So I haven't posted a teaser in a while and I thought I would in honor of FINISHING MY REVISIONS! This excerpt is from a brand new scene in the novel and I heart it so much.

A little background, my protagonist--who shall remain nameless for purposes of this teaser--needs to get into Town Hall to find information. The antagonist, Kingston, is the one ( Read more... )

I haven't posted one of these in a while, especially not from my book on sub THE ART OF SELLING MY SISTER. So here's one of my favorite scenes from this novel.

The set-up: my characters are pretending to be newlyweds so they can pull a prank on the cruise ship's Newlywed game. They are trying to get "in character" here. Earlier in the novel Finn, my ( Read more... )

Thanks to the upfronts (my favorite time of the year), I'm working this week so I forgot to blog. Speaking of the upfronts, I'm super excited for Joel Mchale's new show! Of course, I would watch anything he's in. There's a preview of all the new NBC shows over at eonline.com
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I had wanted to get something up much earlier today, but my day job kept me away from the blogs and twitter. Don't they realize I have more important priorities? I'm tired now, so I picked something really quick from my super secret WIP, which still doesn't have a proper title. As always, this is an early draft and what I post here may end up on ( Read more... )

Here is an excerpt from The Art of Selling my Sister. In this scene, my protagonist Kasey is on a cruise with her family. She and her sister Lara just met brothers in the previous scene, and they all decided to try to get into the 18-and-over dance club using the older siblings' pass-back IDs. Lara is a dancer, Kasey is not, so she's nervous. In ( Read more... )

I'm going to do something I'm a little nervous about. I'm posting an excerpt from my second draft of the super secret WIP. This one comes with a disclaimer. Everything is subject to change, including character personalities, names, plots, and sentences. This scene may very well end up on the cutting room floor, especially since my agent hasn't even ( Read more... )

The first day of I-week went very well. I banged out 5k and tightened my outline, planning out the rest of the week and which scenes I had to complete in order to finish on time. Also, I received a very exciting email from my agent today. Yay for 2009!

I know I've been talking about Misjudged a lot on this blog. I wish I could post a teaser from it ( Read more... )