TBT: What Can Your Publisher Do For You?

It's Throwback Thursday once again and time for me to post a blast from the past. This week's TBT post harks back to July 2013. I'm not going to post the entire thing, but I am reposting most of it. Why? Because it's my blog and I can do whatever I want. Because this post … Continue reading TBT: What Can Your Publisher Do For You?

The author hot seat: That was nice. What was it?

A huge thank you to Jane Dougherty for letting me invade her blog today. As part of her new interview series, "The author hot seat: That as nice. What was it," I'm talking about the difficulties of promoting a book that doesn't fit neatly into a genre.

Better than Perfect by Tricia Drammeh- Book Review Thursday

Guess what, everyone? I published a book yesterday. Better than Perfect is now available at a Kindle near you. Rather than plug my book and try to extol the virtues of it, I’ll share this wonderful review from good friend and fellow author, Maegan Provan. Thanks for the review, Maegan!

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Click here for the buy link! Click here for the buy link!

I loved Tricia’s blurb for this book so I thought I would share it with you:

Twenty-three-year-old Karlie is in the type of rut some people never escape from. With few friends, no boyfriend, and no plans to graduate from college any time in the immediate future, Karlie is as stuck in her ways as the elderly neighbor she spends all her time with. 

When her world is invaded by two surly twins bound for criminal court, a too-good-to-be-true love interest, and a cute cop who keeps showing up at the most inopportune moments, Karlie can either fight against the changes in her life, or embrace them.

Better than Perfect is the newest release from Tricia Drammeh, and it has got to be, hands down, her best work yet. Tricia has done everything from YA Fantasy to NA Contemporary, and her work on either…

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Are you supported? Friendship and passing 27,000 hits!

Sophie Tallis talks about the amazing milestone of reaching 27,000 views on her wonderful blog, and she shares her personal story about lack of support (and open animosity) from someone who was supposed to be a friend. Please stop by and check out Sophie’s blog.

Sophie E Tallis's avatarSophie E Tallis - Author/Illustrator

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Okay, this is not a blog post about supportive bras (sorry guys!), but it is about friendship and support. Do you have people who support you or leave you swinging in the wind?

I am absolutely THRILLED that my tiny little blog has now passed 27,000 visitors and want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who have supported this blog, whether you are a one-off fly-by visitor or a regular ‘pull up a chair and chillax’ visitor. You guys are utterly AMAZEBALLS!!!! 😀 xxx

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Well, although this is a time of great changes and sparkly new horizons, all of them positive – like the brand new job and scary new career I’ve just embarked on after having been a full-time teacher for the last 16 yrs; I admit that this post is a bit of a ‘moan-fest’, something I don’t do very often. But I’m eventually venting about something that has…

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When all’s been said

I absolutely had to reblog this beautiful poem by Jane Dougherty. There’s such raw emotion here. Anyone who has ever suffered through the crumbling of a relationship can certainly relate to this. If you aren’t already, please hop over to Jane’s blog, follow it, and read what she has to offer. Hers is easily one of the best blogs out there.

Jane Dougherty's avatarJane Dougherty Writes

December 11, 2007 Ice Storm

When all’s been said that can be said
And words no longer have a sense
But fall like stones from a hollow sky
I shrink behind my last defence.

The heart that once was opened wide
Its secrets spread beneath your feet
Is closed against your careless tread
The scattered bones of my defeat.

I would not have you see my pain
That fills my mouth with a silent scream
For what is lost is dead as dust
There is no cure for a broken dream.

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