I had three books under my tree to give away and the winners are:A copy of Double Clutch goes to: Vickie– Merry Christmas =) A copy of Good for You goes to: Andrea @The Bookish Babes – Merry Christmas =) A copy of Callum & Harper goes to: Priya – Merry Christmas =) AND THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS: Vanessa EricCongratulations […]
Yesterday I sat down with two teenage heartthrobs outside the Beverly Hills mansion hardly ever inhabited anymore by rocker Jax Stone enjoying the view of his olympic size pool complete with a massive rock waterfall. Reid Alexander whose face is everywhere I turn these days, now that his acting career has sky rocketed, joined us while […]
This week’s topic: COVER LOVE You might think because I’m a writer I am well aware of the old adage “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” well… I hate to disillusion you but I’m incredibly superficial. If a book’s cover doesn’t catch my eye then I won’t read it. Period. UNLESS it gets mass amounts […]
11/11/11: My Top 11 Indie YA Contemporary Romance Reads of 2011 These books might not have all been released in 2011 but I read them in 2011 Coming in at #11: Cross My Heart by Katie Klein- This one was good but I could put it down and walk away from it then come back […]
This week we are supposed to share our best “fan” experience. I’m new to this so I don’t have one really big “fan” moment etched in my memory. I really tried to nail down just one email, blog post, tweet, or review that stood out above all others but I just couldn’t do it. So, […]
Today’s topic is “Back to School Special” and we are all posting classroom scenes from our books or real life experiences. I chose my upcoming YA paranormal romance Existence to pull a classroom scene from. BUT FIRST the winner of last weeks YA Indie Carnival giveaway for my blog is: Jess midnightbookworm@live.comFor those of you who haven’t […]
Today’s YA Indie Carnival is Q & A and TONS of giveaways! I had the honor of asking Cheri Schmidt, author of The Fateful Series and Fair Maiden, five questions about her writing.(Just a side note… I answered questions about my upcoming releases too. You can read it by going HERE) 1. What was your favorite […]
Three Tips for YA Indie Authors #1 Hire a maid if you ever want to have clean clothes and dishes again. #2 Don’t run out of red wine #3 Keep a large back of M&M’S handy while waiting on critiques Hmmm… that’s probably not the kind of tips Laura meant when she sent out the […]
Okay so I am jumping in on the Indie Carnival a little late in the game today! Anyway, today we are supposed to post the first paragraph from the book we are currently working on. So here goes…. “It’s a hot night, huh?” I didn’t need to look up to see who had spoken. I […]