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Virginia is for Readers and Writers
Just a quick FYI that the Virginia Book Festival is going on this week in Charlottesville, Va. Virginia’s state slogan is Virginia is for lovers, but this week, Virginia is for readers and writers. The...
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Friday Fun Stuff: I don’t want to build a snowman
Happy Friday to you. Not sure where you live, but here in the DC metropolitan area, we got enough snow on Monday, St. Patrick’s Day, to cancel school and close the federal government. This song, by a...
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When Today’s Headlines Remind You of Your Story’s Dark Roots
“Ebola virions” by Charting the Path of the Deadly Ebola Virus in Central Africa. PLoS Biol 3/11/2005: e403 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030403. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons. Well, a...
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NaNo no no no no no no!
A writer’s setup for NaNoWriMo (photo courtesy Wiki Commons by mpclemens from Pleasant Hill, United States. For my writer friends out there, I’m sure you’re all aware that NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow....
View ArticleFriday Fun Stuff: Halloween Heartache
Happy Friday to you! It’s a week to the day after Halloween, so I thought I’d turn to one of my favorite Jimmy’s for the Friday Fun Stuff. It’s Kimmel, not Fallon, this week. Each year, after...
View ArticleA Book Trailer or Life First
Happy Hump Day to you! A quick post today. It’s been a busy week for me personally because I’m volunteering a couple of days this week for my children’s book fair at school, and they were both home...
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Come Check Me Out in College Park or New Carrollton, if You’re Local
UPDATED: College Park event rescheduled due to weather. For anyone who is local, I’ll be hosting a seminar, along with my friend Jim Brown, on how folks can self-publish. The seminar should be very...
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“An intense, edge of your seat read”… and Other Awesome Things
An intense, edge of your seat read… Happy Tuesday to you. Lots of good stuff to report today. First and foremost, Third Life: Taken got an awesome review over at Big Al’s Books and Pals. None other...
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In wake of Otis Byrd death, Lynch Party free on Wattpad briefly
Last night, I was startled to see a story pop up in my Facebook feed about Mississippi authorities finding an African-American man, Otis Byrd, 54, hanging from a tree in the woods. Police said they...
View ArticleFriday Fun Stuff – Harry Potter meets Uptown Funk
Happy Friday to you. I hope your weather is more pleasant than mine, which is rain and clouds. I’m doing some writing today. I’m very excited to hammer out some words on my work-in-progress, which is a...
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Life First on ManyBooks Today
Life First is listed as a deal today over at ManyBooks.net. The book went perma-free earlier this year, and if you haven’t read it yet, then now’s a great time to pick it up. Life First is the first...
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Big Book Giveaway – Featured Books
At the beginning of the month, I mentioned I was part of the Big Book Giveaway. As a featured author, we’ve been asked to feature one or two of the books being offered in the giveaway. Today, I thought...
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Self-Publishing Sunday: Reviews
When you publish books, reviews happen (hopefully, but that’s a topic for another day). When reviews come in, they can be positive, negative, or somewhere in the middle. So, how should an author handle...
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Big Book Giveaway – Last Day
Today is the very last day to enter the Big Book Giveaway, where you can win a package of 10 books from various authors. Two prizes will be given. You an enter in the box at the end of this post. I...
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Contained is Here!
Just wanted to let everyone know I published the final book in the Virus series, Contained. The ebook is available as an Amazon exclusive, so you can read it free in Kindle Unlimited or buy it for...
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It’s time for a 99 cent sale
Happy Tuesday to you! This week, I’m having a 99 cent sale on two of my books. Concealed, the first book in the Virus series, is on sale for 99 cents all this week. I’ve got a couple of ads running...
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Life First featured on Instafreebie
Life First is featured on InstaFreebie today. If you’ve never heard of InstaFreebie, it’s a place where you can get free books, generally in exchange for signing up for the author’s mailing list....
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Banned Books – A Sign of Social Change?
It’s banned books week, a time when we’re supposed to get excited about books that are controversial to the point that some schools and communities ban them from their libraries. The American Library...
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Prophecy of Light – Book 1 is Coming
Just a quick note to let you all know that first book in my newest series is coming out in just over two weeks. Here’s the blurb for the book, which is the first part of a four-book series. “Be careful...
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Scented Now Available at Multiple Retailers
Just wanted to let everyone know that my YA novel Scented is available at multiple retailers now. It had been exclusive to Amazon. As it wasn’t flourishing during its period of exclusivity, I decided...
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