Excitement fills the air as a multitude of writing hopefuls get ready for the mad dash of words November brings. For the uninitiated NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and the basic idea is to start writing a novel on November 1st and have completed 50,000 words by the conclusion of November 30th.
Revisions and Edits Bear Gems
Today I happened to be over at my TwitterSister Eisley Jacob’s blog checking our her post on editing and revising. This is a topic which is always dear to my heart, since I spend so much of my time on a book in this phase.
Speak Loudly: My Story
I want to start by saying I find the banning of books abhorrent in every way. Along with so many others, this is a post I never thought I’d write.
Author Spotlight Show
This morning I had the opportunity to appear on the Author Spotlight segment of The Chris Treece Show. What a blast!! The topic of the show was Nowhere Feels Like Home, the second book in the Misfit McCabe series.
Misfit McCabe Moves Up to Four
I had a very nice surprise yesterday when I stopped by Amazon.com and checked the rankings for the Kindle version of Misfit McCabe.
Hangin’ Out at The Retreat
LK Griffie will conduct an author reading at The Retreat, Monday, September 6, 2010. Time: All day long
Back on the Radio with Chris Treece
Back in July I was scheduled to appear on The Chris Treece Show on Blog Talk Radio. As many of you know, we had to reschedule the show because poor Chris was involved in the floods in Tennessee and lost everything. EVERYTHING!
Misfit McCabe Series – Book 3
Whoa!! Where did the time go?? Here I’ve been minding my own business working away on book 3 of the Misfit McCabe series, getting a start on book 4….
Celebrate with Linda Welch
It is nice to be able to celebrate the good news of a friend, and I am very happy to say that we have reason to celebrate. The landscape of publishing is changing, in particular with the advent of the ebook, and self-publishing is increasingly becoming a viable option, and one which is beginning to grow legs as a door opener for other opportunities, as Boyd Morrison proved with his book The Ark, as was discussed in previous post Who Needs a Publisher Anyway?
Nowhere Feels Like Home Nabs 2010 Pearson Prize Teen Choice Award
It’s official. For the second year in a row, LK Griffie has garnered Pearson Prize Teen Choice award honors with her late 2009 release, Nowhere Feels Like Home.
Help Me Pick My Poster
Just slightly over a week ago, I went to Glamour Shots to have some pictures taken because I need a professional shot to have made into a poster for the upcoming LA Times Festival of Books, April 24th and 25th at UCLA.
It’s a Wrap
I have just concluded a week long freak out over the fact that I had to have some professional photos taken. So first I must apologize to all who had to deal with me mid-freak out, in particular my TwitterSisters, who took the brunt.