Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Wittlebee Giveaway Alert
Thursday, May 31, 2012
In Which Maddie Writes Flash Fiction
This is Maddie. She just turned four. Also, she is cute. |
I've been meaning to write something, but have yet to do so (eta: finally wrote it, see mine here). Maddie, however, has selected a picture and written a flash fiction story about it. It is slightly less than the 300 word goal, but this is her first flash fiction...actually her first story I've written down other than her amazing dream idea for my upcoming dragons book. I should probably spend more time writing down her stories, because she has some great ones.
Monday, May 28, 2012
The Last Full Measure of Devotion
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow - this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
President Abraham Lincoln
November 1863
Monday, May 21, 2012
Costume Party Madness
Friday, April 27, 2012
Happy Birthday, Maddie!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Win a Paperback of Awake: A Fairytale
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
James Repurposes a Candleholder
This morning James found this candle tower thingy (technical term) in the basement. I have most of the big candle stuff down there because my kids are obsessed with fire and blowing out candles so I can't burn any.
He was convinced it was a bird feeder. No matter what I said to the contrary about using it for silly candles he was undeterred. He had a vision.
So he added bird seed.
And hung it up in the tree where all of our sparrows congregate.
Yes, that is a roll of toilet paper. Don't ask, I have no idea. My best guess is it was stolen out of the bathroom cabinet in order to start a castle.
The sparrows are going gaga over this thing right now. The kids are beside themselves.
James = repurposer extraordinaire.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Sneak Peek of Atone: A Fairytale
And for those of you waiting for the paperback of Awake to be available I am now only waiting on Amazon's system to update. They should be available for purchase on Amazon by the end of this week! Or you can currently purchase paperbacks in the Createspace store!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Shred or Dead
I've done two days at Level One and am going to try Level Two today so I'm not doing the exact same thing three days in a row. I fully expect to be dead by the end of the day.
Also, this is my second day on a restricted calorie diet. Yesterday was okay, even though I blew 420 calories on a grande triple shot skim milk white mocha at Starbucks while I was writing. It was worth it though. I wrote 2567 words, bringing my weekend total up to just past 7600. It would have been almost 70 calories less if I'd left of the whipped cream.
I am not emotionally or mentally ready to leave off the whipped cream.
Other than the Starbucks I was crazy healthy in my food choices, didn't feel unsatisfied, and even with the white mocha, came in with 30 calories to spare. Yes.
Here is my inspiration:
And I want to look HOT in it.
Think happy, non-dying thoughts in my direction. Prayers are also appreciated.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Getting Ready for Another Round...
I can't believe it, but next month Maddie is going to turn 4! She is going to have a costume party with rainbow accents. Let me tell you, there are not a lot of kid's costume birthday invites (that aren't Halloween related) out there, but I lucked out and found the perfect invitations of Etsy.
Aren't these so cute? They are from Gracie Girl Designs and I am super happy with her customer service and designs. I think we will probably be getting Jamie's 3rd Birthday invites from her as well. He is going with a pirate theme (subject to change).
We are planning quite the costume party spectacular. Have any suggestions for what to do with a group of 3-6 year olds?
Monday, March 12, 2012
A Little Bit of Sewing
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Awake is FREE Today on Amazon
Yup, you heard me right! Today (Wednesday, February 29th) Awake: A Fairytale is FREE to download from Amazon for your Kindle or Kindle app. I have the kindle app on my phone, but you can also get a reader for your computer. I hope you all take advantage of my little promotional experiment and get a copy for yourselves!
Hurry on over to Amazon and snag your copy! And I would love you forever if you would have your family, friends, and vague acquaintances do the same.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Awake is Now Available!
I’m so excited I can barely stand it!
I hit the “go button” on Awake yesterday for Smashwords, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble and it is already available!
My book is out there for the general public to purchase and read! Oh. My. Gracious. So I guess this means I’m an author! I feel like Liv Tyler in That Thing You Do except instead of saying “Make a record? Like a record record record?” I’m saying “am I really an author? Like an author author author?” If you haven’t seen That Thing You Do and have no idea what I’m talking about stop reading now, go watch it, and come back. I’ll wait…
Want to snag a copy of Awake for yourself? You can find it on Smashwords for a variety of formats, on Barnes and Noble.com for Nook, and on Amazon for Kindle. The paperback version is coming soon! And if you want to win a copy then head on over to Indie Jane. We are giving away two copies – an ebook and a paperback!
To everyone who already bought my book yesterday – and those of you who were tweeting your favorite lines. I kind of love you all. I hope the hotness that is Luke Reed lived up to your expectations.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Trailer for Awake
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A New Sample of Awake
I am now counting down in days to the release! Yikes!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Last Year
So, I don't have a lot of super gorgeous sewing related pictures to put in a fancy layout, but that doesn't mean I didn't get a lot done last year. I have no reason to feel unaccomplished, but I found myself feeling that way. To make myself feel better/gain perspective, here are a few things I did last year.
I moved. Three times. Seriously. And one of those moves was basically across the country. That's a pretty big accomplishment I think.
I wrote TWO books! This didn't really occur to me until recently, but it's true. I didn't start working on Awake: A Fairytale (other than that first few thousand words I managed in 2010) until March. I wrote the entire thing (those first few pieces hit the trash bin pretty early in the process) between late March and early June. Not only did I write and edit Awake this year, in November I wrote my second book, Attempting Elizabeth. Yeah, it is in rough draft form and I still have several scenes to add, plus the laborious process of editing, having it beta read, rewriting, editing, etc., but the fact remains, 53k words of that book were written in 2011. (If you add together what I've done this year on the two, it is about 144k words, wow).
I started a pretty cool website. Indie Jane was launched in July and we've had 24 thousand plus page views to date and have had fun establishing an online community. The book club on our message boards is starting a Pride and Prejudice group read this week. Each week's discussion questions are being hosted by an author of an indie P&P continuation or re-imagining. We have some great authors participating and our community members are the best!
All in all, I think it has been a pretty darn productive year and I hope to make 2012 even more so.