Dear friends, As this last day of the year fast draws to an end (and my kiddos would be the first to remind me that it’s ALSO the end of a *decade*), I want to talk about something that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Which is weird… …because I can’t think of the [...]
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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 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 [...]
The Release Day Plan
So what does one do on the day their very first book launches into the universe? Here's a list so you can see how incredibly *unusual* today really is. In order, I... Got kids up and ready for school. Picked up extra kid to take to school. Did the social media thing. Picked up older [...]
Supporting Authors
***This post brought to you by: Anything to Procrastinate Opening my WIP*** With a book set to release in just over a week, I’ve fielded a lot of questions from friends and family, mostly along the lines of “How can we help?” or “What can we do?” These are fantastic questions to ask any first-time [...]
The Little Things
Hey, readers! Be forewarned. I’m about to get really honest. Books are hard. They’re hard to write, hard to edit, hard to pitch, and hard to release into the world. Did I revise my book so it’s the best it can be? Did I revise so much that I lost the essence? Am I ready? [...]
L. Ryan Storms 