This is a joint AUTHOR & BLOGGER SPONSORED GIVEAWAY! Kindle Fire HD 7″ Giveaway The winner will have the option of receiving a 7″ Kindle Fire HD (US Only) Or $199 Amazon.com Gift Card (International) Or $199 in Paypal Cash (International) Sponsoring Bloggers & Authors I Am A Reader, Not A [...]
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I’ve felt them coming for a while … those pesky winds of change. Sometimes change is good, sometimes not, but one thing’s for sure … it can be scary. My grandmother used to tell me all the time that life’s about changing, nothing ever stays the same. Yet when I’m faced with change, I find [...]
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I’ve so enjoyed these past twelve days. Thanks so much for the warm comments, emails, tweets, and texts. It’s been great working with other authors and I can’t believe that the hop is coming to a close. Remember, you have until midnight tonight to enter in any of the giveaways, so I’ve put them all [...]
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I’m so excited to be participating in the Holiday Hullabaloo Twelve Days of Giveaways. 14 different authors brought together by bestselling, Denise Grover Swank have gotten together to spread a little Christmas cheer, so be sure to tell you friends and neighbors! Here’s how it works: Everyday for the next twelve days the blogs listed on the [...]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...The KRA decorated each table according to the author’s books and subject. What a cute idea! A few months back, I was invited to attend the Kentucky Reading Association’s Author Luncheon. For my friends that aren’t privileged to live in this great state, KRA’s mission is to “… be a voice for literacy throughout the [...]
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Not surprising, I’ve been looking forward to hitting all the blogs on this hop! If you’d like to see all the great giveaways, just click on the pic at the top of the post and it’ll take you to the linky. In celebration of the YA giveaway hop, I’ve decided to do something spectacular! I’m [...]
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Trends in writing often come and go with popularity, especially in YA, it seems. Normally, the trend deals with subject matter … everything from wizards to vampires to futuristic dystopian worlds. But lately, there is one trend I can’t wrap my brain around. In these books, I loved the characters, and the action throughout is [...]
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I’ve been in the indie publishing game long enough now to see a trend or two come and go. Unfortunately one that seems to remain is the in-your-face marketing strategy on twitter. You know, these are people who randomly mention you in a tweet with a “look at my blog”, or they follow you, and [...]
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When it comes to terminal marks (periods, exclamation marks, ect.) we are fearless, but I find it funny that so many writers are afraid of commas, semi colons, and colons. A few weeks back we looked at the proper use of commas, and so today I’d like to explore the uses of a semicolon [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The objective: Show us a scene from your current project. It can be creepy, adventurous, romantic, etc. Just a snippet to let readers see what they’re in for! The guidelines: * Must be from a current work-in-progress (WIP). Nothing already published. * You may choose from any section of the manuscript, but be mindful [...]
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