When 17 year old Beth Thomas receives a text from her boyfriend of five years, James, she thinks that her world has completely come to an end. He needs space and decides to end their relationship. She wants to give him the space he needs, but when the first day of school arrives, she finds …
If All Else Fails…
Sometimes, the best way to find out whether or not your book would sell to your target audience is to hand books out to your target audience. This past week I had the opportunity to share an excerpt from my book, The Necklace, with my 7th grade ELA class. I had 2 copies of the book …
New WIP and a lesson in Point of View
I have a new work in progress. I decided that my new book would be a Young Adult, because I enjoy writing them so much. Oh. And because my readers enjoy reading them! I am not going to give out a title just yet, but I will say that this book will be very different …
New YA novel on the back burner
I am halfway through the first draft of my current novel and I decided this morning to take the time to ruminate on my next project. As much as I would like to work on the Deirfiur series, I have another novel that I would like to work on first. Originally, I had planned for …
Price Dropped on The Necklace at Smashwords this weekend only
Looking for a deal this weekend? Smashwords is currently running its July promotion with coupons available at the check out. For this weekend only I have dropped the price of The Necklace to $1.99. On the page you will notice a coupon code for 25% off. That means that you can get the first book …
Launch day for The Winter Witch, but….
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 …
Results of The Winter Witch cover switch
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 …
Cover Design for The Winter Witch
I have been debating for the last several days as to whether or not to change the cover on my novel, The Winter Witch. After much debate, I chose to redesign the cover. So, here is the cover that I decided on tonight.
The Winter Witch
The official launch date is July 7th, but books are on sale now. I was waiting for everything to clear through Amazon.com, which usually takes about a week for the paperback books to go up; however, when I was gathering my links for the Promotions page and the Where to Buy my Books page, I …
The Necklace
I realized this morning that I had never officially launched my book, The Necklace. That is a shame! It means that all of my references about book 1 and book 2 were completely lost on you—my readers. Well, fret no more! I plan to make it up to you. The Necklace is the first book …