• Into the woods

    Originally posted on Suddenly they all died. The end.: For today’s Writing 101 challenge, we were asked to write something based on one of four images.  This is the one that spoke to me: ? What follows is a sneak peek at the second book in The Lokana Chronicles, which is still in need of major…

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  • Originally posted on Amaranthine by Joleene Naylor: Thanks to several requests, the Ink Slingers’ Anthology When the Lights Go Out is now available in paperback! You can get all the spooky/Halloween goodness for your bookshelf! Paperback!! When the Lights go Out is a collection of twenty-five short stories just in time for Halloween. Enjoy thrills,…

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  • Claiming It

    Claiming It

    Originally posted on All I Have to Say: Before I read these two inspirational and thought-provoking posts by Kristen Lamb (here and here), I had been doing some serious thinking about my life as a writer and as a person. Or, more specifically, I had been doing a lot of thinking about how I’d abandoned…

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  • Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog: Original Image via Flickr Creative Commons, courtesy of Mike Spasoff Writing is a uniquely difficult profession for more than a number of reasons. There are a lot of things we could have chosen to do that would have been easier. For instance, discovering life on Mars, developing telepathy,…

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  • Events, Contests, and more!

    Right now, this very moment, Joleene Naylor is hosting a week long celebration of “The Amaranthine Series”, one of the most original vampire series out there today. There are giveaways, jokes, conversations and more much more. Fans are gathering together to share their love of Jorick, Katelina, Verichel, and all of the other awesome characters. It

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  • Originally posted on Rami Ungar The Writer: I think this interview has been a long time in the making, and I’m glad it’s finally happened. Today’s author is a woman who you might have seen commenting a lot on this blog. She’s an author of several vampire novels, as well as a contributor to Self-Published…

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  • We’ve all had that one author friend that has had trouble with Amazon, and thought that maybe their issue was just a fluke. Then we hear about it from another author, and another. How can Amazon be affecting so many authors? Surely, we‘ll be okay. Then it happens to us. I am hearing more and more lately

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  • Pre-Orders and Verchiel

    Originally posted on Amaranthine by Joleene Naylor: If you missed the last Ink Slingers’ Anthology (Strange Portals), the included installment of the Tales of the Executioners – Verchiel – is now available as a standalone! Get your free copy from: Smashwords Barnes & Noble Apple iBooks Kobo Verchiel wakes up in an unfamiliar room with a…

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  • Two Goals Down!

      That’s right, ladies and gentlemen; I have actually reached two of the three goals I set out for myself. I completed Becoming Jeremy and compiled the entire collection for you! The print edition of The Collection will be out soon, but it’s just taking a bit of time for me to finish editing the

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  • That’s right, ladies and gentlemen!! Becoming Night Touched had a bit of a makeover. This will be followed by a full TNTC makeover later, but for now, I hope you love them as much as I do. These new covers are available now. (Becoming Harper and Becoming Celine will be getting their freebie status fixed

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