As some of you may already know, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the Chesapeake Diaries series by Mariah Stewart. Prior to this series, I’d not read any of her other works, but soon after I began adding several other of her books to my TBR. I jumped at the opportunity to have her ... Read More »

Although Splash Into Summer is officially over, I have another belated post to share with you today. Please welcome author Kate Hinderer to the blog today! If you missed Kate’s guest post with Bonnie, click here to check it out!  Hey, I’m author Kate Hinderer and I’m lucky enough to be guest posting for the day ... Read More »

Today’s guest post was written by Howard McEwen, author of The Pure Investor and Wrath. Jen asked me to write a piece on making a comfortable living as a writer. I thought, How should I know? My writing doesn’t make my living comfortable. But it does cover my mortgage most months. And that’s something. So ... Read More »

Today’s guest post is by Ami Blackwelder, author of The Mers, which I reviewed yesterday. Return tomorrow for your chance to win 1 of 4 ebook copies of The Mers. Is Self-Publishing Right For You? Look at me. My Shifter Evolutions saga is on the shelf at Barnes & Noble in Tampa! Want it in ... Read More »

Today’s guest post is from author Sean P. Bridges. Check out the giveaway of Roll of the Die, a thriller/suspense novel here and enter to win! Giveaway ends on January 17th, 2012 at 10PM MST. SUCCESS On writing and just about every creative endeavor, there are all kinds of advice books and publishing goals, and ... Read More »

In 2011, I participated in NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo is the acronym for National Novel Writing Month. Every year during the month of November, people from around the world set out to write 50,000 words of an original novel. Though I have been a member of that site for several years, it was only last year that ... Read More »