It’s #bookqw and my heroine may have been doing magical ‘work’ without knowing it! The Witch of the Meadows is available to buy on Amazon. Or read free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription. More of the excerpt from Chapter 8: “We hope to start once these inspections are completed. The energy the new Windborne would […]
It’s been a few weeks–sorry, I was off at our cabin, both working and playing, and couldn’t keep my regular schedule. More & photos about that later this week, because today is Book Quote Wednesday! See more authors’ quotes on the same word, ‘please,’ by following the #bookqw hashtag on twitter. It’s #bookqw and ‘please,’ […]
Well, I am certainly guilty of disappearing. The push to fix a dozen last minute details in a novel, put it and all other promotional items into place, and be present online for a book release is a lot for us introverts! On the positive front, I’m working on book 3 in The Luminated Threads […]
NaNo (National Novel Writing Month) is a big deal to writers, a commitment to writing a 50,000 word story. In a month. The month of November…tomorrow. Here’s an article I found on Erin Morgenstern’s blog: An essay by Chuck Wendig on Why you should do NaNoWriMo…and why you shouldn’t. Ok I decided a few weeks […]
I often follow up on readers who comment on my blog, checking their blogs to see what they are up to. One recently was Ana Spoke, who has been posting about her debut release, Shizzle, Inc. Ana has offered many tips for we newbies, including how to post your cover on WordPress blogs with a […]
My second proof has arrived and the interior is per-fect. (finally!) I’m taking another day to decide glossy or matte? Matte or glossy? I really like the feel of the matte, but these colors really pop in glossy! A photo doesn’t quite show the difference, but here it is: Matte on left, glossy on right. […]
Woo-hoo! Welcome to my cover reveal for The Unraveling, Volume One of The Luminated Threads! Isn’t it beautiful? I’m so very lucky to be working with the creative and talented Craig Shields. (I wrote a post about him a few days ago—see it here.) ~ ~ ~ About the Book: In 1868 England, the competition to […]
I’m using the tag ‘A Steampunk Fantasy Romance’ to describe The Unraveling, but my novel isn’t all about gears and steam. Steampunk falls within the science fiction genre. Libraries and bookstores will categorize my novel as: Fiction/science fiction/steampunk But that still doesn’t explain it. So, think Jules Verne. He lived and wrote in the 1800s, […]
My cover reveal! If I was a gif person you’d see me cheering, but instead I have still photo… of a tiny piece of the cover, because, you know, the cover reveal isn’t until May 26th. (!) What is that Sprouting Star, you ask? Well, that’s me. I wanted to do all I could to […]
Yes, The Unraveling has a cover! It’s bright and shiny and everything I wanted in a fantasy cover. So much so, I’m saving it for a cover reveal. That’ll be May 26th. In the meantime, I wanted to share a little thing some authors do when they really love their covers: They have jewelry made. […]