Life is made up of choices. One of the best choices I ever made was Western Senior High School in Baltimore, MD. "Western High School: A National Blue Ribbon School Western High School, founded November 1, 1844, is the oldest all-girls public high school in the United States and is one of the city’s and …
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Perhaps you read my losing contest entry into the Rave Reviews Book Club short story writing contest the other day. If not, here is the post. Yesterday, I received a free critique of my story and it was pretty awesome. Here it is: Hi, P.S.! The Pool Boy was a witty, intelligent play on the …
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With this PubSlush campaign ramping up for launch on September 1st, I'm faced with so many decisions as to how I want to use the funding (IF I get the funding I need) to market my new book. There are as many opinions about how to market your book as there are books to sell …
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This morning while I was getting ready for work, I heard the most adorable voice coming through the TV in the next room. I always listen to the news while I put myself together in the morning and occasionally, I have to pause my eye-shadow application and run into the "Man's Room" and see what …
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Holly Lauren has just earned another award for her book "Tempus" the first book in the GenEx Saga!  Holly's novel has been chosen to be one of the 20 books listed on their Clean YA Literature reads of 2015-2016!  Read more below! (Click the book cover above to get your e-copy from …
I entered a contest last month on the Rave Reviews Book Club. I lost 😦 but then  again, I won because it was a really fun little exercise in writing something under 1,000 words. It's kind of silly, scary and weird but I had fun writing it. I can't help but wonder what sort of strange …
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I know I miss mine - A LOT When I woke up this morning, I was thinking about the Whelans. I was thinking about Teagan and Eli and their evolved friendship. I was thinking about Fagan and Mary and how they were getting on. I was thinking about silly Patrick and the oh so serious …
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There are some scenes in my books that flowed seamlessly and others that took much longer to come to me. Either way, there were some that I took a great deal of care with because they touched my heart. Here are just a few excerpts from some of those scenes: Fagan was for the first …
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I guess in some ways it still is. Two years ago before I'd even finished my first novel, I read a now long-lost article about building an author platform. Boy was I confused! I hadn't even finished my first novel at the time and I knew zip about publishing so in between writing, I read …
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9 – The Call Clark felt a panic growing inside of him. It was as if a huge hole was opening up and swallowing him. "Clark? Clark, what is it?" Lois asked, grabbing him by the front of his coat and pulling at him, as he sat looking at the phone. "Lois. I really think …
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