I firmly believe that stories aren’t just entertainment or distraction, but an essential part of our how brains operate. As Kenneth Burke says, Stories are equipment for living. And now the scientists are proving this to be more true than we realize. A Scientific American article titled In the Minds of Others dives into the impact of stories on our brains,… Read More
At the last minute, I jumped on board with a New Author Blog Hop! I’m not so “new” but my newest release is… Open Minds (Book One of the Mindjack Trilogy) When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep. Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can’t read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros… Read More
Shannon Mayer hosted a November Indie Cover Art poll, and I entered Open Minds … and we lost. 🙂 But truly, everyone who participated was a winner, with hundreds of views and 80+ votes and great exposure for all the Indie titles. And the winner was … Moonlight on the Nantahala (A Paranormal Romance) by Michael Rivers … Read More
Throughout the launch of Open Minds, I got a lot of positive feedback about the book, but also about the launch itself. On Friday, I asked if my loyal blog readers had any questions for me, and they came up with some great ones! Here are the answers … Laura Pauling asks: “Me me! I have a question. What surprised you… Read More
The tour is coming to a close. As I mentioned in my interview with Sherrie Petersen, I think next time I will trim up the Book Tour (same number of stops, but over a shorter time frame). The tour was targeted at reaching new readers, not the faithful (wonderful, awesome) readers of my blog, who had already partied hard with… Read More
Fellow Indelible author Jessie Harrell’s YA retelling of the Eros and Psyche myth, Destined, releases today! I am to excited to buy this book! I mean, just look at the cover … Gorgeous, right? Jessie talks about cover design at Oasis for YA, and I love the story of how she avoided the usual “same stock photo” problem – something… Read More