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  • Blog Tour – A Word With Traci

    I will be the first to admit that I am absolutely horrible when it comes to keeping up with my blog on a regular basis. I would like to make the promise that I will do better, but I don’t want to end up saying something and then regretting that. I’m going to just go…

  • Book Review: Jem by Michelle Abbott

    Good Story, average writing The story begins with two childhood friends on vacation. When Devon finds out that Jem is being abused at home, he quickly makes her promise not to tell anyone. When she breaks her promise and tells her mother, she calls the Child Protective Service. However, before they can rescue Jem, his…

  • Book Review: Heroes of Chance Creek Series (6 Book Series) By: Cora Seton

    I will admit, this series hit on two of my buttons right away. One, it had a half-naked guy on the cover. And two, it has a military theme to it. Well, ok…three buttons, there’s a romance story thrown in as well. The story begins with four brothers that are given a chance to save…

  • Trust your judgement

    When you make the decision to become an Indie Author, you take on some pretty hefty responsibilities when it comes to your novel. For one, you may think that it’s more inexpensive and less time consuming than writing all the query letters to try and find an agent. I am telling you right now that…

  • Write what you know…or not

    Everyone always says to write what you know, what you’ve experienced, what you’ve personally gone through. What a load of crap! Granted, I always tend to interject some military, in one form or another, into my stories. But, that’s what I like to do. That being said, if you only write what you know, how…

  • Characters – Let’s talk about flaws

    Characters, it’s what makes your book readable. You have your protagonist and your antagonist. There’s your supporting characters and the characters that add a little bit of color here and there. But, what really makes your book *pop*? What really makes your characters relatable? It’s their flaws. What? That’s right. It’s their flaws. It’s the…

  • New buzzword, BETA READERS!

    What can I say, it’s another dirty word: Proofreading. If you’re an Indie Author like me, you are going to try and do as much of the heavy lifting as you can. But, trust me on this, another set of eyes is worth it. Better yet, the more the merrier! You can read the same…

  • Self-Promotion and Marketing: My new dirty words

    Those things, yuck! I’ll admit, I thought going the self-publishing route and being an Indie Author was going to be awesome. While it has been very “freeing” and given me total control of everything with my novel, from the cover art, editing, proofing, and end cost of my novel…it has been exhausting to just get…

  • Do I really feel like writing today?

    You’re writing? That’s fantastic! Trust me, there’s no better feeling in the world, most of the time. Why do I say most of the time? Because there will be times that you don’t want to write and you will feel like it’s a chore and you don’t want to write. Do you know what I…

  • The Dreaded First Blog Post

    So I started a blog… I will admit, I was and still am, reluctant to blog. After all, I’m just me. But, every now and then I have something to say. But what to say now? I guess you will want to know a little about me. Well, my full name is Jennifer Stinger. I’m…