So, I am part of a sweet, growing group of authors who blog once a week called the YA Indie Carnival. Now, we had a contest two posts ago, a collective effort of giveaways. It was a blow out of sorts. Our Carnival organizer, a brilliant author by the name of Laura Elliott busts […]
Independent Publishing
YA Indie Carnival: An Indie Author who revs my engine
Seeming as the person I really wanted to write this post about is a friend of mine, I decided to pick an author who I don’t have to explain my obsession to because, let’s be honest, it’s a little psycho to write about your friends just because they happen to be geniuses. So, today’s YA […]
Music, baby. Music.
Okay, for those of you who aren’t aware I have a new book coming out soon called, drum roll please… The Heart Pounding, Blood Racing, Chest Aching, Stomach Throbbing, Skin Warming, Toe Curling, Nail Biting Performance Of…Callum & Harper or Callum & Harper for short. I’ve been posting quotes from the book the past two weeks […]
YA Indie Carnival Q&A Giveaway!
Yaaay! No! Double Yaaay! Such a fun, fun, fun blog this week for the carnival. Okay, so here’s the deal chickadees! Everyone in the carnival asked another on the rotation five questions. I got the talented, the magnanimous, the brilliant, the ultra clever, the gifted Laura Elliott! My very good friend put up with my silly […]
Strength in numbers. Or, in this case, the number three.
Today’s YA Indie Carnival topic is ‘Three Young Adult Author Tips’! I have to come up with three things instead of hundreds but I suppose this’ll do. *wink, wink* Okey dokey, numero uno! There are going to be many, possibly hundreds of people who aren’t going to understand why you choose to be a ‘starving […]
The Glassheart Chronicles
This week’s Young Adult Indie Carnival assignment required us to put up the first paragraph of a piece we were currently working on. Originally, my plan was to put the first chapter of my newest book, Callum & Harper up for this week’s Indie Carnival but working it out and preparing it for publication on […]
Inspiration…or, as the French would say, Inspiration. Hey, wait a second.
This week’s YA Indie Carnival’s question asks, Where do you find inspiration for your writing? I love this question and yet I hate it all the same because it forces me to admit things to myself, to be honest. I know, that’s strange, not necessarily for me because I am impossibly torn on most things […]
My Very Own Personal Set of Life Preservers
Come one, Come all! Step right up! One peek behind this curtain reveals an amazing, a curious, a marveling, and very fortunate surprise! In fact, it was the most pleasant surprise I could have possibly imagined and I am enchantedly happy for its unexpected results. This week’s YA Indie Carnival poses the question, “What has […]
‘Pip & Tibbit’
I was snooping around my old files lately and stumbled upon a children’s story I wrote many, many years ago. I never bothered trying to get it published as so many people told me one or more of the following: a) That I was wrong for the industry b) That children wouldn’t understand it c) […]
Third Time’s the Charm!
Welcome to Clown Alley, ladies and gentlefolk! This week’s topic? Three Indies we are currently reading! Okay, so I read approximately two to three books a week and the majority of them are Indies. As I’ve said before, I’m a firm believer in Indies. Don’t believe me? Here, check this out. “Jane, Get Me Off […]