As you may know, I believe coffee is the Elixir of Life. It fuels the creation of my shape-shifting dragons and the snarky kick-ass chicks that I write. Today I am sharing some coffee humor from Death Wish Coffee. You can check out their facebook page here.
It’s Almost Summer
I have two more weeks of work left at my day job before I go on that marvelous ten week break known as summer vacation. And yes, I am counting down the days. Two more weeks until I can write as much as I want during the day instead of cramming in writing time from five until seven every night … Read More
Trial By Fire Release Day Dog gifs
Trial By Fire comes out tomorrow, April 4th. What does an author feel like the day before a book releases? Allow me to explain in dog gifs. This is what I will look like most of today. Which means I’m super excited, nervous, and a little manic. And I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep tonight. I’ll probably look … Read More
Capture The Fantasy Sale
Looking for a new paranormal read? Entangled is having the #CaptureTheFantasy sale for some great books. I might be biased, since Going Down In Flames is one of the books on sale for 99 cents starting 2/29/16. So if you’d like to purchase a digital copy of GDF, here is the link. Now that the shameless self promotion part of … Read More
Frightening New Development
There has been a frightening new development in my life. As a pseudo-grownup, I have been buying my own groceries for years. Lately I have noticed a frightening trend. When I’m checking out, the bagger has started asking me if I need help getting the groceries to my car. I had only been offered this service once before, after spinal … Read More
Trial By Fire
I’m about halfway through copy edits for Trial By Fire. Copy edits are the last chance an author has to change a word or rearrange a sentence. This means that I am talking out loud to see how dialogue sounds and calling my husband in from the other room to ask which word sounds better. He gives his opinion, smiles and … Read More
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! What are your plans, hopes, and dreams for this year? Notice I didn’t use the word Resolution. Resolution seems to imply that you must accomplish a task or you’ve failed. It’s too much pressure. The new year is supposed to be a time for making a fresh start. Not a time to freak out about all the stuff … Read More
Trial By Fire : Release Date
I have a release date for Trial By Fire. And yes, release dates have been known to change, but as of today Trial By Fire is scheduled to come out April 4, 2016. The book title is up on Goodreads. If you want to add it to your Want-to-Read list just click this link: Trial By Fire (Go on, click it. I’ll … Read More
Apparently, I Have Issues
I’m working on what will hopefully be the last round of edits for Trial By Fire, and apparently, I have issues. Okay, I have a lot of issues, but I think that’s normal. At least I hope so. Anyone who doesn’t have issues is a Borg, or a Pod or on mood-altering medication. Anyway, unbeknownst to me, one of my major … Read More
Name that Boyfriend
Once I’m done with edits for book 3 in my dragon series, I’m going to finish up a romantic comedy for the Entangled Crush line. Blackmail Boyfriend was my first foray into romantic comedy. I need a title for this new story which also has the word boyfriend in it. Bonus points if it has alliteration of B B. After you … Read More
What’s Your Favorite Trope?
Some of you are probably asking, “What the heck is a trope?” Tropes are common themes that run through stories. Tropes tell a reader what to expect. They give them a familiar story which they know will end in a happily ever after. For example, Blackmail Boyfriend is based on the marriage of convenience trope and the opposites attract trope. … Read More
Trial By Fire Excerpt
I’m deep into edits on Book 3 of my dragon series, Trial By Fire. I don’t have a release day to share yet, so I thought I’d share an excerpt. FYI: Valmont is going to class with Bryn because he is acting as her bodyguard. In Elemental Science, Mr. Stanton approached Valmont and had a quick whispered conversation before class … Read More
Making People Smile: Blackmail Boyfriend
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has read Blackmail Boyfriend. I love writing snarky, sarcastic characters. I love making people laugh. Here are some of my favorite quotes from Blackmail Boyfriend. Hopefully they will put a smile on your face.
Novel Illustration for Going Down In Flames
At UtopYA 2015 I met an artist named Monique. She had the unique idea to draw a character from a novel while she discussed the book…sort of a visual book review. Here is the Novel Illustration she created for Going Down In Flames. It’s amazing. I’ve already signed up to have her do an illustration for Bridges Burned. And I’d love … Read More
Make Me Laugh Wednesday: Blackmail Boyfriend
It’s make me laugh wednesday, so I thought I’d share some quotes from Blackmail Boyfriend.