Wildest Moments

Wildest Moments Blogfest!WILDE'S MEADOW comes out next Monday. Can you believe it?Me either!You may have to pick me up and smack my face! Three books published within six months of each other . . . I better get back on track here.So, I have 4 weeks of giveaways and blog tour posts planned for the month of November. (Full tour and contest info is at the bottom of this post.)Beginning the second week of November--that's the 12-16--I'll be hosting the Wildest...

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Paradise Earth

Another cover reveal? Really?Yes. It's true. Curiosity Quills is pumping out the beautiful covers, and I'm here with the cover of fellow author, Anthony Mathenia's, Paradise Earth.This novel releases December 21st from Curiosity Quills Press!When the ground quakes and blazing balls of fire fall from the sky, a religious sect interprets it as the fulfillment of long-held prophecies foretelling the end of the world. The members flee to their religious...

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Live Interview with Susie

So, as many of you know, Wilde's Meadow releases November 5th!Last week, I sat down with Susie Levine (from Reviews by Sus), and we had a fun chat about what you should expect from the last book in my Darkness Falls trilogy.Hopefully you'll enjoy this interview as much as we did!Happy endings are hard to find, and even though Katriona is in the middle of a war with someone who’s already stolen more than she can replace, she aches for a positive future...

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Sanity Vacuum #CoverReveal

Hi, guys! I'm taking a break from the Haunted Clinic and Contest to bring you another amazing cover from the team at Curiosity Quills!Sanity Vacuum (by Thea Gregory) releases December 6th!Vivian Skye just finished university, and qualified for her first-choice internship. Not many would consider the distant and isolated Extra-Galactic Observatory cushy, but it’s a dream come true for Vivian. Hailing from the low-tech planet of Aurora, she studied...

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Haunted Clinic and Wilde's Meadow #TEASER!

Welcome back, Minions--see, that was much better than yesterday's intro!Some of you are here because you're dying to quench your growing thirst for a glimpse into Wilde's Meadow, the third and final book in my Darkness Falls series. And some of you are here because you're part of the Curiosity Quills Haunted Writing Clinic and Contest.I'm here because . . . ahh, well, I have what everyone's looking for.So, to keep the rambling short, and to give...

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First Page Success - Haunted Clinic

Hello, my pretties--err . . . wrong villain! Since Frankenstein didn't do anything other than moan, I'm going to have to channel more "HE'S ALIVE" enthusiasm.Hello, YOU'RE ALIVE!I give up.So, part of the Writing Clinic is the First Page example. The first page of a novel can turn out to be the most daunting page. This is where you have to capture the attention of your audience. This is where you establish who your main character is, sometimes the...

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Pranksters Strike!

I love my job. Correction: I love my coworkers, and I don't mind my job.If you know me personally, you know that I work in politics/elections, and this is the absolute busiest time of the year for me. This is also the most frustrating, overwhelming, tiring . . .  you get the point.So, in order to unwind, some of us in the office play pranks on each other. What better way to let off some steam?Last week, while on break, I toilet-papered someone's...

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Better Late than Later

Better late than later is a quote my favorite lawyer created, and today, I have to agree with him.I'm failing at being BEE for my very own Jamie Ayres. So rather than delay any longer, I'm here to reveal the cover for her book 18 Things!Can eighteen things save a life?Olga Gay Worontzoff thinks her biggest problems are an awful name (after her grandmothers of course) and not attending prom with Conner, her best friend and secret crush since kindergarten....

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The Countdown to #TVD is on!

Dear World,I, Krystal Wade (aka Mom, Queen of Awesomesauce, BEE, and all that other stuff), am a fangirl (oh, another name!). That's right. Me, person with her head screwed on straight.And you know what? I'm not afraid to admit it.I haven't been so in love with a fictional character since . . . since . . . I honestly think the last time I was this in love, my heart was going all pitter patter for Doogie Howser, MD. Shhh. Don't tell anyone.However,...

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My Successful Query

Welcome back, Mad Scientists. Hopefully you've all been working on your Frankenstein's--aka queries--and you're noticing lots of improvements in your creations.As promised yesterday, I'm here to provide you with my successful query. This short letter earned me two acceptances . . . on the same day.Now, I want you all to know I edited this a tad before it went on my actual book. So below this successful query, I'm pasting the final version.Enjoy!Dear...

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Frankenstein's Laboratory - He's Ali...err, Successful

Is your query ALIVE? Do your words create tingles in the fingertips of the editor or agent reading the short-better-make-an-impact-fast synopsis of your book?God I hope so.Queries are hard. Submitting your query is harder.My first piece of advice is this: Make sure you know who you're submitting your manuscript to. If that agent/editor has zero interest in your type story, don't waste your time. Do your RESEARCH (Like any excellent mad scientist!)My...

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The Haunted Writing Clinic

Hello fellow writers, minions, super villains.Thanks for stopping by.  As a former acquisitions editor for Curiosity Quills Press, I saw a lot of queries. Some good. Some bad. Some horrifically ugly, covered in slime and ooze, brandishing knives, and shooting turds. (Okay, I was just doing that to stay in the spirit of Halloween--or something.)One of the biggest flaws I observed was wordiness. Not spelling--because we ALL spell things wrong....

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Politicians and Reviews

Reviews have a way of bringing an author a lot of joy and also a lot of pain. No author likes to hear that our words pissed off a reader. And I definitely know we can't stand when someone rips every fiber of our book to shreds, saying it's worthless, horrible, the worst thing ever.But this is reality. And if you read what I recently wrote about perception, you'll know that everyone's reality is different.Here's an analogy for all my author friends, something to help you get a little perspective on why the entire world doesn't love your book, something...

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#EVER - Blog Tour

Seventeen-year-old Ever’s love life has been on hold for the pasttwo years. She’s secretly in love with her best friend Frankie,and he’s completely oblivious.Of course, it doesn't help that he’s dead, and waking up to hisghost every day has made moving on nearly impossible.Frustrated and desperate for something real, Ever finds herselffalling for her hot new neighbor Toby. His relaxed confidenceis irresistible, and not just Ever knows it. But falling...

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Only In Her Dreams

Author Christina McKnight is visiting here today. She's offered up an short excerpt from Chapter One of Only In Her Dreams.Enjoy!~Chapter OneLucessa stared at her bed. It was time to sleep again, but it was getting harder to succumb to it. She started to think the day would never come when she could abandon herself to sleep without the feeling of being watched. He was always there--haunting her dreams. Her dreams hadn’t been her own in such a long...

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I'm The Next Big Thing

Or so I hope! For those of you familiar with this little blog meme, does this not make you think of THIS SONG every time you see this post? What is your working title of your book? Shattered Secrets Where did the idea come from for the book? I used Kid #2 for character inspiration (Abigail Nichols get's her spunk, defiance, skepticism, and NAME from my Abby) Where the idea for the story came from? Well, I saw this really cute guy by his flat...

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Mmm-Bop

First, you must listen to my little rant, then you must watch the video to know the horror I'm experiencing today!My Morning RideIs MmmBop stuck in your head now, too?!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[amzn_product_inline asin='B0082RBAXE'][amzn_product_inline asin='B008HGPPH...

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