2019 was the Year of the Book for me and all is merry and bright. New fabulous authors, great finds, perfect recommendations, fun series, five star reads, crazybananas alien romance FOR DAYS. This year made me so happy. This post also combines my last two Friday Favorites of the year. December 20: favorite releases of 2019 and December 27: Favorite Reads of 2019. Number Of Books I Read: 250 Um. In my defense, I was left unsupervised. With lots and…
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…
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…
Grit For this post we want the grit that means courage and resolve, or strength of character. The definition that is synonymous with bravery, pluck, mettle, backbone, strength of will, steel, nerve, fortitude, toughness, determination, and tenacity. All of that sounds . . . well, amazing. MUCH better than refreshing your inbox for the sixth time in five minutes and then curling into a ball, rocking and staring, because the refresh only brought you another rejection. (Not that I’ve done…
Not much of a long wordy post today, I’m too busy doing a happy Muppet flail! I’m thrilled to announce that my first ever book, Big Mistake, is now available! You can find it here on eXtasy Book’s website. Look at that pretty, shiny new cover. That’s right, an official link to an official eBook that I officially wrote! Do I get to tell people “I’m an author” when they ask what I do? It’s established fact now? Riding on the wave…