Happy Monday morning! Today, I’m spending part of my morning doing the final listen-through of At Her Command‘s audiobook. After that, it’s back to the editing cave with a big-ol’ mug of coffee. After that, I’ll be cleaning my office, since I just caught the dog hiding leftover chicken in his doggie blanket. I cut the chicken up for him this morning, and he’s bringing it up here for safe keeping, piece by piece. #momface Likely, this will be Wilson and I once the cats figure out where he hid the chicken:
Continue ReadingLong Strange Vacation
So I forced myself to take an entire three-day weekend off; Mostly because Mr. Silver was home, but also because I had those days off from das day job, and I can’t even remember the last time I wasn’t working at one job or other. The vacation itself felt great — lots of cleaning, laundry, and otherwise sleeping my face off — but now that I’m back I feel like I’ve entered an office abandoned over a thousand years ago. This morning I’m gathering clues trying to figure out what went on in this place, and what this office’s mysterious owner was trying to accomplish. And then I remember the… Read More
Continue ReadingApril 2015 Monthly Giveaway
The April Giveaway is now live!
Continue ReadingMARCH 2015 Monthly Giveaway Winner
Congrats to the winner of the March, 2015 winner: Perry L Thanks to everyone who entered. Better luck next time! I’m working on getting next month’s giveaway up and running. The To-Do list, she is LOOOOOONG today. I’ll post again once April’s giveaway is live.
Continue ReadingAnother Heads-Up
Remember last week when I suggested you should sign up for the promo loop? YOU REALLY WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THE PROMO LOOP! (Hint: An even bigger prize will be coming through next week.)
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I haven’t done this in a while. Maybe never under this pen name, but I think it’s worthwhile to post a reminder now and again. HOW TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING REALLY WORKS Legitimate publishing houses NEVER CHARGE YOU MONEY. If a publishing house has expressed interest in your work but wants to charge you OUT-OF-POCKET for editing, cover art, distribution, placement or anything else, it’s a scam. (The only possible exception to this is a contractual thing where an author might be charged by a legitimate house for making excessive changes at the galley stage. These charges and terms will be clearly stated in the contract; such clauses exist to save certain… Read More
Continue ReadingDie, Darling
Killing darlings, this morning — this is writer-speak for revising things I really liked when they were written but drag the story sideways. I keep telling myself that we’ll have at least one deleted scene to share later on, but some of these are still painful cuts. Yeah, I know. I can hear you saying “Who cares? HURRY UP!” And on that note… Have a great Monday!
Continue ReadingAudible.com Giveaway Winners
Congrats to our four Audible.com giveaway winners! These four lucky ladies won a complimentary copy of Help Wanted on Audible.com: Ambrosa Amy Donna Jessy Ladies, check your inboxes. Codes have already been sent. I would stick around and chat some more, but it’s already been one of those mornings. Like the one where it’s your middle kid’s birthday, so you get up at o’shit o’lock early to feed him a special breakfast because he is a bottomless… PIT. Then you know you’ll be out of the house for most of the day, so you get the birthday cake in the oven right-the-fuck away so you don’t forget. Then you find… Read More
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Thank you so much to Crystal’s Many Reviewers for spotlighting Fantasy Heights Season One on Throwback Thursday! It was good for me. Was it good for you?
Continue ReadingHELP WANTED Audible.com Giveaway
This giveaway only runs until THURSDAY, 26th of March. The promo-loop got first crack, but now it’s open season! Up for grabs: Codes for a complimentary copy of the HELP WANTED audiobook from Audible.com. USE THIS FORM TO ENTER US residents only One entry per entrant Codes redeemable from Audible.com ONLY (no iTunes or Amazon) Codes redeemable for audiobook version only. (If you need a free copy of the Help Wanted ebook, I can hook you up.)
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