Showing posts with label Kentucky Book Fair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky Book Fair. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Just in time for January

DISPOSAL!
Now available to satisfy your
action-adventure reading needs!

DISPOSAL - Pop Travel #3
Cooper and Geri are finally in a good place, but their bliss is short-lived when Cooper's rebellious nephew Jimmy moves in with them for a summer internship. He hits the town hard and thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in an fiery, exotic beauty. Against all words of warning, he pursues her and ends up getting kidnapped by her powerful Drug Lord father. Geri tracks him down, but gets herself kidnapped as well.

Now it's up to Cooper to use all his resources to save them, including the hot homicide detective Geri secretly despises, and the latest sketchy gadgets his genius friend Hasan offers him to field-test. Sure, why not? Cooper will do anything to get his family back.


Got a stellar review HERE.
and here is the
BOOK TRAILER:

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~~ RECENT EVENTS ~~


DISPOSAL Release Party!

Kentucky Book Fair!

Met my fellow MG writer friend, Stephanie Faris!

Met CQ compatriot Darin Kennedy and
some other fun writer dudes with great advice!

So awesome to hang with my original writer Book Fair girls
at the West Virginia Book Fest!
The Fall is when I do my best Book Eventing! Great sales, great friends, great times! Looking forward to another year of greatness - planning it out, despite some questionable circumstances... Wish me luck!

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Bookishness
Where I answer commonly asked questions and pass on writerly advice...

Q&A - How do you find time to write? I make time. I steal time. I find time. I designate time. If you want to do something, you coordinate your schedule to be able to do it. That's the truth of it. I write when I can, as often as I can.

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January ~ February ~ March

January is new beginnings and good news!
I submitted WINDY HOLLOW! Beast World, book 3.
My short story RESET was also accepted into the Insecure Writers Group Tick Tock Time Anthology! So excited and honored!
And now, I'm working on my next, new story. It's uncharted, risky territory - Christian YA. I'm hoping I can yarn it mainstream enough for publication... also going to try to find an agent, again... blech.

February is brewing
Just keep writing... And putting out feelers for school events in the Spring. Should find out where we will land this month.

March
Looking forward to my first book event of the year and hoping for more during Spring Break in Atlanta!

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What I'm Reading...
  • Waiting patiently for 2 of my friends to finish their books so I can sink my eyes into them!
  • I see a trip to the bookstore in my future as well...
What I'm Writing...
  • FARTHER ALONG - this is the Christian YA novel I've been wanting to write for several years. It's finally the MS du jour.
  • PRINCESS B - has risen in the writing ranks. I want to publish this beautiful baby - and now I need a cover artist, preferably one of color to do it justice. This 3rd Un-Princess story is about a young black girl with a dragon protector and instiller of confidence, shielding her from real monsters in a cruel world and teaching her to defend herself.
  • MAGIC STORM - this story has taken a back seat until I get the above more secure. I think I still need a few lessons in comic books, graphic novels, and series script-writing...
  • The 4th POP TRAVEL novel - CONDUCTION. Under construction as so many other projects distract me! Not to mention the new writing contests just released for 2018!

Where I'll be...
January & February
  • Snuggled on the couch or rooted at my desk! The weather is too frightful to venture out - which means I'll have more time to write, right?
March
  • March 12-16 - Spring Break in Atlanta. Hopeful to set up a signing!
  • March 30 - Conglomeration! A sci-fi con in Louisville. We shall go and we shall see. And hopefully we shall sell!

Curl up by the fire in a cozy, soft blanket with some cocoa
and a book! Aahhh. 


 



~~ Available for SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS, BOOK CLUBS, and BOOK TALKS ~~

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Orange, Yellow, Red, & Brown = FALL!

WINDY HOLLOW
Sneak Peek at Cover Sketch...
It's supposed to be a were-ogre howling in a crumbling castle
with troll guards asleep at the entrance and Ona and Gabe snooping around...
WINDY HOLLOW - BEAST WORLD Book 3


DISPOSAL will be Released
November 14, 2017

Still waiting on the cover, but it will fall in line with the rest of the Pop Travel series, hosting a young couple in a desperate embrace as they disintegrate...

