Remember last Saturday’s trip to the ER? Well, a nice gentleman sitting in the waiting room with pneumonia passed on the joy, and I’ve been sick as a dog since Sunday. So we’re still right where we were last Saturday … Continue reading →
It’s January 15, 2019, and WISHES IN A BOTTLE is released today! My first release in over 17 years deserved something very special, so I ordered this beautiful 1993 Lenox Carousel Horse from eBay as my reward! … Continue reading →
Wishes in a Bottle was released today! This is my first NEW RELEASE since Truck Stop was originally published Oct 9, 2001… so over 17 years!! I’m so totally excited! Also I love this banner that Eeva Lancaster of The … Continue reading →
Due to a day-long trip to the ER for an exacerbation of my chronic back pain, I’m running late on this. Not much has changed since last week. I’m still on the final read-through of SwanSong, which is due for … Continue reading →
I’m now officially way behind where I’d planned to be this month. Since 3 days before Thanksgiving, I’ve had a serious exacerbation of my chronic back pain (20 years and counting) … then Wednesday it escalated even more, and I … Continue reading →
Wishes in a Bottle is ready to go to Eeva Lancaster of The Book Khaleesi to be formatted for Kindle and paperback. It’s due for release in just 10 days! So, now I’m on to the final read-through of SwanSong, which … Continue reading →
I wanted to put these in a central place where I could find (and share) them…. so here we go! Here’s a quick list, then you can find the month’s questions below: #AuthorConfession#Character Chaos#MeetAWriter#TheMerryWriter#WIPTruthOrDare#WriterlyWIPChat Below are the graphics for the … Continue reading →
OMG I have been having TOO much fun! I discovered Wondershare Filmora and spent the last 2 days making videos… well, I spent most of the 2 days learning how to use the program, i.e., deleting stuff and starting over, … Continue reading →
Eeva Lancaster of The Book Khaleesi spoke, and I listened! She said my website needed a facelift. It needed to be upgraded to current standards (I was using the old dinosaur MS FrontPage since 1994… because I *knew* it and … Continue reading →
Things are moving along well. I’ve finished the final (and totally unnecessary except to make my Internal OCD Self happy) read-through of Wishes in a Bottle. So that’ll be off to Eeva Lancaster of The Book Khaleesi to be formatted for … Continue reading →
This week’s writing plan is the same as last week’s: I’m doing one last (I swear!) read-through of Wishes in a Bottle, doing important things like moving commas around. Actually it’s been through two rounds of beta reading, and to … Continue reading →
I’m loving these banners and mini-trailer so much, I feel like I should show everyone, so they can go get theirs made too, LOL. These are made by Eeva Lancaster of The Book Khaleesi. Truck Stop Banners: Mini-Trailer for Truck … Continue reading →
I got the news this afternoon from ACX, the audiobook of Truck Stop has gone live on Amazon, Audible and iTunes!!! Teri Campbell is on the run, on a bus ride to nowhere. An unscheduled stop on the wind-blown plains … Continue reading →
This week’s writing plan is very simple. I’m doing one last (I swear!) read-through of Wishes in a Bottle, doing important things like moving commas around. Actually it’s been through two rounds of beta reading, and to a proofreader/copy editor … Continue reading →
I decided I needed to make a blog post that I can keep updated, and look back on. May 8, 2000: The 1st chapter of TRUCK STOP won The Undiscovered Writer Contest (it’s a Milestone because that’s what got this … Continue reading →
OMG! I just got this mini book trailer of Wishes in a Bottle from Eeva Lancaster of The Book Khaleesi… this is just… WOW!!!!!!! You can also find it on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2L2OfpI… please! Watch it and LIKE it there!! This … Continue reading →
OMG this is SO exciting! You have to remember, this is my first new release in 17 YEARS… and back when I first released Truck Stop, none of this was really a thing, indie publishing was only barely getting started, … Continue reading →
This is it! My very first ever, official Cover Reveal! And I am sooo excited, can you tell? Good thing for you I’m typing a blog and not doing a podcast, because I’m kinda yelling over here! 🙂 This amazing … Continue reading →
To celebrate the cover reveal of Wishes in a Bottle tomorrow, I’m running a RAFFLE starting now (yes, now!) for a GORGEOUS ceramic mug. This is through Rafflecopter, head over and enter now! At midnight I’ll be posting the cover, … Continue reading →
I’m having my first-ever Raffle! This is just a quickie raffle as a kind of test run, as I’ve never done this before. I’m giving away a free Kindle eBook of Truck Stop to the winner… and remember, the audiobook … Continue reading →
National Novel Writing Month WINNER!!! And I even survived… barely. I’m still pretty wiped out. What surprises me is that I got 50k words without having to switch manuscripts. I’d rather expected I’d have to, because I seriously went into … Continue reading →
Things are heating up here! I’m going to be publishing my Wishes & Dreams paranormal romance series, and Wishes in a Bottle is first in line. I’ve asked Dar Albert of Wicked Smart Designs to do my covers for this … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
