And here’s another character for my seventh contribution to the A to Z Blogging challenge. Gyorgi is Andrei’s best friend, and the pair of them are assigned to Anne and Igor as helicopter pilots doing a bit of not-quite-government-sanctioned side-work. This small storyline was inspired by actual news coverage I had read many years ago. … #AtoZChallenge – G is for Gyorgi
I’m back to introducing a character for my sixth day of the A to Z blogging challenge. This cutie, from the Dreamstime stock photography collection is a pretty close depiction of who I had in mind when I was describing Fyodor in Dust to Blood. Or at least, the very young version of Fyodor. In … #AtoZChallenge – F is for Fyodor
For my fifth day of the A to Z blogging challenge, I’m playing a little more of a tour guide to introduce you to another scenic area of Russia featured in Dust to Blood: Ekaterinburg. This is a large, metropolitan city in central Russia in the foothills of the Ural mountains, home at the time … #AtoZChallenge – E is for Ekaterinburg
Fourth day of the A to Z blogging challenge, and I’m continuing my introduction to major elements of the novel, Dust to Blood, I’m releasing later this month. This time I’ve decided to take the opportunity to explain a Russian cultural phenomenon that doesn’t really have an analogue in one word in the English language. … #AtoZChallenge – D is for Dacha
Third day, third letter, third introduction to Dust to Blood as my theme for this year’s A to Z blog challenge. Final count for participants: 1930. Quite a few people; click on the link and go read what others have to blog about too. 🙂 Chernivtsi is Anne’s second stop in her research tour around … #AtoZChallenge – C is for Chernivtsi
Two days running, now… Just as a reminder, I’ll be blogging at least 26 days this month to keep up with the A-to-Z Challenge for bloggers. This is an annual affair started by Arlee Bird to form a global blogger alliance. This year there are coming up on 1800 blogs participating; we’re to post something … #AtoZChallenge – B is for Borscht
Since I’m planning on releasing my first novel this month, and it’s crazy enough already, of course I had to add flames to the freak-out fire by trying something new to promote it. In the words of fellow challenge-mate Corrine O’Flynne: The A-to-Z Challenge is an annual affair started by a guy named Arlee Bird … #AtoZChallenge – A is for Anne
My day was just hijacked in the best possible way: I got COVER ART! And the very talented Gayla Drummond hit it out of the park on this one. She captures the look of Anne (the protagonist), not sure she’s being followed, doing a little bit of sight-seeing in Moscow as a way to throw … Cover Art Sneak Peek: Dust to Blood
Once again, I have to say: I feel lucky for having found a great group of mutually supportive writers via Twitter/Triberr. In this specific case, Barbara Rose (who also writes as Barbara Mack, whose book Chasing the Sunset I reviewed a few months back) has released a new young adult fantasy. She was kind enough … Book Review: My Dead Boyfriend
Gayla tagged me for this meme, so I’m going to follow her directions as a variant preview for Dust to Blood, which is slated for release next month. Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript Go to line 7 Copy down the next seven lines (sentences??) as they are – no cheating … Lucky 7: Lines From The 7th Page
