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Did I mention that my YA urban fantasy is up FREE for the Kindle this weekend ( Read more... )

I need some brainstorming help ( Read more... )

(Information cross-posted, somewhat, from my other journals at http://deniseweeks.blogspot.com and http://shalannacollins.blogspot.com)

We have a cover and a release date for APRIL, MAYBE JUNE, my YA fantasy/adventure that kicks off what we're now calling the Bliss Sisters Magical Adventures series!


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Today is Sample Sunday. I have a "witchy" book (think "Bell, Book, and Candle" or "Bewitched," and MAYBE even "Sabrina" with a sprinkle of "Charmed") that I need to finish. (I have the first 3/4 and the ending written--it's just a saggy part that has to connect everything that needs plumping up.) I thought it might be fun to see whether anyone ( Read more... )

(That's an allusion to Malvina Reynolds' wonderful folksong LITTLE BOXES, as popularized by the great Pete Seeger ( Read more... )

I found these wonderful guidelines for Amazon reviews on Anne K. Allen's blog. She also gives helpful advice for those who are promoting books. What's not to like ( Read more... )

Remember when you were eight and first read CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG by Ian Fleming? That was when I first read it, and I immediately marched over to the library (the low-tech book acquisition method in those days) to find more books by this wonderful author. Of course what I found were the James Bond books, completely different in every way ( Read more... )

Originally posted by ariestess at The Friday Five for 4 October 2013...
Computers!

1. When did you/your family get your first computer?
   
2. What type of computer was it?
   
3. What were your favorite things to do on your first computer?
   
4. When did you/your family first connect to the Internet?
   
5. How did you spend time online when you first connected?
   (sic)

I cannot tell a lie. ( Read more... )

Well, once again the traditional/New York publishing houses have noticed that we're here and that we're not going away. They didn't act when e-publishing began to be taken seriously, and they ignored those of us who went the indie route, saying we weren't WORTHY and we were writing CRAP (even though they've been putting out crap that's cloned from ( Read more... )