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Finding the perfect fantasy name
Dave Farland, fantasy author extraordinaire, says that authors should never just choose their fantasy names randomly. They need to have resonance. Therefore, to come up with a good fantasy name for your character/place/animal group/whatever-the-heck-you’re-naming you need to have a process.…
Continue ReadingRandom things I’ve learned while researching Hunters and Hunted
The cool thing about writing is that I’m always learning something new–whether I want to or not. This is because my characters have much more interesting lives than I do. They travel around, have talents, hobbies, stuff like that. I’m…
Continue ReadingMore Book Trailer Music
It’s time to make a book trailer for the next book in the queue. I’ve spent two days listening to over a hundred and fifty different sound tracks and have learned one very important thing. When you listen non stop…
Continue ReadingVote for the Worst Song Pick-up Lines: The Enrique Award
At my last writing critique group, we were sitting around talking about bad song lyrics. My friend, Melinda, told me that Enrique Iglesias’s song I want to Love You Tonight actually was called I want to–insert the crassest term you…
Continue ReadingBook launch photos and fairy visitors
It always cracks me up to see pictures of myself while I’m presenting. I’m sure these facial expressions made sense at the time, but looking at them after the fact, you have to wonder what I was saying.Here I am…
Continue ReadingMy Unfair Godmother is here!
Or at least it should be. If it’s not, you should stand around your local bookstore and in a loud voice say, “I demand you get me a copy of My Unfair Godmother forthwith!” It’s 12:35 AM. Just for the…
Continue ReadingGive-away and Very Cool Book Trailer
Okay, yes, I know I’ve sort of messed up the whole orderly system of give-aways that I was trying to do. I’ve learned that one shouldn’t do give-aways when one is traveling around the country as you never know what…
Continue ReadingInternet Problems
Just for the record, I wanted to let you know I tried to pick a winner last night or rather, at 4:00 a.m. That was the time we finally got situated in our hotel room after our flight was delayed…
Continue ReadingMy Unfair Godmother ARC giveaway/ weigh in on the song
I’m having a book trailer done for My Unfair Godmother, and I have to say it’s going to be awesome. I’m having special effects. Things sparkle. I can hardly wait to show it to you. But first I need to…
Continue ReadingTop Ten Jury Duty excuses
I have to say that some people use some pretty unimaginative excuses for getting out of jury duty. Things like, “I can’t speak English.” And “It would create a financial hardship.” And “I’m a police officer.” Come on, people. It’s…
Continue ReadingWhat not to give her for Valentine’s Day
Perhaps it’s just my husband who needs help picking out Valentine’s gifts, (which is why I buy my own. Thanks Dear, for the lovely doll!) but in the interest of helping men everywhere, I am putting together a list of…
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