Photo Credit: The Romantic Editor Before I get started, if youāre trying to decide which idea to write next, check out this post I wrote over at the MiGs on how to develop your ideas. Iāve been doing a series on the editorial process of what happens to a book after...
For the past few weeks, I've been doing a series on the publishing process, starting with the editorial letter. Today I've asked my writer friends if they could share their advice on how to deal with the editorial letter. I think they've got some great tips. ...
Photo Credit: frabzĀ I've been doing a series on the editorial letter, beginning with these two posts: 1. What is an editorial letter? 2. An how-to on tackling an editorial letter Today, I am so excited to have my critique partner and associate editor at...
I'm doing a series of blog posts chatting about the publishing process. Today, I want to share how I tackled my editorial letter. As I mentioned here in this post, editorial letters are all different in some way, but essentially they have the writer revamping core...
Photo credit: Bing Ramos (Creative Commons) Many of my friends and co-workers have been asking me why is it taking so long for my book to come out. Why does it take over a year to hit the shelves? Why can't we just buy it now!?! There are actually a lot of reasons for...
Over on the OneFour Kidlit YouTube channel, I'm acting out some scenes from GILDED. Two of the scenes were actually shot in Seoul, South Korea. One was from my orange belt test where I had to break a board and the other is when I learned how to shoot a Korean horn...
Today I'm thrilled to bring you an interview with YA author of INSOMNIA, J.R. Johansson. After watching the interview, don't forget to enter toĀ win a NookHD 16GB tablet w/blue case!Ā Blurb from INSOMNIA: Itās been four years since I slept, and I suspect it is killing...
Today I'm sharing with you a peek into the music that I listened to while writing GILDED. In the video below, you'll find me at Disney's Music resort. I talk about the song that inspired GILDED's first chapter, the songs that portray Jae's emotions throughout the...
Once Upon a Darkness by Aria Kane will be available from Entranced Publishing June 17! Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Gretchen and her twin brother, Hank, were abandoned to a zombie horde when they were five years old. Intended to be a sacrifice by their zealot parents, they...
One of the fun things about being a member of the Lucky 13s is I get to read some of the ARCs of the Lucky 13ers. Each author sends their ARC (advanced reader copy) in the mail to the first person on a list. That person reads it, signs it and thenĀ passes it onto the...