Indie Author Bumper Stickers

Some might think it strange, but Stephanie (Book Love Blog) and I got to tweeting about just that. It's hard to find love, as an indie author, and we were trying to come up with ways to spread the word. Just because an author is self-published, does not mean they are less worthy of readers.

Read the referenced post at Book Love Blog.

Ellen Maze, author of Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider, just reviewed The Blood Moon of Winter. I'm pleased to say that she loved it! Stop over and read her review!

Rabbit Reviews by Author Ellen Maze

This weekend I'm meeting with the buyer from Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe, to get The Blood Moon of Winter up for sale in the store. Make sure to stop in and pick up a copy!

    Visit Changing Hands on the web.

I was approached by R.A. Evans, author of Asylum Lake, to do a guest blog piece for his site.

To think or to write? Courtney Conant – Guest Blogger

Posted: February 7, 2011 by R.A. Evans writes... in Guests Posts
Tags: author, fantasy, The Blood Moon of Winter

Every author has a different way of going about things, different tricks and tips that they might share for getting past writer’s block. What works for me? What is my tip? Stop thinking about it and just do it!

For me, I don’t write; my fingers do. I’ve always found that when I actually try to think when I’m working on a piece, it turns out to be more like word vomit than anything worth reading. I had attempted to write a novel many times. It had always been a goal of mine, ever since I was a small child. I always dreamed that I would write the next best seller and that my book would be on shelves around the world. More than twenty years after the dream burrowed its way into my head, it still has not come to pass.

I spent many wasted attempts working on that novel. Each attempt had many hours of planning and plotting behind it. I would write up a concept for the book, put together an outline, build character descriptions and backgrounds. I put so much work into the book that by the time I got around to writing it, I had already lost my way. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not actually WRITE the story I wanted to tell. After having this happen to me several times, I decided to go about it a different way…

Read the entire post here.

Independent Author Network

The Independent Author Network has officially recognized me as a member. I'm looking forward to being a member of their site!

NOOKbook edition

The Blood Moon of Winter will be available for the Nook within the next two days. Once it goes live, I wil post up the link.

Writing Contest

I have just entered Emlyn Chand's Flash Fiction Contest. I didn't follow the rules but felt the need to enter my piece anyway, just to give others a bit of a chuckle. Go check it out! To read my entry, see the comments on my blog.

Upcoming Interviews...

Follow the live interview with Courtney via Twitter on February 10th at 4pm EST. Login to Twitter and watch for #emlyn to follow and participate in the live interview with the new and upcoming author, Courtney Conant. Make sure to follow Courtney_Conant to keep up to date on all interviews and book signings.

Watch http://www.fromtheshadows.info/ on February 17th, for the next interview with Courtney Conant regarding her thoughts on her debut novel.