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For those of you who miss my more serious blog posts, I apologize but simply have such raging cabin fever that I’m getting a little slaphappy and have to amuse myself to stay sane.  I’ve spent a LOT of time on the internet lately while cocooned in blankets, sipping spikedContinue Reading

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[taken from my Koobug blog here] I’ve had this conversation with my author/editor friends of late, so I thought I’d pose the question here. In this day of instant access (via eBooks, YouTube, OnDemand TV, Netflix, etc.), do you think that has changed the way people interact with Story? HasContinue Reading

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As an author, I get nervous every time I hand my book(s) over to a reviewer.  I mean, you know ordinary readers are going to have an opinion about your book, but in the case of reviewers, you’re asking for it.  Being on this end of things is nerve-wracking andContinue Reading

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As promised, here are my A’s to your Q’s. Thanks, everyone who submitted questions! Keep ’em coming for future podcasts! I tried to remain spoiler-free. These questions/answers deal with Book 1 mostly, with some hint of what is to come in the rest of the series (Books 2-4). 01/15/2014 InContinue Reading

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I feel like I’m posting a lot about my books lately, but after the video podcast I’ll do tomorrow (I know I said Friday, but life’s busy) about Book 2, I promise to lay off for a while. BUT, The Kota Series Book 2, “The Ebonite and Her Earthling” isContinue Reading

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The Kota: Book 1 is FREE at Smashwords until Friday! Book 2 releases Friday, 1/17, and will be available at Smashwords and Amazon immediately, other places in the future.Continue Reading

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[Taken from my Koobug blog] My Favorite thing on Twitter might be #HorribleWriteTip, mostly because it balances out all the “real” advice authors throw around.  Some of the best: “It’s important that you mention in your query that you think you’re the next Stephen King” and “If a scene isContinue Reading

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[This Thanksgiving, my mom and I sat at the kitchen table listening to the cassette tape she’d recorded between 1985-1988 of my brother and me saying our ABC’s, singing “Jesus Loves Me,” etc.   It’s amazing to me how early our creative loves developed – I take every opportunity toContinue Reading

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This Thanksgiving, my mom and I sat at the kitchen table listening to the cassette tape she’d recorded between 1985-1988 of my brother and me saying our ABC’s, singing “Jesus Loves Me,” etc.   It’s amazing to me how early our creative loves developed – I take every opportunity toContinue Reading

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Goodreads Book Giveaway The Kota (The Kota Series, #1) – expanded version by Sunshine Somerville Giveaway ends December 13, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win  Continue Reading

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Recently I was faced with an interview question of “If you’re stuck on an island, what three books do you have to have with you?”  I brought this up with a group of friends, and of course we wondered about all kinds of qualifiers – are you ever going toContinue Reading

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Now that my book is out and I’m actually bothering to market the thing, I’ve tapped into this wonderful community of Indie authors via Goodreads.  As one author pointed out, it’s often the people closest to you who are least interested in the fact that you’ve written a book.  MyContinue Reading

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This summer, the topic of “Introverts vs. Extroverts” kept coming up again and again with various friends.  Now, as much as I love lists and analyzing the crap out of people, I don’t particularly like labels.  But I took every online quiz thrown at me this summer, and I amContinue Reading