I’m always a fan of supporting friends who are publishing new books, so this week I’m happy to host Sabrina Garie as she promotes her Fires of Justice release. Take it away Sabrina: I am so glad to be visiting Tonya whose thoughtfulness and intelligence shine in every word she writes. I hope I get … Guest Post: Sabrina Garie – Fires of Justice
Something about releasing a novel means I feel the need to do some kind of promo splash. So when I discovered my Tribemate Kriss was starting a new publicity company, I figured I’d jump on that bandwagon. I have to say, for being brand-spanking-new, First Rule Publicity sure pulled out the stops. I have more … Dementional, On Tour
It’s been one of those weeks… Where your allergies poke through your sinuses like a distracting spear and generate regular headaches of epic proportions. So it’s been easy to rationalize feeling too tired to face all my many goals and deadlines. The good thing: I still managed to stay ahead of my schoolwork and turn … Allergy Season
On a recent day of malingering, while, for once, I didn’t have any urgent commitments, I gave in to my need for a bit of escapist brain candy. Denise Domning has offered her book as a freebie on Amazon for a while, and since it’s described as a Regency romance, I was intrigued enough to … Book Review: Almost Perfect
This week I had to turn in the first draft of my major research paper for class. I had chosen to write about the changes in the publishing industry, since that is a topic that profoundly interests me as an indie author. But I’m supposed to focus on it from a management perspective, and that … Process and Change and Leadership
My Twitter friend @lianabrooks had a very specific request for a Friday reads recommendation yesterday for something “high fantasy set in Venice with pirates and witches.” It reminded me of the epic fantasy Mercedes Lackey co-authored with Eric Flint and Dave Freer. She asked me if it was good, and since Twitter just isn’t the … Book Review: The Shadow of the Lion
Fellow author Justin Bog tagged me earlier today in a writing prompt kind of game. As he describes it: The Look is a writing prompt, a game, another tagging event. This is how U Got “The Look” works: you take your current manuscript, search for the word “look”, and post the surrounding paragraphs. Lastly, you … U Got the Look: Sneak Peek at Encounters
I thought this week was going to be stressful. I suppose it was, too: I had four assignments due, including research, studying, and pages of writing. While I continued my procrastination inclination (I didn’t start actually writing the 4-7 page paper with annotations and proper academic formatting until tonight), I managed to read a fiction … Mid-term, Full Moon
It’s mid-term week for me already… and you can see what that’s done to my posting schedule. I missed Sunday altogether, and I’m contemplating the need to shift my posting dates, since my degree program’s standard due dates are Wednesdays and Sundays. This being mid-term week, that means I had discussion board responses due tonight, … ROW80: Final Check-in
I know. This is a classic. But it’s a classic for a reason. I read it the first time in 6th grade, while I was staying overnight at a friend’s house. We had big plans to complete a complicated school assignment. Sometime after dinner I stumbled across this book on some bookshelf in the house. … Book Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
