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Release Day! Tangled Roots – a cozy mystery with supernatural suspense
“Time passes but no one is forgotten unless we choose to forget.” This is the epigraph for Tangled Roots, my new release and Book 2 in the Secrets in Casten’s Horn series. Charlotte has moved to Casten’s Horn and her… Continue reading
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Reviewing and Rating Books
As you might expect, I’m pretty sensitive to leaving book reviews and ratings these days because good ratings help authors be found. I’m trying to keep up a Goodreads book list now and dutifully leave reviews for books I’ve enjoyed,… Continue reading
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Cover Reveal! (Tangled Roots)
I wrote recently about working on the hard parts of self-publishing. One of the things on my list was the cover for Tangled Roots, Book 2 in my Secrets in Casten’s Horn series. I finally found it: I might play… Continue reading
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Feeling Good: First Description of Tangled Roots, and Other Updates
I recently wrote about the hard parts of self-publishing and mentioned I was tackling the “blurb” for Tangled Roots this past week. I think it’s about 80-90% of the way there, but I’m done looking at it for now. I… Continue reading
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Writing Update: Book 2, Draft 2 and Thoughts on POV
I finished the “rewrite” of my first draft (although the saved file name calls is version 8). I mentioned in a previous post that I had a couple big problems to fix based on feedback from beta readers. I really… Continue reading
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Two Truths and a Lie
(This was originally my guest post over at Ruff Drafts during the recent blog tour. I like it so much I wanted to repost it on my own site. Thanks again to Debbie De Louise for highlighting Driftless Spirits!) There’s… Continue reading
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First Lines of Tangled Roots (and Subsequent Distractions)
I’m hard at work, crafting the next draft of Tangled Roots to be the best it can be. I’m in love with the first paragraphs (but reserve the right for further edits): “Every storm has a story to tell, if… Continue reading
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Cozy in the Driftless
(This was originally my guest post over at Christy’s Cozy Corners during the recent blog tour. I like it so much I wanted to repost it on my own site. Thanks again to Christy for highlighting Driftless Spirits!) My husband… Continue reading
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Editing This Week
In my last writing update, I talked about beta reader feedback on the very first draft of “Tangled Roots” (working title still, but I like it). There were two main areas of the story to fix. First, I needed to… Continue reading
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Updates: Writing and Marketing
It’s going to be an interesting month. On the writing side, this week I’m tackling the climax of Tangled Roots (working title), the sequel to Driftless Spirits. It’s Halloween in Casten’s Horn, bones have been found, Ivy’s visiting Charlotte, and… Continue reading
