Have you ever heard of BasedCon? Yeah. It's a thing. And I am so jealous of everyone going. I checked out their guest list. I want to hang with these people and get my nerd on. Seriously. Gah. They have a guest speaker who is not only an engineer and a survivability risk assessor (who … Continue reading Where to Find Me These Days
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How to Restart Your Writing
I've been busy. We moved. Had a baby. Started a homestead. Got covid a few times. Had another baby. Got burned out. Sometimes there's only so much of you to go round and followed by covid madness, it was too much. I gave up. For real. I gave up my social media and figuratively, literally, … Continue reading How to Restart Your Writing
Update
My gosh. I can hardly believe it's been more than a year since I wrote a post on this blog. To be fair, I can't be blamed. I began my 8th pregnancy. We prepped the house to move (and by 'we' I actually mean my husband and myself got down in it - there was … Continue reading Update
Influences: Die Hard
I wanted to start a new section of my blog titled Influences. This section is for the rabid fans who totally geek out over authors and want to know what inspired the author to write the book they love. Because there are so many of those rabid fans of mine, lol. I will admit to … Continue reading Influences: Die Hard
Top 5 ‘Must Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel V: Hero is a Victim of the System
This post is part 5 in the series The 5 ‘ Must Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel. If you haven’t read the other 4, they can be found HERE (Part 1), HERE (Part 2), HERE (Part 3), and HERE (Part 4). Since we are talking about fiction, no story is a story without a hero. And since a dystopian society is inherently … Continue reading Top 5 ‘Must Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel V: Hero is a Victim of the System
Top 5 ‘Must Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel IV: Police State
This post is part 4 in the series The 5 ‘ Must Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel. If you haven’t read the other 3, they can be found HERE (Part 1), HERE (Part 2), and HERE (Part 3). Next week I’ll tackle the fifth ‘Must Have’ in Dystopian fiction, so stick around! I mentioned in my previous post on the fourth … Continue reading Top 5 ‘Must Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel IV: Police State
Top 5 ‘Must-Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel III: Loss of Self-Autonomy
This post is part 3 in the series The 5 ‘ Must Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel. If you haven’t read the other 2, they can be found HERE (Part 1), HERE (Part 2). Next week I’ll tackle the fourth ‘Must Have’ in Dystopian fiction, so stick around! There are a lot of things that can be difficult to imagine in a … Continue reading Top 5 ‘Must-Haves’ in a Dystopian Novel III: Loss of Self-Autonomy
When your genre is dystopian, but your cover says horror….
I redid the cover on The Ogress' Son because there were too many comments on how it looks like a horror story. :O Not at all what I was going for, but here's the new cover. I likey. And thank heavens for Fiverr, because there was no way I could have gotten a new cover … Continue reading When your genre is dystopian, but your cover says horror….
Feature: My Scribbler’s Heart
Carolyn Astfalk was kind enough to feature my new release The Ogress' Son on her blog, My Scribbler's Heart. Check it out, give her some love for being supportive of other indies. Because she's super sweet and people who go the extra mile really deserve to be recognized for it. ❤
Fiction Hashtag List for Clean Romance (with Bonus free books!)
Clean Indie Read authors are giving away a bunch of clean romance novels to celebrate St. Valentine's day. They range from Paranormal to Romantic comedy. If you love romance like I do, but live in fear of ending up with a smutty book, these are the types of authors for you! 'Clean' for these writers … Continue reading Fiction Hashtag List for Clean Romance (with Bonus free books!)
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