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Cera Chronicles: This World Bites is off to the editor! I’ve set the release date for January 19th and am now planning the tour. You have the opportunity to help out by signing up for a tour stop. I’m giving away free ARCs to anyone willing to do a review. Loading… Are you signed up…
The poll numbers are in, and the winner is… GOLD! For the purpose of tallying, I threw out the responses that didn’t give a definite answer. Location Gold Votes Green Votes Direct Questioning 2 2 Blog 12 1 Google+ 29 6 Facebook 28 5 Mythic Scribes Forum 1 2 Total 72 16 Tidbits of other…
Holly Sinclair gave me a free copy of her amazing cook book, The ABCs of Appetizers, in exchange for an honest review. I enjoy cooking, when I have time. It seems like I don’t have much of that lately. The wonderful part of this cookbook is the ease of making the recipes. I got to…
If you saw Wednesday’s post, you saw I was considering updating the title appearance on my cover. Most agreed that the metallic, beveled look made a greater impact. Aldrea suggested using a different color. I’ve adjusted the lighting so it comes from the correct direction, and made the text fit the e-book size. Which color…
I’ve been playing with covers lately, particularly Isto’s cover. I want to go with a series look, but have been struggling with how to portray the images (stone background, symbolic clan mark). Right now, it looks like a horror novel. But in the midst of my playing, I got side-tracked title manipulation. I wound up…
Tell your friends! Share with your neighbors! Thanmir War is on sale for $0.99 this week! The Earth Clan has declared war and a landscaper is at the dead center of it. Derek thinks his chronic headaches are the worst of his problems. He’s wrong. He wakes up in the middle of an unknown forest,…
Wednesday morning, I woke early (okay, not much earlier than I typically do) and climbed up the ladder to the playset my husband has been building for the kids. There I stood in the quiet, wrapped up in my fleece robe, staring at the sky and the blood moon eclipse. Now I don’t have a…
It’s time for an update post! Woohoo! On Monday, C. Lee McKenzie wrote blog post about log lines. I’d already planned this post with the log lines I have, but now I think I need to revise. What do you think? Monsters By saving his wife, he condemned his world. Isto, Thanmir War‘s sequel, has…
At the store, I found some gorgeous apples—the type I imagine the wicked queen offered to Snow White. Perfect for a featured photo. Though I like the shot, I’m disappointed the stem was out of focus. Live and learn. But I needed other shots with my beauties. I did a shelfie a couple of weeks…
When you’re on a budget, sometimes you want to do-it-yourself. That includes e-Books. With some practice, you can create your own e-Book with free tools. The two I use are Sigil and Calibre. Sigil is an ePub editor that lets you build e-Books from scratch. It has two views: Book view and Code view. Book…