It’s been a month and a half since I published Prosperity, and so far things are going pretty well. So far I’ve met 10% of my goal to sell 50 copies by the end of this year. Most of the feedback I’ve received up to this point has been biased (but encouraging, nonetheless). This is [...] Read more »
Virtual Book Tour Still Going Strong
I’ve been down with the flu since Friday, so I have some catching up to do. Interview with Beyond the Books: I don’t know about you, but I enjoy listening to or reading about people’s life stories. The questions are mostly writing-related, which were interesting, but I enjoyed reading the authors’ responses to the last [...] Read more »
Virtual Blog Tour – Day 5: Blog Critics Interview
Today, I was interviewed by paranormal romance author and Blog Critics writer, Mayra Calvani. Author Deborah Woehr is the moderator of Paranormal Watch, a popular blog focusing on ghosts and the supernatural. She’s on tour this month of February to promote the release of her ghost novel Prosperity, available from Lulu. Welcome to Blogcritics, Deborah! [...] Read more »
Virtual Blog Tour – Day 4: Once Upon a Time
Below is an excerpt from the article I wrote for StoryCrafters, where you’ll find all kinds of articles on the craft of writing. I didn’t always like to read books. In fact, I hated them when I was in the third grade, when my teacher began forcing book reports down our throats. Despite a kind [...] Read more »
Virtual Blog Tour – Days 1 and 2
Day One begins this tour at Rose Marie Wolf’s author blog, where I’ve written a guest post about how I came up for the idea for Prosperity. Writing Prosperity 1998 The idea for novel came to me as a “mind movie” of a woman who was standing on a small island in the middle of [...] Read more »
Wrapping Up the Blog Tour Prep
These past couple of weeks have kept me busy writing interviews and articles for my upcoming blog tour next month. I can’t believe that February is around the corner already! Beginning February 1st, expect to find short posts about each tour stop. The tour will wrap up with a free book giveaway. Details are available [...] Read more »
Book Excerpt – Prosperity
The following is a book excerpt that I will be submitting to various sites for my upcoming blog tour next month. So far, I’m slated for one interview, possibly my first podcast, and a character interview for a new character blog. The last has me scratching my head a bit, as to what angle I’m [...] Read more »
I Am Legend
I have a confession to make. This book has sat on my “To Read” pile for about a decade because I couldn’t get myself to read a vampire story. I felt the genre was too trendy when it began to boom in the 90′s, and I don’t like to follow trends. I bought the book [...] Read more »
Prosperity is Published!
I am excited to announce that I’ve just purchased an ISBN for Prosperity. This project is finally done! A big thanks to all of you who offered your support and encouragement. The next step in this process is marketing the book. I’ll be going on a virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion [...] Read more »
Hired an Editor
Last night, I contacted several editors for a quote. When I began to think about hiring an editor, I had budgeted between $500 and $1,000, hoping for the lower end of the scale. They answered my inquiry within an hour after I submitted it, but that wasn’t the real shocker. The real shocker was the [...] Read more »