2018 – SE White Author

Adding AllAuthor to Your Author Toolbox

2023-02-08

Author Toolbox Blog Hop Post, Blogging, Recommendations

Yes, there is BookBub.com. It’s right up there with the ginormous Goodreads as a top spot for recommendations and book lists. Pretty much every post or anecdote I’ve heard about BookBub emphasizes how amazing it is when it comes to promotion. I believe those posts, and I’m happy for those authors but . . . BookBub will promote you, and it will work, but it’s also common knowledge that it will cost you roughly an entire month’s worth of income. At least. If you’re…

Hidden Book Gems You Need in Your Life

2022-03-24

SE White

Blogging, Recommendations, Top 10 Lists, Top Ten Tuesdays

I have a suuuper soft spot for these six lovelies. Some of them are older and therefore mostly forgotten, what with all the shiny new stuff coming out every year. A few are newer, but might not have had the best marketing. Whatever the reason, they’re the underdog and we all know I’m a complete sucker for the underdog. (Book descriptions come from Goodreads and let’s face it; I’m totally trying to suck you into reading them) Beauty Robin McKinley –Of…

10 Books That Have All the Sensory Feels

2022-03-10

SE White

Blogging, Recommendations, Reviews, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Top Ten Tuesdays

This is all about the trip down memory lane. It sounds strange at first to think a book, dead leaves stuffed full of inky imprints of soul, could come with a strong sensory memory attached to anything other than your eyes. But if you think about it, a lot of different things combine to be part of the reading experience. Where you were, what you were going through at the time, your environment, even what you were eating. Most of…

Author Life: Tiptoe Through the AHHH TOO MANY BUTTERFLIES GET THEM OFF OF ME

2021-06-16

SE White

Blogging, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books

I’m going to take a leap of faith and generalize something because this has been bothering me lately and I want it out in the world to bother you, too. Although in any other context generalizing is a BAD IDEA and I should never ever do it…in this one case I think it’s less a stereotype and more of a sterling truth. Authors/Writers live a life stuffed full of imaginings. I feel like this is true of all of us.…

A Festive Felicitation

2018-12-25

SE White

Blogging, Holiday Wishes

Whatever you celebrate, however you do it, I wish you joy and light as you observe your holiday. It’s a time to have the people you love around you and that’s always worth celebrating. I’m stubbornly saying cheers to 2018. It was a pretty weird mix of terrible and good, and I’m hoping the year can end on a better note. 2019 still looks nice and shiny from this distance, so here’s hoping that things can keep improving. Optimists of…

Blogging Wrap-Up of 2018

2018-12-18

SE White

Blogging, Goals and Hopes, Silliness

Although maths is not my strong point, I can handle a little statistics. Strap-in and let’s do some statisticking. Blogging-wise, 2018 was a pretty good year and I always have fun breaking it down. Visitors in 2018: 1,535 Top 5 Posts from 2018: 16 Parenting Sites/Magazines that Will Pay You to Write for Them (I will continue to update this as I find more.) Instagram For Your Author Toolbox (Come to the social media dark side. Joinn usss.) Adding AllAuthor to Your…

Reading Wrap-Up of 2018

2018-12-10

SE White

Blogging, Goals and Hopes, Recommendations, Reviews, Top 10 Lists

In the grand tradition of December, let’s do some wrapping up. Wrap some presents. Wrap-up your holiday shopping. Write lots of wrap-up lists. Wrap-up small, misbehaving children Krampus style to mail to . . . haha . . . ooops. Don’t do that. Got carried away there. But seriously kids, I’m watching you. The tip of Argentina is always a postal-service option. BEHAVE. ANYWAY. We were doing a grand book wrap-up for the year 2018. Let’s get down to business.…

The Writer’s Tag: Look I’m Legit With Tags and Everything Now!

2018-11-27

SE White

Blogging, Goals and Hopes, My Books, Silliness, Writing Process

In which the author, who is not crazy, interviews herself and the voices in her head. Should be fun. The tag was created for authors by Lorraine Ambers and Ari Meghlen as a fun way to connect with other writers, and help us all get to know each other better. I’m participating in this tag thanks to the wonderful GJ Stephens, who is releasing his first novel on Friday! (30th November) He is one of the kindest people, with a genuine wish to reach out…

Top Ten Tuesday: The Bookworm Wishlist

2018-11-13

SE White

Blogging, Goals and Hopes, Silliness, Top 10 Lists, Top Ten Tuesdays

Top Ten Tuesdays were born on The Broke and the Bookish and then moved to That Artsy Reader Girl just this year. It’s all about a love of books, lists, and combining the two as a gloriously nerdy whole. Come join in! This week’s list is all about bookish items or merchandise I’d like to own. Tie down all loose items and get the whiners below decks, bookworms. It’s about to get real. Bookends. There are seven bookshelves in my house and they had…

IWSG Day: Life Among the Butterflies

2018-11-07

SE White

Blogging, Insecure Writer's Support Group Post, My Books

Oh happy day! The day when you can set down that insecurity for a while and bask in the feeling of gently being propped up by your fellow authors. If you’re not part of this group, what are you waiting for? Any and all kinds of authors are welcome. The trolls are absent. The support is constant. Come and join us! Our wonderful co-hosts this month are Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor, Anne V. Friend, JQ Rose, and Elizabeth Seckman. Stop over at their…