Author of Young Adult and Teen Books
While I’m still currently in the outline mode for my next book, I have been playing around trying to find the perfect eye candy for my book cover. My hero is going to be a little bit scruffy, athletic, and of course, he has to be handsome. When I put my descriptions into an AI …
When I’m not writing (like this week due to being super busy), I indulge in reading. This week’s reading is Layla Hagen’s Taming the CEO. It is a fantastic Enemies-to-Lovers romance. I’ve read a few of Hagen’s books and Taming the CEO just happens to be the latest read of hers. It started just a …
I have been working on an outline lately that will be the latest book of mine. Things are going slowly, only because I’m currently writing (and it’s taking longer than usual) a book for my alter ego in adult spicy romance. I had planned to use the outline as a spicy book, but then I …
I’ve been on a huge romance kick lately. Usually when I’m writing a certain genre, I like to read similar books. It tends to keep me focused on my writing. My book selection this week is Kiera Cass’s The Selection. This romance tends to also fall into a dystopian type of genre which I hope …
My newest book, Romancing Mr. All-Star, is available for purchase on Amazon. You can also read it for free with Kindle Unlimited. This is my first full venture into romance. It is a clean romance for ages as young as 12 to 90. No worries of anything not being age appropriate. Don’t fret the fact …
Nothing sends up a larger red flag than when you are editing your work and you see something that doesn’t feel right. Not to mention, this red flag has appeared when you are editing chapter 13 and can’t remember if this is the first time you’ve noticed. In order to get the feel for a …
Our literacy specialist came to my classroom to teach a lesson to my 6th graders, and she brought with her articles about cloning. We were about to enter into argumentative writing, and this was the perfect way to have them read and write about an informational text. She then suggested that if they were interested …
One year ago today, I did the one thing that I never thought that I would do: publish my work. My first book was published on August the 15th, 2012, and I know the person who purchased the first book. I’ve come a long way in a year. It has been a learning process and …
I am fully aware that today is the official launch day for Book 2 in the Deirfiur series, The Winter Witch, but I couldn’t wait to share with you the fact that in the midst of working on another book and gathering research for Book 3, I finally got it. Yes. In the middle of …
First results are in on the new cover and it seems to have been the right decision to make. By changing up the cover of the book, I actually managed to increase the books popularity. On a site where people are allowed to download samples, I had 6 downloads in a matter of minutes. I …