I got this e-mail from Darlene at Pages Of Stories and thought I’d share it with you just in case anyone wants to try their hand at a story based on an ABBA song- Hi Everyone! As many of you are aware Pages Of Stories has returned from hiatus! About a year ago I announced…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-Writers and Sharp Objects
I was reminded this week just how valuable hands are to us writers. I’m working on some cookbooks and being the multi-tasker that I am have been combining testing recipes with cooking dinner. Recipe of the day on Wednesday, blue cheese fries. Yep, had a little accident when preparing the potatoes and not only did…
Promotional Events with Coffee Time Romance
If anyone’s looking for ways to promote their books here are two ideas from my friends at Coffee Time Romance- Coffee Time Romance & More is scheduling author events…. We are open for live chat scheduling for 2014. You can schedule dates for our Tuesdays or other days of the week depending on your schedule….
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Cold Weather and Writing
It’s been a very cold week but one plus is when you’re forced to stay indoors because of wind chill warnings, writing’s the perfect cure for the wintertime blues. Question of the week, are you more productive with your writing in winter or summer? Non-fiction wise I’ve been putting together notes for some e-books I…
A Review of Self-Publishing: Writing A Book And Publishing Books And E-Books For Yourself And Others by William Benitez
Over the holidays I finally got a chance to finish reading William Benitez’s book on self publishing. If you’re thinking about adding some titles on this topic to your bookshelf, here’s my review. As someone very interested in self-publishing, I’ve read lots of books on this subject. One thing I preferred about this title was…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Brand New Year
Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday season. New year means new goals. I’ve started to make a list of what I want to achieve in 2014. Sometimes writing them down makes you more accountable. Right now I’m working on the second book in the Big Sky Cowboys trilogy and once again…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Winter Starts Tomorrow
Winter officially begins tomorrow and that means the days start getting longer again. Although where I live it’s looked like winter for about three weeks now! Question of the week. Do you get more writing done in the winter or summer? I think for me it’s about equal, although sometimes summer means outside things call…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Writing Goals
As 2013 winds down it’s a good time to start thinking about your writing goals and what you want to achieve in 2014. I keep a notebook next to me when I write and as well as jotting down character’s names and ages, etc., I also use it to keep track of the date and…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-It’s Freezing
The snow has arrived and it’s freezing cold. Not that I like either of those two things but it does make for great writing weather. Nothing else to do but sit inside and write…or even read. Well NaNoWriMo is over and now it’s time to start my second draft of the first story in my…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Last One in November
Only two days left of this year’s NaNoWriMo and it looks like I’m going to finish on target. I’m glad I took part because it’s not only made me look at my writing and how I write a little differently, but it’s given me lots of tips to share with the students who will be…