DISPOSAL - Pop Travel #3
Cooper and Geri are finally in a good place, but their bliss is short-lived when Cooper's rebellious nephew Jimmy moves in with them for a summer internship. He hits the town hard and thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in an fiery, exotic beauty. Against all words of warning, he pursues her and ends up getting kidnapped by her powerful Drug Lord father. Geri tracks him down, but gets herself kidnapped as well.

Now it's up to Cooper to use all his resources to save them, including the hot homicide detective Geri secretly despises, and the latest sketchy gadgets his genius friend Hasan offers him to field-test. Sure, why not? Cooper will do anything to get his family back.


I'm happy to send ARC copies of DISPOSAL for Reviews.
Please email me if you're interested.

And I'll be hosting a Blog Release Tour - as well as a LIVE Release Party

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~~ RECENT EVENTS ~~
My Un-Princess Book Party went very well. I hosted a book signing at Half Price Books and did the best I've ever done at a solo bookstore event! Some days I doubt if I should continue writing, then I have days like that!

JOLISSA - An Anti-Princess Story                       TWO PRINCESSES
       UnPrincess #1                                                   UnPrincess #2
     Kindle *** Paperback                                      Kindle *** Paperback

Glass City Con fizzled out as they never responded until I had already made other plans. Probably for the best...

But I have lots more events that I know will be awesome! (see below)

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Bookishness
Where I answer commonly asked questions and pass on writerly advice...

Q&A - How did you get published? Some of my best customers are other writers. And I am happy to share advice on how I got published with them. It takes lots of perseverance, not giving up in the face of many rejections. Keep honing your pitch - make your story sound unique and enticing in only a few words. And just keep sending it out there. Eventually you will click with an agent, editor, or publisher!

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October ~ November ~ December

October is for Oodles of Spooky Fun!
I started a terrific long-term sub job in September and it's flying by. Now that Fall is here, I'm excited about several book events coming up. WINDY HOLLOW should be ready for submission SOON! I've also reached out to a couple of artist friends to collaborate with me on a few side projects in the works - Magic Storm and another UnPrincess Story. thoroughly enjoying cooler temps and PSLs.

November to remember
A short, but special month, I have a big book event, a small business day sale, and my DISPOSAL release! And lest I forget, Christmas is right around the corner!

December of Doing
Planning to host my DISPOSAL book release party, just in time for Xmas shopping! And have another signing lined up at a quaint local re-sale boutique for my UnPrincess books. It will be a magical month!

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What I'm Reading...
  • Sadly, I ran out of reading material (and time to read) If you have any recommendations for juicy, good fun, please share!
What I'm Writing...
  • WINDY HOLLOW - Beast World, Book Three. Finishing touches and editing the perfect Query Letter. I'll be taking a break from this series for a bit to write a couple of new novels vying for my attention.
  • MAGIC STORM - I'm not sure if a graphic novel will do this story justice. I've outlined episodes, more of a series than a novel... I may go with a script and submit it to Disney or Nickelodeon or the more receptive AMAZON!! They love shiny new things!
  • The 4th POP TRAVEL novel - CONDUCTION. Under construction as so many other projects distract me!
  • PRINCESS B - this is the 3rd Un-Princess story, and it has huge heart. Might even be a bit controversial, but a story that needs to be told.

Where I'll be...
October
  • Oct 9 - Mason Middle School, Language Arts Classes. Very honored to have my teacher friend call and ask for me to speak to her classes about VOICE. And so glad I had a day off to do it. Yeehaw!
  • Oct 28 - West Virginia Book Fest with my long-time author buddy, Elizabeth Seckman! Also get to see our awesome author friend, Ashley Chappell-Peeples. A great time will be had by all!
November
  • Nov 18 - Kentucky Book Fair, Lexington, KY. This is a well-traveled event, and I've had success there in the past. Looking forward to selling some books!
  • Nov 25 - Local Business Day (or the Day after Black Friday) - hoping to be at a local bookstore, Well of Books in Cincinnati, OH.
December
  • Dec 2 - Sprouts Boutique, a consignment shop for kids. Still ironing out details, but looking forward to having a signing at a different atmosphere. Geared toward my UnPrincess series.
  • Dec 7 - Plan to have my DISPOSAL relelase party at James Third Base - a local sports bar and grill with great food and music. And "James" is the name of Cooper's nephew!

Bring the love of reading back to the world with the gift of a book!


 



~~ Available for SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS, BOOK CLUBS, and BOOK TALKS ~~