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Today, I officially took office as Treasurer on the Board of the Heart of Caroline Romance Writers!! I’m super excited about finally giving something back to an organization and a chapter that has meant so much to me. I’m a little nervous about the responsibility and organization required, but I know I can handle it. It was such a fun day hanging out with other writers. Writing is often such a solitary thing. Sure, we have our online friends and all-day twitter and facebook and email chats, but there’s nothing like sitting down and having a cup of coffee with…

My December sales at Barnes and Noble haven’t increased in a couple of days, so I’m going to assume the total they have up there now is the final total for the month. I know I just posted about my total sales/milestone of over 1,000 books the other day, but I didn’t exactly break it down to December’s sales. This is just something I want to do to both track my own monthly progress and to give other Indie Authors a realistic idea of what is going on for someone like me. In December, I released a second book, INNER…

I just got home from Jenna Black’s local book signing at the Brier Creek Barnes & Noble. She was signing her new YA fantasy, SHADOWSPELL. I can’t wait to read it. This is book 2 of her Faeriewalker series (not sure I spelled that right). The first book, GLIMMERGLASS, was awesome! Here is the very beautiful cover for her book: I just love it! Book signings are so much fun, too. Jenna read from a chapter. There were cookies. It was a good turnout. I definitely enjoyed it and can’t wait to read the book. If you haven’t read the…

Since first publishing at the very end of October 2010, I have reached my first major milestone – 1,000 books sold! As I mentioned yesterday, December sales at Barnes & Noble continue to roll in. I’m not sure why they are so far behind on their reporting, but everyday I wake up with more Dec. sales. It’s like a little belated Christmas present every morning! My true total of sales to date: 1,218 books. Here’s how it breaks down: Beautiful Demons: Book 1 of the Peachville High Demons series has sold a total of 826 books. 124 through Amazon’s Kindle…

I want to post my monthly sales reports on this blog every month, but I’m going to wait another week to put up December’s sales. The reason is because Barnes & Noble is behind on their reporting. Every day when I log into their my sales site, there are new sales posted for the weeks leading up to and after Christmas. I want to wait until the number is a bit more static so that I can report an accurate statement for the month. I will say that the numbers far exceeded my own expectations. With the number of ereaders…

My head sometimes feels crammed with ideas. I mean, everyone has story ideas right? Fantasies or a spark of a story that you think you could turn into a book or a movie or a tv series? Well, I have them too, and the more I indulge these ideas by actually turning them into novels, the hungrier I get. I want to give each possible story a voice. That’s one of the most fun things about writing, because you never know what an idea will grow into. When I first come up with an idea for a novel, it usually…