My lovely cover artist extraordinaire, Kelley York, has been a busy lady this week, coming up with the fully rebranded series of covers for my Red Slaves trilogy. I’m still slogging through edits, but am happy to unveil the results of this new collaboration to whet your appetite for the re-edited series–and the conclusion to … Cover Reveal: Blood to Fire
You will very shortly be heartily sick of seeing my name around the interwebz, as I’ve signed up for a virtual book tour through Book Monster Promotions. Over the next few weeks you’ll see me at these fine locations: 3/16 – Book Monster Reviews 3/17 – Jocelyn Dex Blog 3/19 – Beach Bum Reads 3/20 … Book Blog Tour – Blood to Fire
You’d think it would be exciting: I finished all the editing and formatting and have submitted my third novel to Amazon for vetting and publishing. Instead, I feel … tired. My class this session is heavy lifting about ethics and law and requires a 5-7 page paper on a weekly basis, on top of class … Publication Day?
Tonight, despite the blizzard outside, the cockles of my heart are blazing: I Haz Cover Art! One thing I love about indie publishing: It allows me control of imagery and branding for my books. And Gayla is awesome to collaborate with in the process of refining graphic ideas and how they might play in our … Cover Reveal: Blood to Fire
Blood to Fire is with my editor now, I’m anxiously awaiting her feedback, and I’m working on cover art development with my fabulous publisher. So, to keep myself from bouncing off the walls too much as I complete the final steps in producing my third novel, I will share another snippet from the book. In … Hump Day Hook: Red Slaves 2 – Blood to Fire #HDH Take 4
Given how long it’s taken me (remember, I’m used to fast drafting, as a habit established during two, consecutive successes at NaNoWriMo) I’m almost surprised to finally be able to say it: Blood to Fire is now with my editor. It’s already been through two critique passes, and the tender mercies of EditMinion, (please, no … dun, Dun, DONE
I’ve started the critique and editorial process on Blood to Fire, and am getting more and more excited about sharing the final result with you in a few weeks. In the meantime, you get to make do with yet another snippet: You ask so many questions at once it’s difficult to get a word in … Hump Day Hook: Red Slaves 2 – Blood to Fire #HDH Take 3
I’m plunking along on Blood to Fire, so you get another sneak peek this week: “At some point soon, we’re going to have to take a trip in to Omsk. The Christmas market is a lot of fun, and it’s been forever since we’ve been to the banya together.” I laugh. “You have either a … Hump Day Hook: Red Slaves 2 – Blood to Fire #HDH … Reprise
I’m getting so close to the end of book 2 of my Red Slaves series, it’s getting exciting. And since it has me in its claws, will be going to my editor in two weeks, and is coming out in a little more than a month… I thought it was time to start building some … Hump Day Hook: Red Slaves 2 – Blood to Fire #HDH
One of my crit pals, Sarah Cass, recently shared this meme by Kerrianne Coombs as another way of promoting our Works in Progress. The idea is to share a paragraph or two of what’s in train (or, what’s already published). Because it’s a blog hop, too, you get the chance to see what a bunch … Hump Day Hook: Blood to Fire #HDH
