SXSW April Collaboration Article: Marketing via Social Media

For our April article Valerie and I will discussing some of our tips about marketing via social media. I have to be honest, I think Valerie is by far more of an expert than myself but as always it is so much fun working with her on these monthly collaborations. Responses will be recorded as…

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…

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…

Introducing Valerie Day Sanchez

A few weeks ago another author on Twitter reached out to me about guest blogging. We chatted for a bit and we both decided to interview one another. Over the course of several emails we also got to know each other a little and I was amazed about how much we had in common. We…

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…

Writing vs. Life

-Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible Albert Einstein I’m not quite sure where to start. I feel as though my life has spun out of control lately. A month ago I was moving along with writing my second book ‘Isle of Night, today I am trying to fit in finishing the…