An independent publishing co-op
I am on vacation this week so just a quick excerpt from my most recent book. Veiled in Mist out with Mocha Memoirs Press. The boards creaked on the porch outside. A silhouette passed along the frosted glass of the front door. Narissa grabbed the glass knob to open the door. Her canine dropped his…
Hey, y’all! It’s September, which means we’ve made it to my favorite time of year — the ‘ber months! Pumpkin spice is back (everybody looks at Lexx and me like we’re nuts, but we love it), and it’s almost time for sweater weather. To celebrate, let’s talk about… books! Fall romance, to be exact. I’m…
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How did I get here? I sometimes wonder. My introduction to books was my grandmother reading to me at bedtime. My grandparents were literary people. My grandmother was a Special Education Teacher and my grandfather was a minister. They basically raised me which meant I was surrounded by books when I was at their house….
Today I’m sharing a snippet of something I’ve been working on. Enjoy! She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. This was what she saw every morning when she woke up. Hair flying all over the place laced through with gray among the dark brown strands. Lines forming around her eyes, but she didn’t…
Today’s article will focus on words. Yes, words. The spotlight will land on the value and impact of words. With the explosion of social media, it seems as if we, as a country, as human beings in the U.S. have lost the understanding of the true treasure of words. There’s a saying that when…
Years ago, I was an attending author at a convention appearing on a panel about writing romance novels. with several other very talented romance novelists. The discussion was great veering from how to write a sexy scene to how to get into self-publishing. When the Q&A portion of the panel came, one of the audience…
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Mornin’ y’all. Today we’re talking about the evolution of writing. I’ve been thinking a lot this week about what it means to be an author and the growing pains that come along with the journey. Each of us is our own ever-evolving ecosystem. A self-contained hero/villain combination with a flair for the dramatic that will…
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It’s hump day. You find yourself scrolling through the madness until you randomly find our little corner of the universe. It you’re wondering who we are, we are the Shenanigators. We are a collective of 5 awesome indie authors who are friends. We support one another in all things, even if they seem weird and…
