You know one of my favorite perks of being an author is reading books early, especially when they're WONDERFUL! I read ALL THE BEST PEOPLE by Sonja Yoerg, and here's what I had to say about it: In All the Best People, Sonja Yoerg has crafted a family landscape that is as familiar as it is provocative. With Yoerg’s lush and moving prose, the characters are realistic and bold, yet so … [Read more...] about Author Interview: Author Sonja Yoerg Is Certain of One Thing: The Creative Process is Full of Uncertainty
Another Reason Blogging Matters
You know those Facebook memory reminders the social media site gifts us on a daily basis? I like looking at the photos to see what was important to me last year or the year before that. I enjoy reading the content of my posts to see what I thought was funny, or worthy. But today's FB memory was a link, right to this blog. Six years ago, I --- well I'll let you read it. I was agented but not yet … [Read more...] about Another Reason Blogging Matters
4 Tips for Changing POV and Tense in your WIP
I love this saying. It seems to mean any time you feel yourself getting pulling into some mayhem not of your own making, remind yourself to step away. But, I ask you, what happens when it IS your circus and the monkeys ARE yours? You must step in. The circus I'm referring to at the moment is my WIP and the monkeys are the POV and tense. Which sounds like tents. Which goes with circus and … [Read more...] about 4 Tips for Changing POV and Tense in your WIP
Goodreads Giveaway for Left to Chance
Here we are, seven months from publication and St. Martin's Press surprised me with a mega-giveaway on Goodreads! The link is below! A very few people have read it so far, and it's been their favorite of my three novels. That's when I tell them, it's my favorite too. But I don't remember if I felt that way with The Good Neighbor, so I'm just going to go with the thought that books are like … [Read more...] about Goodreads Giveaway for Left to Chance