News from the Writing Cave

Greetings from my writing cave! I haven’t written in a while so I thought I would sit down to do a quick blog post to let everyone know how I’m doing and exactly what I have been up to lately. The best way to do this right now is to break it down book by…

A Startling Discovery…

-A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. By Jean de La Fontaine I had a startling yet major moment in my life happen recently. For months I have tried to avoid discussing it too much. I wanted to look on the bright side of everything that has happened…

Isle of Night Released!

I actually have been sitting here for a few minutes trying to formulate a perfectly polished blog posting about the release of my book ‘Isle of Night’. The thing is, right now, I am filled with so many emotions. I absolutely love this book. I feel like I have poured every ounce of my heart…

Introducing Isle of Night

The day is almost here. Isle of Night, book two of the Skye Trilogy, will be released on Thursday. I have so many thoughts and emotions about this book so instead of rambling on and on I decided to break this blog post down in a few different sections. The Creation~ When I finished publishing…

SXSW Collaboration: Writing Book Two of a Trilogy

I know you’re reading the title and you’re thinking ‘Say what????’ My fabulous new friend and amazing fellow author Valerie Day-Sanchez and I are very excited to bring you our first monthly article chronicling our two different perspectives on writing as we navigate this new world of being a self published author. I am so…

The move, the editing and the crazy

We survived the big move! I am now back to fully immersing myself not only in editing but also in promoting book one, ‘Isle of Skye’ again because I have a free book promotion coming up next week. No pressure or anything. I keep reminding myself that this is all worth it in the end….

Isle of Night Musings & Playlist

As many of you know, I am moving. Yes, the day has finally arrived and I will be off the grid for at least a week. I’m not sure how I will survive but I did want to talk about my new book, ‘Isle of Night’, one more time before I’m off to complete the…

Isle of Night Blurb

I finally got the blurb done for ‘Isle of Night’. I wanted to put it up on Amazon but of course since I am just a lowly indie author I can’t do it yet without setting a price. Really Amazon? All I wanted to do was put up my book cover, release date and blurb…

Isle of Night Cover & Release Date

I am so excited to show everyone the cover for my new book! I’ve been slaving over it for awhile now and I finally got it exactly the way I want it to look. I am completely obsessed with this cover. At one point I had to walk away because I was overthinking it all…

Editing by a novice

I know what your all thinking. Editing advice from me? I can hear the guffaws and cackles from the peanut gallery. After my first book I was determined to be a better editor. I know that I am far from a professional but I have learned a great deal these past few months. After I…