Happy New Year all! First, I am so thrilled to share the money raised toward the Pearl S. Buck Welcome House Adoption Program. For two weeks in December, I promised to donate $1 from each book sale of A Human Element, print or ebook. With your help I sold 71 books and am donating $71 to this wonderful program! Thank you!
Now here's a look back at 2012!
Top visited guest posts on my blog in 2012:
#1 Allison Brennan: How to knock off your characters
New York Times and USA Today bestselling Read more [...]
I've been tagged by the wonderfully imaginative and fun Catherine Stine in a blog game called The Next Big Thing. The game involves answering questions about your work in progress or a new piece, that you'd love to become the next big thing! For me, that's the sequel to my book, A HUMAN ELEMENT.
Is my “stuff” good enough to be the Next Big Thing? You be the judge. In turn I’m tagging five other authors to take part. So here goes:
Ten Interview Questions for The Next Big Thing:
What Read more [...]
Okay, time for a short break in the blogosphere. I was originally tagged by the super sweet Donna B. McNicol @DonnaBMcNicol. The rules are easy:
Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript (or past if nothing active)
Go to line 7
Copy down the next seven lines (or sentences) as they are – no cheating
Tag 7 other authors
So here is my excerpt from my recently finished middle grade adventure novel, Joshua and The Lightning Road - page 7, line 7.
I pushed myself up and stared at Read more [...]
I know some writers who listen to music while writing. Some even craft soundtracks like my friend, Jess Cooper. She goes to Pandora's Box to find music that fits her mood for particular a book she's writing and builds a soundtrack. Jonathan Maberry notes he ratches it up at a local coffeeshop or bookstore with tunes for the writing of that day. Eric S. Brown swears by Weird Al.
Some writers I know write in complete silence, like Michael Ventrella. I am one of those, but I also find a dark corner Read more [...]