A big thank you to Marcia at A Girl and Her Books for originating Mailbox Monday. This weekly meme is now on tour with a new host each month. February’s host is Metroreader. This week I picked up Headhunters by Charlie Cole. Simon Parks is a headhunter by trade, finding the best talent in the… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – February 27
Author: Amber
A Month of Letters Challenge Update #1
1/31/2012 – I printed off the Challenge Calendar to plan the recipients of my letters. And I printed off the participant stamp page so I could include the challenge stamp with the letters. My stationary is kept in two places. I took inventory and realized I have hardly any! I have less than a dozen note cards.… Continue reading A Month of Letters Challenge Update #1
Regal Literary Giveaway
WERegal Literary has resolved to give away more books than ever in 2012 so they’re giving away a copy of Josh Bazell’s forthcoming WILD THING, his sequel to 2009’s BEAT THE REAPER. (As a bonus, they’re also giving away a few copies of BEAT THE REAPER, in case you missed out on how it all… Continue reading Regal Literary Giveaway
January 2012
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in January: 0 Rejections in January: 0 Submissions sent out in January: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 1 Almost a year ago, I sent a first line submission to 50 to 1 which either got lost somewhere in email or I missed the… Continue reading January 2012
Mailbox Monday – January 30th
A big thank you to Marcia at A Girl and Her Books for originating Mailbox Monday. This weekly meme is now on tour with a new host each month. January’s host is At Home With Books. At the end of December I got some books for my Kindle and forgot to post them. So here… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – January 30th
A Month of Letters Challenge
I don’t know about you, but I love to send and receive letters. During middle school I had pen pals in Turkey, Germany and Japan. Whenever I would visit my grandmother in Nevada, I wrote my best friend every other day. I’ve gotten out of the letter writing habit. I don’t even really send emails.… Continue reading A Month of Letters Challenge
Striking a Pose
Yesterday Jim C. Hines tweeted about his newest blog post but I didn’t get to see it until later in the evening. It points out the silliness of some of the covers of fantasy books. Jim really put himself out there. This gave me a giggle and I hope it makes you giggle too. Without further ado,… Continue reading Striking a Pose
The Ninth Wife by Amy Stolls
Title: The Ninth Wife Author: Amy Stolls Publisher: Harper Paperbacks Source: Netgalley Thirty-five-year-old folklorist and amateur martial artist Bess Gray is a single woman living in Washington, D.C. who falls in love with Rory, a charming Irish musician with a secret. When Rory asks her to marry him, Bess, who had nearly given up hope of marrying… Continue reading The Ninth Wife by Amy Stolls
Promotion and Workshop Opportunity for Published Authors
On one of my mailing lists, Sharon Pickrel sent this out: Once again I am scheduling blogs for the Savvy Authors Learning Center page. If you’re a published author willing to write an original blog on a subject related to writing – craft, promotion, publishing, etc. – I’m scheduling for January 3rd and forward (dates… Continue reading Promotion and Workshop Opportunity for Published Authors
What Have I Been Up To?
Let’s see… first I went to this place for a week: We stayed at the same beach house we’ve been going to for years. This year the internet connection was nonexistent. Even being plugged directly into the router didn’t work. I wrestled with it off and on the entire week with only my cell phone… Continue reading What Have I Been Up To?