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Secret by Brigid Kemmerer: Book Review
Nick Merrick is stretched to the breaking point. Keep his grades sky-high or he’ll never escape his hometown. Keep his brother’s business going or the Merricks will be out on the street. Keep the...
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2014: the Year of Goodbyes
So many good series are ending this year. All good things must come to an end, I guess, but I want to hold onto them forever! Here they are, in all their glory… Tempest Trilogy Julie Cross Timestorm:...
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Introducing… the McCall Initiative by Lisa Nowak
Today, I have a guest post from the fantastic Lisa Nowak. Her book, the McCall Initiative, is set in my very own Pacific Northwest! and guess what? The first episode is free. Read about how she got the...
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Write What You Know?
How many times have you heard the writing adage “Write What You Know”? This is a saying so old, that who originally said it has been lost. Of course, it’s attributed to Mark Twain, but what quote isn’t...
View ArticleNavigating Ebook Publishers: Part Two
Recently, the publisher I work for, Entranced Publishing, shut down. You can read the entire strange account of what happened on Writer Beware’s blog. I will summarize here: Entranced had a promising...
View ArticleMy Writing Process Blog Hop
My awesome author friend, Celesta Thiessen, tagged me in this writing blog hop. My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to answer the following four questions. I’m up for the task! 1) What am I...
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A Week in Pictures
I found a prompt recently from Duolit: Share a photo from your life for each day in a typical week. It’s harder than I thought it would be! Mainly because for the past couple years, my routine has...
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Scribd: Part 1 – For Writers
Scribd now has a subscription service for books. For $8.99 a month, readers gain access to more than 100,000 books. (Some places, I’ve seen 300k, but from Scribd’s website and app, it says 100,000+)...
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Elected by Rori Shay Pre-Orders!
Today I’m sharing an upcoming release. This is one book you don’t want to miss! The Kickstarter to this book will be available today here. You will be able to get a copy of ELECTED in hardcover and/or...
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Noah Movie Review
Darren Aronofsky’s Noah was a movie I was unsure about when I first saw the trailer. Why is everyone white? What’s Emma Watson doing in biblical times? But then I got kind of excited about it: an epic...
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Bog Tour: Elected by Rori Shay
Today is my stop on the blog tour for ELECTED by Rori Shay! This is one book you don’t want to miss and is out TODAY! The kickstarter to this book is available at http://tinyurl.com/ElectedNovel. You...
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Blog Tour: The Tethering by Megan O’Russell
Today, we have the AWESOME author Megan O’Russell and her book The Tethering. All sixteen-year-old Jacob Evans wants is to win the heart of Emilia Gray, but with order in the magical world crumbling,...
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Promising Power is live!
Wow, I haven’t been around lately! I have a lot of awesome news for you all. First of all, the Protectors series is COMPLETE! The last book, Promising Power, came out November 4th. I slacked on my...
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Writing Prompt: Hipster Disney Princesses
I found this picture from a tumblr I follow called Writing Prompts. Retell the story of a Disney movie with one change: the princess is now a hipster. Viria13 originally posted these two pictures on...
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What was I up to in 2000?
Fifteen years ago, sometime around the Y2K freak-out mode, I got a bright pink diary from Limited Too. Apparently I was supposed to put a picture of myself there. If you don’t know what Limited Too is,...
View ArticleThe Day I Realized I Was An Extrovert
I recently realized I was an extrovert and an ENFP. Now, before those I know personally laugh and say, “Emily, you’re crazy, you’re not an extrovert” let me explain myself. Most websites and profiles...
View ArticleYA Strong Female Characters (and Witty Blog Comments)
I read this article today about “Trinity Syndrome”. This happens when a female character is set up as badass, interesting, multi-faceted, in the first act… then has nothing to do for the rest of the...
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