anthology. I’m currently in edits for the rewritten version. “Bonded Souls” is the story that began Jayda and Cole’s love affair. It’s actually the prequel [...]
I love the library. I’ve been browsing the aisles of my local library since I was a little girl. When I was in college the library became my haven for research (which I looooove) and studying (which I love even more … well, the learning). As an adult my local library became the place where [...]
Thank you to everyone who took time to visit my website and enter the contest to celebrate the release of “Healer’s Garden” from Ellora’s Cave. CONGRATULATIONS! Winner of the candle tote Laura Ostrem Montezuma, Iowa Winner of an e-book Jane Cheung Winner of a Nina goodie box! Dena Walton Bremerton, Washington Thanks to everyone who [...]
