When To Rescue a Witch became a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, I received an invitation to attend the American Library Association conference in San Diego for an author signing. As an indie author writing dark historical fiction about witches, Scotland, and survival in the 18th century, I walked into one of…
It’s been an exciting three months since my first novel, “To Rescue a Witch” launched. Here are some updates and future book signing events and workshops. Next Generation Indie Book Awards The biggest news is that my book became a fiction finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Whoo hoo! This has opened some…
As my first novel journey comes to an end, I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who bought, read, reviewed and/or promoted my book, “To Rescue a Witch“. Your support has meant so much to me and I appreciate the goodwill. A special shout out to my husband, Henri, who called all…
Happy book birthday, “To Rescue a Witch”! It’s taken 3 1/2 years to finish my debut novel, but it’s finally for sale in paperback ($11.99) and Kindle ($4.99). Thank you everyone who cheered me on during the long process. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. As a…
Hi everyone! I’m giving away 100 copies of my book on Goodreads. Here is a link for your chance to win: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/383820-to-rescue-a-witch The giveaway ends on Monday, March 4, when my book, “To Rescue a Witch” is available for sale on Amazon. I’ve been working on this story since 2020 and it has always been…
It’s been an exciting few weeks! Most importantly, here’s the book cover: Designing a Book Cover – Tips #1 – Do market research. What are people buying now? Go to Amazon and type in your keywords. For my book it might be “historical fiction, witch”. A list of the top selling books with their covers…
Y’all, I’m so excited!!! My book cover is almost done. The big reveal happens in 10 days…which also happens to be the same day I turn 50. If you must admit to being half a century old, at least your designer will be able to present you with your book cover art. I’ve been working…
Happy New Year! If you’ve been following this blog you know that I’ve written a book, To Rescue A Witch. Set in 1739, To Rescue A Witch is about an abused girl accused of witchcraft who must be protected by a Scottish lawyer married to an actual witch. Goals 2024 Release the book in March!…
Everyone is always busy. That’s our default, right? But did you ever have one of those months that was crazy-busy on steroids? In November we decided to remodel our home (while living in it), doing the demolition ourselves to save money. Here’s the catch: it had to be completed within three weeks because my brother…
It’s been a minute since my last novel update because life. Final Edits – To Rescue A Witch To Rescue A Witch is in it’s final edits! Yahoo! It’s literally been years. I’ve tried the traditional publishing route and had two agents interested in the manuscript but it didn’t pan out, so I’m going the…
Last year when I went to Scotland, Boris Johnson got fired as Prime Minister, Donald Trump’s house got raided by the FBI, and there was a heat wave. This year when I went to Scotland, Boris Johnson had to quit parliament entirely, Donald Trump got indicted for stealing classified documents, and there was a heat…
There are some scary and exciting things on the horizon… Agent Query Another agent requested the manuscript! That filled my heart with joy and dread and hope and fear and an acknowledgement that I’m just a wee bit neurotic. The query process continues and until I have a signed contract I’m sending out at least…
You know how some people have those Cinderella stories where they write a novel in a month with no prior experience whatsoever and they get signed by the first agent who reads it and it hits the NY Times Best Seller List and a friend-of-a-friend is a movie star who options your novel to make…
Hello! I’ve got some interesting news. This month I sent my first agent query letter and… she requested the full manuscript! Now it’s an eight week wait-and-see process, but I’m taking it as a good sign at not being rejected just based on the cover letter. In the mean time I’ll continue to research other…
First Agent Meeting There’s a scene in the mob cult classic movie Goodfellas. Teenager Henry Hill (Ray Liotta’s character) is doing some shady work for the local mafia and gets busted. He’s at the court house facing jail, a pretty scary situation for anyone and his mob friends greet him saying, “Hey! You popped your…
Big Name Change! After taking everyone’s feedback to heart, I’ve changed the name of the book from “Trouble the Water” to “To Rescue a Witch”. My friend, Syd Young, who has an agent and is getting her book “Lady Bird Takes A Train” ready to publish, gave me the suggestion so it can be more…
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