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Sometimes Putting Yourself Out There is Effing Scary
So I did some photos this year, that I haven’t posted on social media. I was really trying to put myself out there and submit to galleries/contests/calls for entry. I honestly think I was almost as terrified as when I first sent queries for my novel as I was submitting just three photos. Sometimes I don’t think I am an artist. It’s in my bio. I may call myself that, but I feel like a major imposter. To me artists are these artsy people who speak in metaphors – and for an author, I really suck at metaphors (or maybe I just think I suck at them. Idk.). Maybe my…
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Hello, it’s been awhile…
So it’s been awhile. I’m sorry about that. But the last half of 2018 was pretty scary for me. Pretty damn scary. This is a personal post, and things are about to get personal, so if you don’t like to read this kinda stuff, then I would probably skip this read. It all started on a late July afternoon. My husband, Cody, was out of town. I was catching up some editing. Had just got my hair done (my fav, blue and purple). I went to bed fairly early, tired from they busy day and work that morning. I awoke in the middle of the night in what I…
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Book Review: Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault by Candace Robinson
I am on a roll with catching up on my reading stack. It seems every time I get to take a book off the stack, I add three more! But here we are…and boy did I LOVE this one. So go order it – right now (you can order it here!) Description: People in the town of Deer Park, Texas are vanishing. There is a strange museum, known as Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault, that appears overnight. Perrie Madeline’s best friend and ex-boyfriend are among the missing. Perrie and her friend August go on a pursuit for them in the mysterious museum. Could the elusive Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault have anything…
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Book Review: Between the Sea and Stars by Chantal Gadoury
I am catching up on my summer reading list and dove into Between the Sea and Stars by Chantal Gadoury. To be fair, I started reading this before it was published but had to put all my reading on hold (sadly) to finish some strict edit deadlines. I couldn’t wait to get back into this novel, and I am so glad I was finally able to pick it back up again. Haven’t ordered it yet? You can order it here! Description: Lena, a Merrow girl, lives in the Skagerrak sea with her father, Carrick and her brother, Javelin who tells her of the legend of the Merrow Queen murdered…
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Book Review: Windswept by Jadie Jones
I am so behind on my TBR list with all the edits from The Halves of Us this spring/summer – but I dove right into my stack a few weeks ago, and I was so ready to start book 2 of this series! Whew! I stayed up wayyyyyy past my bedtime last night finishing this book (and by that I mean like reading 45% in one day!). I did a cover reveal post for this back in February and couldn’t wait to get my hands on it (you can read that here)! This is the second book in the Hightower trilogy and I ADORED the first installment (review here). And…
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Music and Lyrics – Collaboration with Meredith Sanders
Editing can be overwhelming – and editing two books at once, while working a full time job really overwhelmed me this spring. I decided in June I needed a break from editing, and made goals to push myself creatively in other ways and return to editing in July. One of the first things I did was plan shoots to do mid-month with my sister and my cousin (will post about those later, I promise). The second thing I did was turn to a different type of writing – poetry. I’ve been reading a lot more poetry collections lately, and I wanted visit that type of artful writing to dive deeper into my personal emotions and…
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Cover Reveal – SACHAEL DISCOVERY by Melody Winter
I’ve been such a huge fan of Melody Winter for a few years. She is an extremely talented storyteller. If you haven’t read the first two books in this series – you’re missing out! You can buy them and check out her other amazing novels here! But today we are going to talk about her MINE Series. Ahhh! The drama, the romance, the setting, the storytelling…the EVERYTHING. You need to read this series. I can’t wait to get my hands on the third book of this series, Sachael Discovery! War has come to Saicean. With Orontes as King of the Oceanids, the threat to Saicean and its inhabitants has never been greater. The Oceanid…
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Cover Reveal – NOCTURNAL MEETINGS OF THE MISPLACED by R.J. Garcia
You’re going to want to add this to your Goodreads TBR list! [and you can do that here!] Mystery surrounds the town of Summertime, Indiana, where fifteen-year-old Tommy Walker and his little sister are sent to live with relatives they’ve never met. Tommy soon makes friends with Finn Wilds, a rebellious local who lives with his volatile and abusive stepfather, who also happens to be the town’s sheriff. Finn invites Tommy to late night meetings in the woods, where Tommy gets to know two girls. He forms a special and unique connection with both girls. The meetings become a place where the kids, who don’t fit in at school, or…
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Cover Reveal – WINDSWEPT by Jadie Jones
So if you keep up with my book reviews, I read the first installment of the Hightower trilogy in December and reviewed it in January (you can read that here). And I have been DYING to get my hands on book 2 – and while I have to wait just a tad bit longer – the beautiful cover was revealed today and GUISE *cheers, drools, jumps for joy* IT.IS.GORGEOUS. An Unseen World believes Tanzy Hightower is the key to an ancient prophecy. They’ve waited a thousand years for her soul to return. Now, a war is waged between those who will stop at nothing to fulfill the prophecy, and those…
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Cover Reveal – The Ganga Shift by Mary Bernsen
The thing I have noticed about the Parliament House Press is not only are their books amazing – but their covers are brilliantly executed – and The Ganga Shift is no different! So excited to share with you the cover reveal to The Ganga Shift by Mary Bernsen. (You will want to add this to your TBR list – trust me. So don’t forget to add it to Goodreads!) Life hasn’t been easy for Isabella. She spent most of her childhood in the foster care system, and now at twenty-two she has landed herself in prison on drug charges. Her troubled past is what makes her a perfect candidate for the government’s…
