I first fell in love with short stories after reading Neil Gaiman's short story collections Fragile Things and Smoke and Mirrors. (If you haven't read them, I strongly suggest you do! Mad genius, I tell you!) In the last few years, I've been writing more short stories. Several went into my first book, Bits of [...]
Seduced by Innocence by Kimberly Kinrade Rose Wintersong didn't have an ordinary upbringing. Raised in what most would call a hippy commune, but what is actually a powerful coven of witches, she never questions the life fate chose for her. Until she meets Derek O'Conner. Derek challenges everything Rose believes and forces her to see [...]
Happy Holidays! The end of the year is always a time of reflection for me, and as I look back on this past year, I'm amazed at what my life has become. November 26th marked 10 books published in my name in the last year and a half, I got married this year to my [...]
I can barely contain my excitement, so even though I planned on waiting until January to do this reveal, I feel compelled to share it NOW! (Also, I'm doing a giveaway to get everyone else as excited as I am!) So, I'm here to seduce you! I've had many inquiries about what's next [...]
YAY! I love launch days, and this one is extra fun, with a new Three Lost Kids chapter book for lower grade readers--and with a Halloween theme! So, I'd like to introduce you to The Three Lost Kids & The Death of the Sugar Fairy. Grab a copy on Amazon Kindle for only $2.99, or [...]
In 2007, a simple survey was conducted that showed that 9 out of 10 elementary aged kids are bullied at school, and 6 out of 10 have bullied others. I’m not sure what the current stats would show, but I’m guessing it’s not going to be lower. I know many schools have an anti-bully policy, including [...]
Last night I dreamed of blog posts. This isn't unusual. I dream of book marketing strategies, plotlines, entire paragraphs of prose… in high school once I even dream-finished my Algebra homework—for real! I finished a pesky equation in my head and woke up to write it down. The Forbidden Trilogy started as a dream. Apparently [...]
It’s a Fun in the Sun Giveaway Extraordinaire! My published, Evolved Publishing, like do do things in a BIG way, so when they decided to do a Sizzling Hot Summer Giveaway, they wanted to make it newsworthy, and sipping-a-cold-drink-under-a-hot-sun worthy! That’s why they're giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Certificate along with FORTY!! signed books [...]
I'm excited to welcome to my blog Andy Gavin, author of The Darkening Dream, a chilling, new, dark fantasy novel that is FREE today only on Amazon! In this post, Andy sheds some light on the magic system and world he has created. ~~~ In constructing The Darkening Dream I wanted the meta-story to play [...]
Today is Dr. Seuess's birthday and Read Across America Day. What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book or story? I love the Sneetches story. I have fond memories of reading that as a child. "Now the star-bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars. But the plane-bellied Sneetches had none upon thars. Those stars weren't so big, [...]
