The Sweetie Chronicles

  • Wednesday Update from the Beach

    I spent the day today reading back through Book 4 and living in Harper’s head for a while, trying desperately to get out of my own. I finally sat down this evening to start some word sprints with my friends and quickly got to just under 3,000 words, which is definitely an improvement. At this point, however, with only 3 days left in the trip (one of them being only a half-day), I’m pretty much certain I won’t be able to reach my initial goal of 40,000 words. Still, I am hoping the rest of the week is all about…

  • Beach Update

    Anyone who has been checking back to view my progress has probably been sorely disappointed by the lack of movement on my word meter, ha! I promise, I am working! Just right now, I’m still in the whole looking-over-my-rough-draft-and-trying-to-decide-what-sucks-most stage. I’m working through the plot, doing some soul searching – both mine and Harper’s – and organizing my thoughts so I can write the best possible book I can write. There are some pretty huge answers coming in this book (at least I think they’re huge), so I want to make sure I write them into the story in the…

  • Beach Week Progress

    I thought it would be fun to keep everyone updated on my progress at the beach this upcoming week! I created a word meter where I can update how many words I’ve written on the revised version of Rival Demons. I’ve set a humongous goal for myself this next week! 40,000 words! It’s not going to be easy, but I know I can do it if I work really hard. Please check back throughout the week to see my progress. I’ll be updating it a few times per day. Feel free to leave encouraging messages for me, as I know…

  • Rival Demons News and The Beach

    Woohoo! I’m doing a dance over here, because I just finished my rough draft for RIVAL DEMONS! Yay!!! I can’t believe it’s finished! It feels so amazing to have the rough draft of my fifth book completed just shy of one year since I started the first book in the series! Wow, it’s amazing how much things have changed for me in this past year. So what’s next? Ah, the rewrites begin! For me, a rough draft is more of an exploration of where the story wants to go. I rarely use very much of it in the final book,…

  • Exciting News!

    There are several things I wanted to announce today.First of all, I am almost finished with the rough draft of Book 5! This is, actually, why I’ve come to a very big decision about the series that I sincerely hope you will be excited about. When I first started writing the Peachville High Demons series, I thought it would be a trilogy. Possibly four books at most. Then, in the middle of writing the rough draft for Book 3, I realized the story was much bigger than I ever imagined. The series grew to 5 books. Now that I’m almost…

  • Back of the Book Reviews September Extravaganza

    Today starts the month-long read-a-thon and September Extravaganza over at Back of the Book Reviews!! This month will be full of exciting author interviews and amazing giveaways! They are having daily giveaways as well as one big grand prize giveaway at the end of the month that will include one of the very first free signed print copies of my book, BEAUTIFUL DEMONS. They also have put together an amazing September Extravaganza Programme that has all kinds of awesome discounts, coupons and free book download codes. The programme is 49 pages long and includes exclusive interviews, featured authors, a full list…