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  • 20 Minutes At A Time

    I’ve been sitting at my local Panera most of the day writing. I wanted to take a little break from SHADOW DEMONS for a few, so I’m hiding out on my blog. When I first started writing full time (about three years ago), I had a really hard time motivating myself to work all day. I never realized how hard time management could be. I always thought that people who worked for themselves were just so lucky and they had it so easy. God, was I wrong! Working for yourself and setting your own hours is HARD. It definitely has…

  • Call Me Indie

    On his blog this week, Nathan Bransford brought up the question: Who should have the Indie Label: Self-Publishers or Small Presses? It’s a good question. As a self-proclaimed Indie author, I thought I would throw in my two cents. I think in order to really look at the term, you have to look at how it’s used in other venues. Like Indie Rock for example. The funny thing is that when I started googling ‘Indie’, I realized that there is some level of controversy surrounding that term in both music and films. No one is sure whether it should be…

  • Writing Through the Rough Spots

    Rough drafts are always difficult for me. I constantly worry that the story isn’t going the way it should or that things aren’t ever going to come together. The more books I write, however, the easier it becomes to trust my process. SHADOW DEMONS is my fourth book in the Peachville High Demons series, but overall, it will be my sixth completed novel. I feel like after several years and all those manuscripts, I’m finally starting to get the hang of it. But every day isn’t sunshine and puffy clouds. I set a plan to write 2,000 words a day,…

  • Shadow Demons Update

    Book 4 is starting to get interesting! I’m a little less than halfway through the rough draft, and this is the part where I really start to know what the story is about. I always start with some idea of what’s going to happen in the book, but somewhere along the way, everything changes. When I start a new book, even if it’s part of a series like this one, I spend the first few weeks being absolutely certain that I have no talent and that this book is going to suck. The story doesn’t seem to be coming together…

  • A Simple Graph To Show The Logic

    If you haven’t been following Joe Konrath and Barry Eisler’s epic dialog on Ebooks and Self-Publishing, you’re missing out. Go read it. Now. I seriously feel like they just put into words exactly what I’ve been talking to my husband and my friends about for months now. You can find the conversation in 2 parts (so far): Here and Here. In part 2, Barry talks about how he crunched the numbers. He says it much better than I can, so I’m going to post a direct quote from Joe’s blog, which is also from an interview Barry did with Daily…

  • March Sales Numbers

    March was the most AMAZING month for me! I am still in shock at how much sales blossomed last month. I think for most of the month, I was riding high on the release of Book 3. Plus, I had a lot of book reviews come out on various book blog sites, and I know that had a positive impact. I owe a lot to all the book bloggers who took the time to read my books and review them. Most of the sales growth was in the Kindle store. For most of the month, all three of my books…