After some ups and downs in the production process, the Implant audiobook is finally available for sale on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes! This was my first time commissioning someone else to produce an audiobook–since Implant has a male protagonist, I wanted a male narrator, and this guy did a brilliant job capturing the story and the atmosphere of the dystopian…
As you likely know, my novel October was published on Saturday. It went pretty smoothly. Reviewers had really loved it so far, seeming to truly catch the intention of the story. Many very kind people had helped me spread the news. I went to bed satisfied. The next morning, I woke up earlier than I’d intended and, as usual, reached…
It all started one October day in 2012, when I was ironing clothes in my family’s guest house. Leaves were falling. The hot iron-smell was in the air. And my thoughts were far away. I was pondering myself, my friends, and issues that we dealt with. Certain relationships in my life. Certain topics that had come to the forefront of…
I started seeing ads for the ABC show The Good Doctor a few months ago and was instantly hooked. Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and Savant syndrome, is recruited into the pediatric surgical unit of a prestigious hospital. A medical show dealing featuring an underdog who happens to be played by Freddie Highmore? Yes please. I’ve been craving…
After a couple months of deliberation, my husband and I decided to try a MoviePass membership. The expense of seeing movies keeps us from going to many, but since this service would allow us to pay only $10 a month for up to one movie every day, it seemed worthwhile. It also removes the fear of “What if we try…
As the release date for October approaches, I’m rushing to get things done–finalizing edits and cover designs, setting everything up on CreateSpace and Kindle, and having promotions arranged. Things are going well so far, and today I would like to share the cover with you all! It’s a beautiful design by The Brightness Project, and I couldn’t be happier with…
If the kids in your life are anything like me when I was young, they gobble up books much faster than you can supply new ones! If so, I have a great resource for you–the First Friday Free Fiction event! It’s a collection of free fiction for kids and teens, a list of 26 books including my book Firmament: Radialloy.…
I recently mentioned that I’m working on a new release. I sent it off to my editor a couple days ago, and the cover is currently being designed. It’s a novel I have mentioned a few times in the past, but not very often. I wrote most of the scenes several years ago, as a personal project, and have been…
Finally, after almost a year of silence, I am able to return to the blogging community again. Y’all are going to be subjected to so many long-suppressed post ideas over the next few weeks and months! Last November, my family’s host server was hacked, deleting all of our websites. There were no backups. We all switched to a new host,…
Hello friends! Today I brave sickness, packing to travel out of state, and a really annoying but hopefully helpful diet to bring you some exciting news! Five friends/fellow authors and I are announcing our latest story project. What is the project? Why, it’s an ebook boxset containing six fairytale novella retellings in different historical genres. It’s been such a blast…