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This week I’ve been tagged for the Next Big Thing Blog Hop! I was tagged by author Malena Lott/Lena Brown last week. You can check out her post here. “A blog hop is like a giant game of tag to help readers discover authors who are new to them. For this hop, authors are answering 10 qu

Deadly Treats – an anthology of entertaining Halloween shorts – is free for your kindle until MIDNIGHT tonight (APRIL 18th, 2012). My story “Graveyard Soul Sucker” is part of this great collection. Get it while you can!

I’ve gone WordPress! I’ve been wanting to move my website to wordpress for a long time. But I thought it was too complicated and living off a writer’s salary is tough. I can’t afford the services of some of my favorite web designers. Luckily, I’m not a complete novice to basic c

Networking with the young adult crowd, I know many YA readers and reviewers. Now delving into adult fiction, I don’t know many. If you have a review blog or review for a Romance/Crime Fiction Review website, please contact me if you are interested in reading an electronic copy of my r

I can’t believe how fast June is approaching and the digital release of my first book for adults, Criminal Instinct! It can get a girl all kinds of nervous. I decided to create an individual Facebook page just for my books and writing. So if you are on Facebook please check out my pag

Last week, I was twittering and read fellow YA author Sara Zarr’s declaration of an Internet hiatus. See her blog post here. I suddenly felt like that would be awesome for me, to just take a holiday break for the next month or so from networking and feeling like I have to be cre

If you’re in the California coastal area, I’m giving a workshop with YA author, Shelley Adina! We’ll be in Monterey, California tomorrow, July 21st, 2009, talking YA! Emerging Genres: Writing and Selling Multicultural and Inspirational Young Adult Fiction “Toda

The awesome Brenda Novak Diabetes Auction has just 5 more days left to bid on critiques, agent/editor meets, and an abundance of lovely gifts! Once again I have joined forces with my critique partner Tina Ferraro, who just happens to be up for the 2009 RITA award in the young adult ca

So what’s going on with me? Well, with times tough with the economy it has also hit publishing, and my agent and I have decided that writing a full manuscript would be best to take out regarding my Paranormal/Sci-fi YA. I’m half way through the book so far, and I have my t

I rarely talk politics and always keep my views to myself. But no matter who you voted for yesterday, last night marked history. Yes, President Obama is multi-cultural, and he is also intelligent, inspiring, and brings hope for a better change for America. And in crisis sometimes hope