Coming April 25th! I’m so excited to share this story with you! And the cover! Maxim is hot, no? Blurb: Their world is one of shadows and lies. Maxim Ivanov had never met a person who didn’t want something from him and wasn’t willing to lie to get it. There was only been one person…
After hinting about this on twitter last week, I got the go ahead from the publisher to start writing so I wanted to share with you! First a little backstory: With the Totally 5 Star imprint winding down I found myself in a bit of a quagmire. Not because I don’t have ideas. I’ve got…
So far this summer hasn’t been all that great. At least not in terms of the weather. I’m wishing I was in the picture above rather than the weirdly grey, but humid, but cold, but not confusion that is what I’m experiencing now. Sins in the Sand is doing quite well and I managed to…
Well for the past few weeks I’ve been holed up in my writing cave working dilligebtly on my latest Totally Five Star novel. It had been a bear to work on since it was a bit out of my depth but that’s what I liked about it. It challenged me and was proving to be…
Well we’re about half way through July now and it’s been a killer for me. The heat, for one, is something I equate with torture of the highest level. I do whatever I can to avoid it and blaring sunshine. It gives me headaches and just puts me in a tailspin so it’s just…
So last night I finished up an intense round of edits for my upcoming release. I don’t think I’ve ever read, analysed, written and rewritten so furiously ever! It was stressful and I had to block out just about everything else but it felt GREAT. Being so focused and productive was wonderful since I’m usually…
So I finished the WIP yesterday and sent it off to my editor early (YAY!) but now I’m kinda floating in limbo. I have so many ideas for new books, so many books I’ve already started and haven’t had a chance to finish, and books full of old ideas that have never seen the light…
This is a collage of the view I have from my usual work spot. Not bad, right? I have to admit that over the years I’ve become a bit blasé about what I see. Just like everything else you see day in and day out it becomes the norm. Something you don’t notice anymore. So…
I might be a pantser when it comes to writing, but I do plan like crazy for the background stuff. World building. Character backgrounds. Motivations. I have stacks of note books (and OneNote notebooks, Keep files, Evernote…you get the idea) filled with ideas, plans, sketches, etc spanning a decade at least. I write everything down…
Happy Halloween! I was searching for a creepy picture of Nox to post but couldn’t find any, so I figured a black cat is better than none 🙂 In good spirits today (see what I did there?) Prepping for my daughter’s party tonight is done and I can finally see the end of book three…
If you can’t guess from the title of this post I’ve been busy lately. Crazy busy. And it’s been great! Edits have been finished for ‘Grind’, the second book, ‘Ignite’, is finished and in the hands of my editor, the third book is half way done and I’m writing a proposal for the next series…
So the post about Oberyn got me thinking about why I turn into a pile of fangirling mush when I think of him. And then it hit me. I’m into anti-heroes. What is an anti-hero, you ask? Classically the anti-hero is defined as a hero that lacks the traditional qualities associated with them. So where…
Because this was too good not to share 🙂 From zefrankenfriends
*Spoiler Warning* I have to admit it took some prodding for me to start watching Once Upon a Time. It was the urging of a friend that finally got me to sit down and watch it. Thankfully, she knows me really well and knows stories that play with traditional fairy tales = love (to me)….
It’s always fun to try something new and creative to get the juices flowing. I can’t remember how I came across this but I had way too much fun with this thing not to share. I feel like Imissed my calling (and maybe era) 😛 Did I inspire you? Make one of your own at…
And we’ve hit that time of year where writers from all over the globe are trying to decide whether or not to gather to write fifty thousand words in a month. It’s great for authors, who are usually insular, hermit-like creatures (or is that just me?), to get together online or if you’re lucky enough…
I know many authors fall into this trap, myself included. There’s a lot of pressure to present a manuscript that’s your best polished work so there is merit in going over it until you feel it’s right. What’s not good is rewriting the same scene over a thousand times and never moving from that point….
