I'm Taking a Fantastic Voyage. Won't You Join Me?
Somewhere in the Book... The awkwardness between Owen and Sarah at dinner did not dampen the reunion that continued into the evening. Sarah excused herself immediately following the final course of roasted turkey. She’d barely eaten at all but for a warm roll with honey butter dipped lightly in gravy. Kathryn attempted to entice her …
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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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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 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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My First Character interview for the series will be with Teagan Whelan, one of the main characters from "Fireflies." I'm really shocked that I was able to get her to sit down and answer fifty questions tonight but she was very interested in sharing. 1. What is your name? Teagan Brianne Whelan 2. Why were …
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Wikipedia says:Â The roots of the word have been defined[4] as follows: super- "above", cali- "beauty", fragilistic- "delicate", expiali- "to atone", and -docious "educable", with the sum of these parts signifying roughly "Atoning for educability through delicate beauty." According to the film, it is defined as "something to say when you have nothing to say." Today …
"KAPLAN'S QUEST" by Richard Steinitz (Enigma Press New Release!) BUY LINKS US IN UK DE FR ES IT JP BR CA MX AU Synopsis:  The disappearance of his great-uncle Samuel during World War II has shaped the life of the young university lecturer, Shmulik Kaplan. As part of his Master's Thesis on the history of Germany between …
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