This week, I was the Off-the-Shelf Author at our local Farmer’s Market. These author events are Thursday 6pm to 7pm at Crystal Books and Gifts. This was a fun event. I talked with many people and gave out too many
Spiraling Revelations
I recently re-read Cinder by Marissa Meyer, and it was better the second time. It had already been a good book, but now it was a great one. What caused that to happen? I already knew what was going to happen.
Inspiration: 90% work and 90% luck
Yes, I know that 90+90 > 100, but sometimes we have to work hard to get lucky, and that means there’s a lot of overlap. Now, when I say “luck,” I don’t mean the aligning of stars or random good
Binge Writing
Sometimes it’s hard to sit and write for half an hour. Sometimes it’s hard to stop writing after six hours. Sometimes I go a week without writing. Sometimes I go to bed thinking about my books and wake up motivated to
Book Signatures
First, I had a great book signing at Barnes and Noble on June 4th. I met many wonderful writers and readers. I think I talked more about books I had read than the books I wrote. This is the advantage of
#1 Best Seller
First, Risky Perception is out this week! Find it here. I ran a goodreads giveaway for it and will be mailing those off shortly. In celebration, I ran another countdown deal on the kindle book for Royal Deception. To prepare,