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Continue reading →: A Pinky Promise
I wrote a little about this on my instagram in a fit of anger the other day but I’ve settled down and can write a little more calmly now. Self-publishing is not as easy as write a book, hit publish, reap the rewards. A fact that I knew going into…
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Continue reading →: One Week!
It’s officially been a week since THE BONE COTTAGE released out into the world! On actual release day my weekly coven meeting was canceled so the husband and I had a little toast just the two of us (the teen was otherwise occupied with teen things and video games). And…
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Continue reading →: Release Day!
It is officially 15 September which means THE BONE COTTAGE is out in the world!!! Saturday my amazing friend Jill and I did a launch event at Libreria in Newton and I sold the first dozen or so copies a few days early. My PR team (*cough* me *cough*cough*) did…
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Continue reading →: Release Date
Well…I met with an artist last week and commissioned her to do the cover, I started formatting tonight, and so that means I need to pick a day to let this baby out into the world. There are things to consider like books are typically released on Tuesdays, I have…
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Continue reading →: Book 4
I finished the first draft of my fourth book in February of 2024. Over two years ago. It was, obviously, a very rough first draft. 88,289 thousand words of a story to immortalize the cottage we’d lived in, the dog that meant so much to us, and to give voice…
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Continue reading →: One at a time…
One of my favorite authors, VE Schwab, said, when asked how she writes a novel, One word at a time. She didn’t have a sweeping answer or a daily word count goal. Just…one word at a time. Every book you read has a number of words. There are parameters and…
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Continue reading →: Reflections and Wishes
I turned 41 today. It was an unexpected day with a sick teen and getting stuck in a car wash twice. But it was also filled with phone calls and FaceTimes and messages galore, and love and laughter, birthday pancakes and yellow cake with homemade chocolate sauce and blowing candles…
