I’m a Featured Author!
I had used Premium Indie Reads to promote my books… and they picked me to be a Featured Author on their website! OMG, I am so excited and thrilled! Click here to go read it… there’s a whole interview that … Continue reading →
Allie
My Writing Plan: Week of Nov 17
National Novel Writing Month Well, I’m still writing! Really there’s not much change in the plan for this week: write, write, write, and then write some more. I’m a bit ahead of schedule at almost 30,000 words. The NaNo chart … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Nov 10
National Novel Writing Month So far, all is going well. I’m writing away.. I’m a teensy bit behind schedule with NaNo because I missed a day of writing back on Monday due to not feeling well, but I was already … Continue reading →
My Audiobook Venture, Part 5: Credits, Dedication, etc.
Once we got the basics established, character voices, etc., Jay’s been busy finishing up a previous project. He got that out of the way this weekend, and now ready to go on Truck Stop. Yesterday he surprised me by sending … Continue reading →
Allie McCormack interview on Finding Elara Podcast!
I was invited by fellow writer Dianna Evans of Western Australia, to be on her Podcast, Finding Elara (which is also the title of her current work in progress, a young adult fantasy novel). She’d seen Truck Stop on a … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Nov 3 & NEWS!
National Novel Writing Month is HERE!!!! I started out National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) at our midnight kick-off in SecondLife… a bit hampered by DDOS service attacks on SecondLife servers, but eventually we were able to get in and hang … Continue reading →
Trick or Treat Reads! Free!!!!
That’s right, Truck Stop will be FREE for Halloween. as part of the #TrickOrTreatReads Book Blog Hop event! This is the first, and possibly only… time I’ve made it available for free, so click here to head over to Amazon … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Oct 27
NaNo is almost upon us! These last few days of November, I’ll be bringing my life down into “slow” mode… my schedule cleared, house in good shape, desk cleared, Scriviner project set up. I have my monthly housekeeping service scheduled … Continue reading →
My Audiobook Venture, Part 4: Character Voices
Before starting with any narration, Jay did a read-through of the full book. Then he narrated some dialogue for each of the major characters, plus a couple not so major but who were crucial to the plot so we wanted their … Continue reading →
My Audiobook Venture, Part 3: After the contract is signed
So last night I offered the contract to Jay Dyess to produce my audiobook through ACX, and he accepted, but wanted some tweaking of the deadline dates, which was fine. However, apparently you can’t edit the contract once it’s accepted … Continue reading →
My Audiobook Venture, Part 2: Choosing an Audiobook Narrator
Choosing an Audiobook Narrator One of the ACX narrators who sent an audition for Truck Stop was Jay Dyess. The instant I heard him speaking, I forgot to be embarrassed and feel awkward about hearing my book read aloud; he … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Oct 20
NaNo is Coming! so is Audiobook!! The Writing Plan is still officially on Hold as I work up something new to write for NaNoWriMo starting up Nov 1st, which I think will be the 4th book in the Wishes & … Continue reading →
My Audiobook Venture, Part 1: Getting Started
Over the past year, I’ve become increasingly interested in audiobooks. I’ve been following threads on it in the various RWA loops as well as on Twitter, and at RWA National Conference this summer I went to workshops and one panel, … Continue reading →
Audiobook… taking the plunge!
I’ve been following several indie authors who’ve been reporting their progress with producing audiobooks in the RWA member loops. Then when I went to RWA National Conference, there were several audiobook publishers present as well as some workshops on audiobooks, … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Oct 6
NaNo is Coming! The Writing Plan, as far as actual writing, is now officially on Hold. I have to find something new to write for NaNoWriMo starting up Nov 1st, and to do that I have to be able to … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Sep 29
NaNo is Coming! The Writing Plan, as far as actual writing, is now officially on Hold. I have to find something new to write for NaNoWriMo starting up Nov 1st, and to do that I have to be able to … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Sep 22
The writing plan is still pretty much unchanged from last week. I’m When Darkness Falls, trying to get these major revisions finished and out to the second round of beta readers before November, so I can concentrate on something entirely … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Sep 15
The writing plan is still pretty much unchanged from last week. I’ve still got some revisions to do on A Cat For Troy, then back to When Darkness Falls, trying to get these major revisions finished and out to the … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Sep 8
I’m sorry, how did it get to September already??? Early in the week I’d decided to go through and write detailed synopses for each chapter in the Synopsis cards in Scrivener. In doing so, I realized I needed a few … Continue reading →
Graphic “aesthetics” for my works in progress
So I reeeeallllyyyy wanted to have graphics for each of my series, and for the trilogy. I had commissioned the portrait of Jacinth, so I used that as the background for the Wishes & Dreams series, but I’d done the … Continue reading →
Future Rewards
Just because I need a place to put these where I can find them when I need them… since these are rewards for significant achievements they won’t happen all that often and I’m liable to forget. MAJOR MAJOR Rewards… this … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Sep 1
Again, there’s not much change from last week. I’m still working on When Darkness Falls, trying to get these major revisions finished and out to the second round of beta readers before November, so I can concentrate on something entirely … Continue reading →
Tweet about getting a request for a full… UNREAL!
So yesterday morning (Saturday, Aug 25), I posted this to Twitter: OMG OMG! So yesterday afternoon I got an email from an agent I’d queried. But I looked at it in my inbox and just couldn’t take any more rejections … Continue reading →
My Writing Plan: Week of Aug 25
There’s not much change from last week. Mostly I’ll be working on When Darkness Falls, trying to get these major revisions finished and out to the second round of beta readers before November, so I can concentrate on something entirely … Continue reading →
A rejection letter… but still good!
Well… if I absolutely HAVE to get a rejection letter, I sure do like to get one that reads like this! Wishes in a Bottle looks to be a fun story and series for sure! I think you’ve created an … Continue reading →