Today I'd like to re-introduce you to a fellow author (and fellow Bob Jones University grad!), Adam Blumer. I have interviewed Adam before about his novel, The Tenth Plague, but it has recently released in softcover format, so we're celebrating that today with some new questions and a … [Read more...]
5 Ways Authors can be Tweeps, not Twits
I know lots of authors love Twitter, but I think just as many hate it. Here are a few ideas for those getting started with twitter or for those who want to maximize their time there. Rule number one when you JOIN twitter is to follow a lot of people--people you have things in common with. That's the … [Read more...]
5 Practical Ways to Keep Moving Forward as an Author
Just going back in my mind and thinking of the years I spent trying to become traditionally published, and I know some of you have just entered this stage of your writing careers. The querying and waiting. Signing your agency contract...and waiting. Submitting your book...and waiting. There will … [Read more...]
Cliched sayings I have found to be true
Don't ask me where this blogpost idea came from, but I happened to think of all the pithy sayings we've all heard and dismissed while growing up...only to find out they were very true as we got older! Maybe it's because I write West Virginia mysteries/suspense and sometimes my characters might pop … [Read more...]
Miranda Warning FREE for Kindle, 2/25-2/29/16
Just wanted to let you friends and readers know that Miranda Warning, Book 1 in A Murder in the Mountains Series, is free for Kindle, February 25-29th. Please share the pinnable pic above or one of the tweets below with your friends and let's get the word out! Tweets to share, just … [Read more...]
When Writing Takes you into the Deep Waters
As many of you know, I'm in the process of writing my second Viking historical novel, Forest Child. As a select few of you also know, I have deliberately tried to back-burner it for several months (years?), simply because I knew my main character's real life story (Freydis Eiriksdottir) and I knew … [Read more...]