The Sweetie Chronicles

Mini Beach Retreat Weekend

I figure it’s past time to get serious about this rough draft of Demons Forever! I’ve been spending more time thinking about it than actually working on it, which in a way IS working on it, but I know that now it’s time to get some words on paper and test how this final book is coming along. Especially since I’m determined to have it published before the baby comes in June. On the other hand, focusing on the story while there is so much going on in my personal life has been a struggle. I need to get away….

Free Preview of Michelle Muto’s DON’T FEAR THE REAPER

I am so excited to have the very talented YA author Michelle Muto on my blog today. She has been nice enough to give us a free preview of her book DON’T FEAR THE REAPER. Here is a brief description of the book: Grief-stricken by the murder of her twin, Keely Morrison is convinced suicide is her ticket to eternal peace and a chance to reunite with her sister. When Keely succeeds in taking her own life, she discovers death isn’t at all what she expected. Instead, she’s trapped in a netherworld on Earth and her only hope for reconnecting…

MILESTONE: 60,000 Books Sold!

Yippeee!!! I’m very excited to announce that yesterday, I hit a new sales milestone. 60,000 books sold. This is an all-time figure, starting when I self-published my first novel, Beautiful Demons, at the end of October 2010. It took me almost exactly 16 months to reach this milestone, and I couldn’t be happier. More than anything, I just wanted to say thank you! Thank you to all my faithful readers who have purchased the books in the Peachville High Demons series and supported me. It means more to me than I could ever say. You have all made my dreams…

Back to Work!

I am safely home in North Carolina and getting back to work on the rough draft of Demons Forever! I had such a great time in Georgia, but I always feel like I lose a lot of work time when I go there. It’s just too hard to concentrate on writing when there’s so much family activity. I mean, it’s hard to justify crawling into a cave somewhere to spend hours writing when I barely get to see my mom and sister and brother, you know? So the bottom line is that I didn’t really get any work done while…

Home to Georgia

No, I haven’t completely fallen off the face of the earth, lol. When I’m starting work on a new book, I always sort of crawl into this cave where I have less to say to the outside world. And I’ve been working a lot on Demons Forever. Since this is the final book in my series, it’s obviously very near and dear to my heart. I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my characters, reading back through important scenes, writing out lists of all of the unanswered questions. I really want this book to be something special. That’s…

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!! It’s always such a fun day of telling people you love them and watching romantic movies or daydreaming about the future. Today, I have been thinking a lot about my sweet little baby boy, Andrew, who will be coming in June. I hope he knows how much I love him already :). My husband and I are not doing anything fancy tonight. Just going to see a movie – and nothing romantic, haha. I think we’re going to see Chronicle, which I’ve heard is good. And I can’t resist movies about teens with powers, hehe. It…