Starlog

  • Write a Story with Me – Part 16 – The Unmentionable by Shannon Blue Christensen

    Sooo… The plot thicken this week as Shannon blue brings in the internal thought… and a brand new backstory.  Hmmmmm…. what a tangled life daddy leads, huh? If you are new to Write a Story with Me, please scroll down to see a list of previous posts.  Catch up on the story and have a… Read more

  • Road to Publication #20: Setting up the Blog Tours

    OMIGOSH, my head is spinning.  Seriously, it is. I started a few weeks ago, setting up my own dates for the blog tour for the “Make Believe” Anthology.  Then, after the Arcs went out, all of the sudden requests started coming in from people who contacted J.Taylor Publishing asking for interviews. I’m really glad that… Read more

  • Six Sentence Sunday – Something by me! – Six from Fire in the Woods

    For the while now I’ve been too lazy to put out my own stuff featuring other authors for Six Sentence Sunday. Today, I thought I’d take a random Six from my current baby, “Fire in the Woods”. I basically opened up the file, dragged the little doo-hicky down about a quarter into the document, and… Read more

  • Having your novel Critiqued live in a chatroom. Crazy? Maybe.

    A few weeks ago, I sent the first page of “Fire in the Woods” to the Writers Chatroom.  They posted it, and the group critiqued it live, on-line. Nerve racking?  A little, but overall it was a positive experience. A few people asked me what I thought of the experience, and what it was like. … Read more

  • The Proper (and easy!) way to Market your Novel #2

    Last week we talked about the best way to market your novel.  I promised the secret magic recipe from established author Danielle Ackley McPhail.  Are ya ready for it? Think that over. Most people don’t go out looking for a particular novel.  They go looking for an author… even if they don’t even know it. … Read more

  • Book Review of “Monkey Island”

    The Monomaniacal Middle Grade Reviewer Discusses Monkey Island Teachers, listen to this, and explain to him why the education system puts kids through stuff like this. I know when I was young, I didn’t like to read because everything handed to me in school was uninteresting to me. I’m SO GLAD my dad purchased a… Read more