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My first YABC review!
Yay! My first YABC review has been posted (by Brenda, who was one of the ARC winners). And she liked it! Double Yay! I’m just excited to have my first review of my book on my website. Can you tell? And...
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Day 14 Winner: Carrie Harris (and other news)
The Day 14 winner of the “surprise prize” is Carrie Harris! Congrats! Once Carrie chooses which prize she wants from the choices I sent her, I’ll update this post. UPDATE: Carrie chose a signed copy of...
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I mailed a bunch of the prizes off today, so winners start checking your mailboxes early next week! I still have 2 more to mail (including one where I haven’t heard back from the winner yet) and an...
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So, how did Stephenie Meyer's name wind up in Sucks to Be Me?
Someone asked if I decided to write a book about vampires after reading Twilight. And if you’ve read Sucks to Be Me or the first chapter excerpt, you might have noticed there’s a reference to Stephenie...
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So, how much money do writers make anyway?
(Updated May 2011) I get asked this question a lot. Actually, I get asked “So, have you made your first million yet?” a lot (the answer to that is no, not even close!). I think it must be all the news...
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Thanks for all the names!!
Thank you everybody who entered the Name a Character contest! What a bunch of great names! I’ll be picking out a winner soon and posting it here. I think I’ve actually got enough names now for the next...
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What's best to start with… a single novel, short stories, or a series?
I got this question posted to my Challenge: One question I had was when trying to get published what is the best approach, take one finished novel in or make a bunch of short stories or both? Or...
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Query Letters (The original Sucks to Be Me queries…)
So some people have asked me to post up my original query letter for Sucks to Be Me. It’s kind of interesting to see them now, honestly. I hadn’t read them in a while. I’m actually going to post up two...
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I’ve decided to be a bit more, well…me. At least, I’m going to try. It’s quite hard, you see. Let me explain. Back before I was a PUBLISHED author (and yes, you should read that in a big booming voice,...
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On dreams and a thoughtful article from @The_Millions
Welcome to Autumn (our front window) There are dreams and then there are Dreams. Of the former…I’ve been having really strange ones lately. Like mini-movies that may or may not actually include me in...
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Wherein I realise that it is already November…
When you’re young, time seems to pass so slowly. Summers took forever. A school day? Eons. Sitting for an exam? A lifetime in an hour. But the older you get, the faster time goes by. Case in point…it’s...
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