Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
This week I'm at Immortyl and Beyond...
This weeks stop on the Soul Seduction tour is at Immortyl and Beyond and I'm excited because there is a massive glass of Newcastle Brown Ale there! I can't show this to my husband because he will be hypnotized and I will lose him for forever.
And it's official! The Long Con has been put to bed. Coming soon to a bookstore near you... my latest release :) Woo! :)
And it's official! The Long Con has been put to bed. Coming soon to a bookstore near you... my latest release :) Woo! :)
Saturday, March 24, 2012
CEO by trade, artist by birth.
I see a lot of posts about why people write, which are really interesting. There are quite few where the authors get defensive, like they have to justify the reason they sit down at the keyboard and lose themselves in the world they create.
My family always knew I was creative. I went to a Creative and Performing Arts academy because I loved creating art in any form I could. They all encouraged it, even though at some point I realized a day job was in order so I could
Last night I was watching E! for Fashion Police (I loved RuPaul! Finally someone more catty than Joan Rivers) and I caught Fashion Star which has designers competing for contracts with three huge name stores in a reality show type setting.
They are just competing with themselves really but sometimes the stores compete with each other in a bidding war for the designs. But last night, one designer, Barbara Bates, didn't get picked up and I was really sad because I loved her design. It was sexy and yet age appropriate for me.
One of the buyers asked her why she would create something like that. I loved her answer, which was, "It was something I would wear."
The show was really neat because it reminded me of the publishing industry. Sometimes there is a bidding war over your book (if you're lucky) and you have to decide what pub co to go to. But you design this book and throw it out into the world. If you're lucky, everyone loves it and it sells enormously. If not, well, there is always your next book.
I personally write books I want to read, just like that designer makes clothes she would wear. I love watching the story unfold. While I do temper my style to make it easy to read, the story isn't the words; it's the plot and the characters.
I can't wait to read The Long Con again. :) It's coming 4/17. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it.
My family always knew I was creative. I went to a Creative and Performing Arts academy because I loved creating art in any form I could. They all encouraged it, even though at some point I realized a day job was in order so I could
Last night I was watching E! for Fashion Police (I loved RuPaul! Finally someone more catty than Joan Rivers) and I caught Fashion Star which has designers competing for contracts with three huge name stores in a reality show type setting.
They are just competing with themselves really but sometimes the stores compete with each other in a bidding war for the designs. But last night, one designer, Barbara Bates, didn't get picked up and I was really sad because I loved her design. It was sexy and yet age appropriate for me.
One of the buyers asked her why she would create something like that. I loved her answer, which was, "It was something I would wear."
The show was really neat because it reminded me of the publishing industry. Sometimes there is a bidding war over your book (if you're lucky) and you have to decide what pub co to go to. But you design this book and throw it out into the world. If you're lucky, everyone loves it and it sells enormously. If not, well, there is always your next book.
I personally write books I want to read, just like that designer makes clothes she would wear. I love watching the story unfold. While I do temper my style to make it easy to read, the story isn't the words; it's the plot and the characters.
I can't wait to read The Long Con again. :) It's coming 4/17. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
This week I'm at Books Are Magic
This week I'm at Books Are Magic with a very hot excerpt from Soul Seduction!
I hope you enjoy it.
And coming soon, The Long Con tour!
Friday, March 16, 2012
Behind the scenes...
Last night I worked on my edit for The Long Con (coming out 4/24) and this interesting feeling washed over me. I had this feeling of being behind the scenes, seeing all the work that goes into making this book for the readers to devour.
Like when I wrote this note between Bradley and Tony (the main characters and love interests from The Long Con) I wasn't worried about what it should look like on the page, but when I get the edits back, there's a ton of notes between editors about spacing and fonts and all that. None of the chatter was meant for me necessarily, but I had a peek at what goes into all the making of a book outside of my writing.
It's just fascinating :)
Like when I wrote this note between Bradley and Tony (the main characters and love interests from The Long Con) I wasn't worried about what it should look like on the page, but when I get the edits back, there's a ton of notes between editors about spacing and fonts and all that. None of the chatter was meant for me necessarily, but I had a peek at what goes into all the making of a book outside of my writing.
It's just fascinating :)
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