Welcome to December! I should be working on my WIP right now instead of tallying up numbers from this year, but what is a writer if not a procrastinator, right? So I bring you my 2019 writing stats. People often ask me how long it takes to get a book written and what a writer [...]
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If I’m Dreaming, Don’t Wake Me Up
So a little thing happened today. A Thousand Years to Wait was listed as an Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Fantasy category of the 2019 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest! Someone pinch me.
12 Books—Month 9
It's time for another Twitter friend book review and this time it's Roselle Lim's Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune. I didn't think twice about picking up this book. It has everything I love - a romance, a little bit of magic, a girl finding her place in the world. I wouldn't think of [...]
12 Books—Month 8
Hooray, we've reached one of my favorites in my Twitter friend book reviews. This month, I read Jean Grant's Will Rise From Ashes. If her name looks familiar, it's because I've mentioned Jean before on my blog. Several times, actually, as Jean is a critique partner and beta-reader extraordinaire. In fact, I mentioned Will Rise From [...]
12 Books—Month 7
Yes, I'm playing catch up. Since we're actually in the 10th month of the year, I'm reviewing 2 books by Twitter friends in one month, but this one was an easy pick. Why? Because it's The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor, and I had the pleasure of getting to meet Ramzipoor in person when she visited [...]
12 Books—Month 6
Okay, okay, so we're a little more than 6 months into the year. Perhaps I was being a tad ambitious about reading 12 Twitter friends' books in a year, especially when my own book launched a few months ago and I've had several signings and events and I'm still trying to keep up on recommended reading [...]
End of Summer Odds and Ends
Okay, so it's been almost two months since my last blogpost. Please don't yell at me! I've been busy. I promise. And yes, busy with so much book-stuff I can hardly keep track of it all. Not that I'm complaining... First up, I got to visit one of my most amazing-est (Yes, that's a word. [...]
Book Launch Parties, The Meaning of Family, & Other Musings
This week has been one heck of a whirlwind. Wait. I mean last week. (See? It’s already gotten away from me…) Last week, I spent my Wednesday and Thursday driving to & from Massachusetts to bring this sweet girl to her new home. I am so very glad this cat is now living with one [...]
Birthday Presents
Welcome to June! It’s my birthday month and this year is a BIG ONE. But I don’t care about the numbers. I care about the gifts. No, not gifts to me… I’m giving away a talisman necklace and signed copy of A Thousand Years to Wait to one lucky winner. All you have to do [...]
12 Books—Month 5
This month, in my Twitter-Friend Book Review, I chose Katrina Ariel’s Wild Horse Heart. I first glimpsed this book when Katrina and I became friends on Twitter and I was lucky enough to read some of her other work as a critique partner long ago. Since I already knew I enjoyed her writing, I bought [...]
L. Ryan Storms 