My first ever guest blog post is up at the Lady Scribes blog!! The topic? Whether self-publishing is REALLY an option these days. Please check it out and comment! Lydia Dare, thank you so much for asking me to guest blog. And thank you Lady Scribes for having me today!!
Black Swan is the best movie I’ve seen in a really long time. G and I went to Winston-Salem to visit some friends and we decided to go see a movie on Saturday. The guys wanted to see True Grit, and even though I wasn’t entirely opposed to seeing that movie, I really really wanted to see Black Swan. And I’m so incredibly happy I did. Black Swan was exactly my type of movie. A thriller. A complete mind freak. Natalie Portman was brilliant in this movie and it was worth it just for seeing her amazing portrayal of Nina…
Some people call it the Muse. Others call it the Well. I guess I think of it as Mana, but then again, I’m a gamer, so that makes sense. What am I talking about? That special something that propels and motivates a writer to write and work hard. It’s hard to explain it, but it’s even harder to find it when it’s gone. Sometimes, an idea grabs me so hard that I have to write about it immediately. Usually, though, the ideas are the easy part. It’s the sitting down and writing part that can be tough. Once I’ve got…
A bit of a winter storm last night here in North Carolina. I went out to Borders Cafe to write with my critique parter, J, and around 8:45 got a text from my hubby saying “You might want to come home. Getting slick out there.” We shrugged it off, then decided we’d leave in about 15 minutes or so. After all, from the inside of the cafe, it just looked a little bit rainy out. No big deal, right? The second I stepped out onto the pavement, I knew I had been seriously wrong. It wasn’t rain. It was ICE….
What is the best price for an ebook? This is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. Are my books only selling decent because they are just 99 cents? Or would people be willing to pay more? Another interesting question is this: Are some people not even bothering to read my book because of the price? Some people have expressed opinions online that when they see a book priced at only 99 cents, they automatically assume it’s a poorly written book. I certainly don’t want to get a reputation for writing bad books. On the other hand, at…
It doesn’t take much to make me happy sometimes. Yesterday, G and I went to Crabtree Valley Mall specifically because it’s the only mall around with a Sanrio store. If you’re not familiar, Sanrio is the company that makes Hello Kitty. And as most of you know, I am a bit of a fan. 😛 My friend J gave me an ultra cute gift card to the Sanrio store for watching her fish, Alpha, while she was out of town for the holidays. I certainly wasn’t expecting to get anything for it, but the gift card was a nice surprise….