Writing

A Few Good Men’s Reaction to Because of You

January 5, 2012
By
The Long Way Home cover

  I’ve had some truly awesome reader emails since Because of You released. I had one from a group of nurses that said they laughed so hard at the catheter scene, they had to be told to pipe down. That made my day to think that someone got that much enjoyment out of my book.…

Read more »

The Year End Wrap Up + Giveaway!

December 31, 2011
By
The Long Way Home cover

  So this year has been somewhat amazing, all things considered. Starting with the coolest news first, my husband came home from Iraq on Christmas Eve and was interviewed by Angela Brown from the Associated Press. You can read the variations of the article on FOXNews MSNBC Salon Washington Post And others. Angela was great…

Read more »

Guest Author: Gretchen Rix’s A NEWBIE SELF-PUBLISHES

December 6, 2011
By
rsz_2arroyo-final-ebook-cover

Please welcome back fellow Austin RWA author Gretchen Rix, here to talk about life since she published her first novel The Cowboy’s Baby and her second book Arroyo!   Last July when Jessica invited me to share my Kindle publishing experiences I was full of great expectations and concentrating on getting The Cowboy’s Baby out.…

Read more »

Thoughts on Loyalty

December 1, 2011
By
The Long Way Home cover

  The Army has these things called Army Values. They make up the acronum LDRSHIP and stand for Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage. In our society, we pay a lot of lip service to these things but at the end of the day, how many of us really ever think…

Read more »

The Official Blog Tour for Because of You

October 15, 2011
By
The Long Way Home cover

So remember a few weeks ago when I was wondering how one coordinated a blog tour for a book launch? I was somewhat confused about where the process began, what I should be doing to promote my book and what I was going to screw up. Twitter came to the rescue once again and a…

Read more »

Guest Author Laura Griffin + Giveaway!

August 29, 2011
By
Guest Author Laura Griffin + Giveaway!

Today it’s my great pleasure to welcome back a good friend of mine who also happens to be one of my favorite authors. Laura Griffin is back, celebrating the release of her latest suspense novel SNAPPED. Laura’s giving away an autographed copy of SNAPPED today along with a 20$ gift card to B&N to one…

Read more »

Blog Tour? Where Do I Even Start?

August 14, 2011
By
The Long Way Home cover

Okay, need some advice for a newbie author. I suppose at some point I need to start a blog tour schedule. The problem is, how do I even begin? Is it something I just go around to my favorite blogs and ask someone if I can have a date on the calendar? Or is this…

Read more »

BECAUSE OF YOU Back Cover Copy

August 13, 2011
By
BECAUSE OF YOU Back Cover Copy

So this post was going to be very exciting for me because I have the back cover copy of Because of You. But this gets even better because now Because of You is available for preorder!! This is kind of big for me. This feels like a moment where I feel like, yes, this has…

Read more »

Author Pics: The Final 2

August 6, 2011
By
Author Pics: The Final 2

Ok gang, I’m down to the final 2 pics to choose from. I’ve used a bunch of the other pics in various locations but for the pic at the back of the book, I’m between these two. So what do you think?

Read more »

Author Pics: The Results

August 1, 2011
By