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 [...]
Thought I'd share some fun book goings-on with myself and other authors today!
Promo fun
Stop by Night Owl Reviews Suspense today where A Human Element is featured and so am I in a fun Author Q&A interview.
I'm also interviewed this month in the Bucks County Women's Journal, talking about the power of change. Check out pg. 34 in the PDF or pick up locally. A wonderful magazine promoting women's business and successes. Visit the BCWJ website.
Plus I love waking up to more five-star Read more [...]
Kelly Simmons, Author of Standing Still & The Bird House on Plot
Kelly gave us great ideas on how to prepare the plot of our book BEFORE writing it so we don’t get 80 pages in & have to re-write it all.
On Plot: Ride the 7 C’s
Combustion
Coordination
Conflict
Characters
Conclusion
Completion
Commitment
Tip: Combustion and Coordination are most important
Combustion
Most plot problems from beginning. Creating a premise with such interesting characters and high stakes will Read more [...]