Okay, so I was a little late finding this, it was posted in April. The world has been kind of distracting, but I did find it, and was so thrilled! Just couldn’t out it down . What a beautiful brilliant … Continue reading →
I’ve now got animated book covers from Morgan Wright for all five of my published novels! I’m soooo very thrilled with them!!! I put them into a playlist, so you can watch them all without having to go find each … Continue reading →
OMG I cannot believe it! Yesterday, I had my very first FAN! That is, a reader who actually sent me an email just to tell me how much she loved my book and couldn’t wait to read more. Then today, … Continue reading →
Not one but TWO new 5-star reviews of the Audible audiobook of Truck Stop! Both were also posted on Goodreads 🙂 This one by Patricia on June 6th: “This will suck you in! “ If you love a good story … Continue reading →
This Audible audiobook review for Truck Stop came in this morning! I was so thrilled! This is a great, enjoyable story. It is original, well written and well told. The storylines are interesting and realistic, they captivated me from start … 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
That’s right, now you can read TRUCK STOP for FREE if you’re a Kindle Unlimited customer on Amazon! Check it out now! And please please please, leave a review! Thank you sooooo much! 🙂 … Continue reading →
TRUCK STOP is being featured this week, Jan 10-16, on #IndieFeature. Hollie Hausenfluck, one of the event coordinators, wrote a wonderful review of Truck Stop as well… you can read it here! The way the event works, every day a … Continue reading →
Year 2000 was a turning point in my life; that year, I completed not only my first, but also my second-ever novels, both contemporary romances. So this is the Cliff’s Notes version *laughs* I’d been writing on and off all my … Continue reading →
“Truck Stop” was officially re-released on June 8th! It’s as both Kindle and paperback (for now.. I’m working on an ePUB format). You can sign up on my website to read the first chapter for free!! In the meantime, I’m … Continue reading →
The proof of Truck Stop in paperback arrived last night. I poured over it carefully last night and most of today. I only found 2 errors, minor formatting stuff that only someone OCD like me would even notice, much less … Continue reading →
It’s official!!! Back in January I decided to do a re-release of Truck Stop, which was originally published in 2000, then I’d self published on Amazon in 2012. I started researching for a professional book cover, and several members of … Continue reading →
