Guest post by Stuart Jaffe & WotS: The Half-blood pre-sale

I had the pleasure of writing a guest post for the talented Stuart Jaffe! You can see it here where I discuss what my musical inspirations for writing have been. He then very graciously returned the favor and… Read More

ConCarolinas in review and Half-blood artwork teaser

Finally, my ConCarolinas wrap up – I’m sorry I took so long on it. As usual, life got in the way. Let me start out by saying what a wonderful experience it was not just to return to… Read More

Proof & a Song

Not gonna lie, things have been very stressful (I’m sure my editor would agree), but in a good way, because LOOK: I’m VERY excited about my book! I’m less excited about my new haircut. Bleh. At anyrate, hopefully… Read More

I have a cover!

YOU GUYS! YOU GUYS!!! I HAVE A COVER!!!! Betsy did an amazing job on the art – I love love love it! Just what I wanted – she saw into my head perfectly! You can see her previous… Read More

Concept art

I spoke with my cover artist, Betsy, today to see if she minded me posting her concept art for my cover. She said to go for it! So here goes, but please keep a few things in mind:… Read More

On book covers

Who knew that actually giving input on your book cover could be both FUN and ANXIETY ridden? Part of the reason that I want to go the self-publishing route is that I am a control enthusiast (or freak,… Read More

How do you…

…revise your manuscript’s final draft in a week and be happy with it? The answer is, you can’t – and I suspect the same would apply if I had a year to work on it. “Art is never… Read More

Time to get organized!

I’ve decided to chronicle my adventure/journey through self-publishing my first novel – hopefully you’ll find this useful, or at the very least entertaining. 😉 So, with my decision made to self-publish War of the Seasons, Book 1: The… Read More