by jess | Aug 13, 2013 | Write to Live, Live to Write
Blogging on the Brink is pleased to be a part of Mina Lobo’s debut novel cover reveal today! Mina Lobo has long held a passion for Greek mythology. The story of the goddess Persephone’s marriage-by-kidnap to Hades, Lord of the Underworld, has particularly...
by jess | Jul 28, 2013 | Ear Candy
Ommmmm \m/ Metal Yoga. Laugh if you will. Say it defies logic and must defeat the purpose. Call it the mother of all oxymorons. You know what I call it? Freakin’ awesome. If you’re any kind of music fan, you must know that thrill – you know, that...
by jess | Jul 22, 2013 | Write to Live, Live to Write
Greetings, all! My brain is still a bit scrambled after an exhilarating, exhausting and utterly amazing first experience at the RWA National Conference in Atlanta last week. But I wanted to share the happy news that you can check out the first three chapters of Louder...
by jess | Jun 28, 2013 | Eye Candy, Write to Live, Live to Write
A good friend of mine recently became a black belt in karate. She’s a mild-mannered, unruffled Type-B personality with a take-it-or-leave-it attitude who began taking classes after her young daughter and her husband enrolled. It began as a social excuse for...
by jess | Jun 19, 2013 | On Tour
I’m so psyched to be a tour stop for Amanda Usen as she celebrates her release of INTO THE FIRE! I’ve never had an author visit my blog’s backstage green room, so I’m treating her like a total rock star today! The tour bus didn’t have to...
by jess | Jun 2, 2013 | Write to Live, Live to Write
If you live along the Eastern US Coast, chances are you are bracing for an invasion of apocalyptic proportions. I’m talking about the plague of 17-year locusts. “As if from some horror movie, cicada nymphs have been described as ‘boiling out of the...
by jess | May 2, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
We Arrived. We Blogged. We Conquered. Congrats to my fellow A to Zers who made it through the alphabet in April! This was my second year attempting, and completing, the Challenge. I feel a little wiser and well-traveled after having made the journey. In my 2012...
by jess | Apr 30, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
Well, our journey is just about over. We’ve reached the end of the line. It’s fitting to say, as we reach the end of our A to Z journey through the Music-Fan Connection, that the music never dies. Fans may fade away and bands may part ways, but the music...
by jess | Apr 29, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
I’m a chick (as you know). I work for a band called moe. (you might have heard me mention them). I go to rock shows. How could I NOT dedicate my Y day to the Yodeladies? Yodeladies is a women-led association of individuals who actively promote a friendly and...
by jess | Apr 27, 2013 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge, Ear Candy
OK. I contemplated my music-related X topic for a while. I thought about profiling Australian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and all around cool Aussie dude Xavier Rudd. He’s certainly X-worthy, with those blue eyes and that big, long didgeridoo! Love...
