reading
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cats, Sabriel, and my coffee tasting career
Because books are my life and this blog is titled life, literature & coffee, I figured I’d make a periodical to keeps you up-to-date on two of those things while I wait to become a coffee taster. Every Monday I will try to update you briefly on life and reading. Dissonance is now available on nook…
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the first week of being published
A week ago, on May 29, I forced myself to stop dancing around the decision and began taking the steps to publishing Dissonance. Now it’s on Amazon for $2.99, and will be on Nook soon; the paperbacks are being worked on. I’m still in a bit of a shock. If you have a Kindle, you can buy Dissonance right…
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Finding Faith: A Book of Poems by Faith Owen
Over the years, I’ve met amazing people with many stories to tell. Some are gifted at poetry in a way I’m not; I’m blessed to call a few of these people friends. Faith is one of these friends. We’ve known each other forever, and I even got to meet her once. She has compiled her life experiences so far…
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Dissonance is now available on Amazon!
Hey guys! I’m excited to announce that you can now purchase Dissonance on Amazon as an eBook. It’ll be out in paperback hopefully this week, and I’m going to put it on nook too–I’ll let you know when this happens. When I saw my name on Amazon as an author, I literally started to cry. I’ve been waiting…
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Interview: Jodi Meadows Discusses her Novel The Orphan Queen
I’m excited to have had the chance to speak with Jodi Meadows, author of The Orphan Queen. In the novel we follow Princess Wilhelmina as she embarks on a precarious, exciting journey to take back her throne. It’s a great fantasy novel and I love the characters. Perhaps it’s just me, but this was one of those…
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Review: City Love by Susane Colasanti
Sadie, Darcy, and Rosanna are living together in New York City the summer before their freshman year of college begins. With no parents, no rules, and an entire city to explore, these three girls are on the verge of the best summer of their lives. Sadie is a native New Yorker. She is hopeful, romantic,…
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the cover reveal was fantastic. thank you, guys.
Exactly a week ago was the book cover reveal for Dissonance. Now that things have settled down, I have time to blog about it. I bet at some point you wondered why I chose May 19 as my book cover reveal. Well, it’s the feast day of St. Celestine, the patron saint of book binders, and…
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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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Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award
I was nominated by Alextheshadowgirl! ♥ Thanks! RULES: Thank the blogger who nominated you, linking back to their site. Put the Award logo on your blog. Answer the ten questions sent to you. Make up ten new questions for your nominees to answer. Nominate ten blogs. QUESTIONS: 1. What’s your favorite TV show? I don’t watch…
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The Courtship Book Tag
stolen from The Lonely Book Lover! Phase 1 – Initial Attraction: A book that you bought because of the cover And I loved it. Phase 2 – First Impressions: A book that you got because of the summary I loved, loved this book. Here’s the summary: Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all…
Mariella Hunt & the Tearoom 