Do you know the hardest thing for independently published authors to accomplish?GETTING THEIR BOOKS ON SHELVES IN ACTUAL BRICK AND MORTAR BOOK STORES!I still have folks call or email me asking why they can't find my books on the shelves at their loca...
Paranormal and Fantasy Romance and even non-romantic Paranormal and Fantasy fiction have been my mainstays for most my life - both reading and writing.Aside from venturing from time to time into Historical Fiction (if it's got a Tudor, a Yorkist, or...
Congrats, Authors, if you are at this final stage of getting your book baby to publication (or to the querying agents stage).Your manuscript has reached the final relay station before completion. Give yourselves (and your beta readers, your arc reade...
Fairy tale retellings are trending in the book publishing industry, but trust me when I say these fairy tales are not for the kiddos. No, these are far from the Disney stereotypes. Most retellings are now beyond PG-13 rated to R rated and (I dare say...
The last couple of weeks, we've discussed the beginning stages of book editing: Manuscript Evaluation and Developmental EditingOnce you've completed developmental edits, you are 75% of the way to the finish line! Congrats!But now, your book baby need...
Vampire romances have been a favorite of mine since Bram Stoker’s Dracula. My only “meh” read was (no hate mail please) the Twilight series. Edward Cullen is my least favorite vamp. Sorry. Not Sorry. But the series kicked off a hurricane of new books...
Some books are supposed to be deep dives in your soul. Some are supposed to make you cry, self-reflect, etc. You are usually given fair warning in the blurb or by the book’s genre/subgenre/etc. But since when does a fictional account of a woman in a...
My very first published book back in 2019 was Rekindled Prophecy: Greylyn the Guardian Angel series, book 1. I can’t tell you how many rewrites were performed on that manuscript before I finally relinquished control and allowed Greylyn and Kael’s lov...
Clearing Negative Energy from Your Home By KC Freeman So we all hear ghost stories told by the camp fire. Perhaps we watch the plethora of ghost hunting shows on cable television. I know that I do. Maybe we’ve seen, heard, or felt something we can’t...
Summertime Blues! It’s a real thing. There’s even a song about it, so it has to be true, right? Summer kicks off fine enough. Weather is just starting to warm up so BBQs, lounging by the pool or lakeside or beach with your favorite book are utter per...
Summertime is for vacations to beaches or mountains or lakes or wherever your fancy takes you. Sometimes summer is more a staycation and that’s perfect too! What makes summer special? I will go ahead and admit that my writing will be on the backburne...
What do authors need most besides a literary agent or big name publishing company to come along, sweep him or her off his or her feet with a hefty signing bonus and promises the author will never have to lift a finger to market their own books? Throw...
If you LOVE paranormal romance, fantasy romance, angel romance, fallen angel romance, mythology and more…JOIN ME Monday, 1/23/2023 at Noon EST for a live reading of FALLING FOR THE DEVIL! And don’t forget to grab your own copy of Falling for the Devi...
Did you do the traditional setting of new year resolutions for 2023? I’ve done so in the past and quite frankly…it’s been a waste of my energy because then when I don’t magnificently follow through I feel guilty for not “being the best I can be” and...
Just a few days ago, those of us in the USA sat around a table with family and friends (some we liked and some we didn’t), pigged out on foods we wouldn’t normally cook, watched football or Hallmark or Lifetime channel holiday movies, and we declared...