Why You Should Want Me to Throw Your Book Across the Room

Spoiler Warning: This post contains spoilers for Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.I remember the day I bought the book. It was a rainy summer day in Cape Cod, and my family did what we always do when the weather fails us on a beach vacation: we went to a…

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Playing Hide-and-Seek with Inspiration

I don't know about you, but sometimes it seems like inspiration is actively hiding from me (or taking a vacation).   To help you find your sneaky muse (because sometimes a girl cannot keep waiting by the telephone, err, computer), I have compiled a list of places where he might be. He may run, but…

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Pitch Perfect

 If your book release is fast approaching and you're feeling overwhelmed with how to promote it, being interviewed on podcasts may just be the answer! That's why I'm bringing in my friend, Ashley Williams, to share the tricks of the trade to make sure landing podcast interviews feels like an easy part of your promotion plan! Join…

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Behind the Scenes of My Writing Process

There is nothing I love more than reading about how my favorite authors write their books. As a child, I bought all the biographies of my favorite authors (obviously I bought every J.K. Rowling biography known to man) and printed out the FAQ sections of every fantasy author's website (this was at a time when…

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