new adult contemporary romance

January 28, 2013

Kat’s Jewelry

Hi there! I went to the “Gem Faire” in my hometown yesterday and strolled through the aisles and vendors, checking out jewelry, beads, baubles, gems and […]
January 14, 2013

One More Week!

Holy wow. My book is coming out in — you know — a week! (Okay, give or take, depending on vagaries of how quickly or not […]
December 31, 2012

Final Edits CAUGHT UP IN US

I’m finishing final edits of CAUGHT UP IN US! Hurrah! I am lucky enough to have some amazing critique partners and have been weaving in their […]
December 27, 2012

Formatting Woes and Wins

I spent much of Sunday and some of Monday battling with eBook formatting. Man, that stuff is HARD. I use Scrivener and even though there are […]
December 21, 2012

Add CAUGHT UP IN US on GoodReads!

I’m so excited! I’m officially “approved” for the Goodreads author program so that means readers can start adding CAUGHT UP IN US to their to-read list […]
December 19, 2012

The Next Big Thing

The lovely Megan Cashman tagged me for The Next Big Thing where you chat about what you’re working on. Thanks, Megan! Here’s a sneak peek at […]
December 17, 2012

He Said, She Said

I’m editing CAUGHT UP IN US and one of the things I’m paying close attention to is the use of dialogue tags. A lot of books […]
December 15, 2012

Title Change

This week I changed the title to my novel. I know, I know. Huge news. Plus, wait til you see how radical the change is. Ready??? I […]
December 12, 2012

Writing Into a Corner

Earlier today I talked to a friend of mine who has founded several businesses. I wanted to run some of the scenarios in my novel past […]
December 7, 2012

New York Times writes about New Adult

Great piece in the New York Times recently on New Adult lit, citing Cora Carmack’s hit “Losing It.” Check it out! Back to the writing cave […]
December 3, 2012

CAUGHT UP IN YOU teaser!!!

Hey guys! I’m so excited to announce I’m going to release a free teaser of the first chapter of CAUGHT UP IN YOU as well as […]
December 1, 2012

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Words, words, words. That’s all we have as writers, and they’re all that exist between us and the reader. I’ve been reminded this week that the […]

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