My first Goodreads giveaway went so well, I’ve decided to run another to chase away those post-holiday blues! Dash on over the river and through the woods to Goodreads and enter to WIN one of five AUTOGRAPHED copies of my forthcoming novel, Dictatorship of the Dress! This book doesn’t release until January 6, so here’s […]
Louder Than Love Turns One!
Call it a book birthday or an author anniversary: Louder Than Love is celebrating one year out in the world today! Be sure to “dig” out your favorite band T-shirt, set your rock playlist to repeat and click the pic above to visit the birthday bash being thrown by Expressions of a Hopeful Romantic! Enter […]
Baton Blog Hop
Happy Monday, my friends. Blogging on the Brink has been on the brink of extinct these days, so what better way to revive it than to participate in a Baton Blog Hop! Many thanks to my WNY RWA chaptermate Stephanie Haefner for passing the baton on to me. Stephanie has a great new release coming […]
Sharing a Little Lost Love
In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought I would share a little scene that never made it into Louder Than Love. The book has been out for five months now, and I am completely blown away by the reader response! Most surprising were the number of readers who said how much they loved and related […]
Last Day to Vote #GTRCA13
There’s still time to vote in the GraveTells Readers’ Choice Awards – #GTRCA13 – for your favorite romance authors, series, publishers and characters! The polls close at 8pm pacific time today. Adrian Graves from my debut novel, Louder Than Love, is up for “Most Swoon-Worthy Rock Star” – he’s pretty confident in his manhood, but […]
What Makes a Rocker Swoon-Worthy?
I was just cozying down under my electric blanket with a book the other night when a text came through. “Dude,” my friend wrote, “You got a nom! Swoon-Worthy Rocker category!” and shot me a web site link. Rocker? Who me? No…while I’m tucked into bed at 10pm after a long day of writing, it’s […]
Caught in a Mosh: National Novel Writing Month
Good God, this blog hasn’t been updated in a month? And you call yourself a writer? Yes. Yes, I do. And for the last thirty days, I’ve been throwing myself into the mosh pit known as National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. It’s a totally voluntary act. You can stand safely on the sidelines and […]
Deleted Scene, Three – Adrian
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post about connecting with readers, several have come forward to tell me how much they love Adrian but wished Louder Than Love had contained scenes from his point of view. I am happily able to report that there were a few takes from Adrian’s POV in the first draft that […]
A Day in the Month in the Life
A day in the month in the life of a debut digital-first author: Wake up and check email for new Authorgraph requests. Giggle because it never gets old signing your name digitally, groan because it looks like your handwriting from second grade. Visit Amazon Author Central. Try to make sense of their algorithm and what […]