Writing
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Guest Post: Prepare for Gaming!
My blog is titled life, literature, & coffee–but I rarely get to blog about life, because I’m so often focusing on literature and writing. That’s why I love having guest bloggers who talk about their lives and what’s important to them. Recently I made a pen pal named Leonie and she’s a brand-new blogger–follow her here!…
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Interview: Kristin Halbrook Discusses her Novel Every Last Promise
A couple of weeks ago I picked up a book called Every Last Promise and became completely engrossed in it. Usually I have control and am able to put down a book to go to bed, but I was up well into the morning because Every Last Promise has a killer hook. So I was excited to get the opportunity…
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and finally–the cover for Dissonance–a project 5 years in the making
So happy to be sharing this with you! I think I might cry!! I haven’t got a set release date, but it’s coming soon. By soon, I mean in a few days. ;) Blurb: Fifteen-year-old Allie Grant lives crippled by her illness. Though kept in isolation, she’s never alone: A spirit named Song lurks in the silence…
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the cover reveal’s in 2 days. thanks, guys!
I have a book cover reveal coming up in two days, and I just want to thank everyone who’s volunteered to help me. Honestly, when I first decided to self-publish, it had been painted to look like such a bleak and lonely path…but I met some wonderful people who changed my perspective on that entirely. People all over…
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Heather Says:
I have a beta reader named Heather. (Who had an epic summer and went to Spain. Visit her blog here!) There should be more beta readers like her in the world. I’m so lucky that she’s agreed to read through my manuscript three times, and is willing to do a fourth. Also I’m really glad she likes the…
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Cover Reveal: Thicker than Blood
Thicker Than Blood The Magicians series #3 by Lindsey R. Sablowski Release Date August 2014 Find on Goodreads! Pitch: Alaire Sencler is not the man he used to be. He left behind a foul and bloody past to be with the woman he loves, but the memories never allow him to forget what he did. While the White…
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Dialect in Dialogue by S.J. Garland
Recently I reviewed a historical fiction book by S.J. Garland, and it completely drew me in. One element that stood out most was her use of Scottish dialect, so I asked if she’d write a post about it. Dialect is an interesting technique I hope to try some day. find book review of Scotch Rising here For…
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Interview with Jennifer Ellision
I’m always interested to learn how other authors see things. It’s a complex art, and though no two stories are the same, sometimes the craft itself has similar characteristics in everyone. I’m so glad Jennifer Ellision let me ask her some questions. You should check out her book here! Q: Your characters in Threats of Sky…
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introducing a book cover artist
Even though the book isn’t out till December, I keep panicking and thinking I should have had it all ready by July. But I finally have one thing on the checklist secured: A book cover artist. My long-time friend and pen pal Syd from Videmus Art is going to read my book and see what she comes…
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Guest Post: How TV Shows Can Help You Plot Your Novel
by Alexa Skrywer Yup, you read that title correctly. TV shows – and I’m talking the real ones, the epic ones, not the Disney ones – can help immensely with plotting out your novel. Yeah, go ahead and laugh. I promise I won’t be offended. Finished now? Great. I’m going to use Supernatural as an example,…
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A Disgruntled Englishman on Biscuit Dunking
Right, ok, I’ve told you how to make the perfect brew, here, so it is only proper that you are taught the correct accompaniment to this magic potion, the dunked biscuit. Before we begin you are now English, it is a biscuit, not a “cookie”. Right onto business. Get your cuppa (If you haven’t got…
Mariella Hunt & the Tearoom 