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Category: Writing

  • You, too, Can Focus@Will

      Have you ever really needed to concentrate at work so you turned on music, only to find yourself moving to the groove or looking up the lyrics to songs instead of working? No? It must just be me. I typically listen to Pandora or Spotify while writing, but sometimes (often) the music distracts me…

  • Have Another Mint on Me

    Something very cool happened tonight. I was eating at Wahoo’s Fish Taco with my children, a few friends, and their children. (I had the shrimp bowl with brown rice and Cajun beans, in case you were wondering. It was tasty.) I’d just taken a rather uncooperative bite when I noticed a boy with a wide…

  • And the Amazon Gift Cards for Most Appreciated, Randomly Selected Readers go to …

    I have randomly chosen two names off THE SCOURGE BOOK 2 notification list. They will each receive an Amazon gift card to use as they please! And the winners are: Barbra B. and Nina W. Congrats! I’ll send you both emails with information on how to collect your gift card. Thank you to everyone who…

  • Amazon Gift Cards Give-Away!

    To celebrate THE SCOURGE, BOOK 1 turning one year old, and to say a small but heartfelt THANK YOU to my readers, I’m going to randomly choose two people off my sequel notification list and send them Amazon gift cards. If you aren’t already on the list, please be sure to sign up on the…

  • Happy Birthday, THE SCOURGE! Celebrate with cake and 1,000 candles.

    Today is the first book birthday of THE SCOURGE. Wow. Has it already been a year since I hit that “publish now” button on Amazon? That was a frightening, amazing day, and it’s been an even more amazing (sometimes frightening) year. Since THE SCOURGE was published it has: Sold 17,500+ copies (but who’s counting?) Been…

  • Blog Tour Wrap-Up

    December was an exciting month! Book 1 of The Scourge series was featured as an Editor’s Choice on Amazon, and was part of a holiday promotion throughout the month. As a result, it reached #238 in the Kindle store’s paid rankings, and was in the top ten of several juvenile fiction bestseller categories. On top…