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September Group Read Along : Girl Geek

Sep 5, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

GIRL GEEK GROUP READ-ALONG

starts tomorrow

….are you ready?

Step 1: Grab your copy of Girl Geek for just $0.99 (hurry because the sale ends SOON!)

Step 2: CLICK HERE to join the Brenna Aubrey Book group for readers on Facebook!

Step 3: Post and participate in discussions, games, Q&As, live videos and paperback/audio giveaways during the month of September!

Step 4: HAVE FUN and meet new wonderful friends who enjoy the same type of books that you do !

Sale ends THIS WEEKEND, then it’s back to full price.

Incorporating Figurative Language in Prose

May 27, 2011 | Doing the Write Thing | 0 Comments

One of the qualities of truly rich and enjoyable prose—language that you can bite off and chew—includes figurative devices. There is so much more to telling a story than describing events. Especially when romance is involved. Reading a book is not about absorbing...

You’re Not Special

May 2, 2011 | Doing the Write Thing | 0 Comments

I know that’s the opposite of what we’ve been taught all our lives to use as a personal mantra in order to bolster our self esteem. But earlier in the year, I heard an accomplished author, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, confess that she said this to herself regularly: ...

Romantic Times Booklovers Convention

Apr 11, 2011 | Doing the Write Thing, Goals | 0 Comments

In keeping with my 2011 goals, I was lucky enough to attend the convention when it took place near my hometown last week. As part of that, I entered the Advanced Aspiring Authors workshops the two days before the general conference opened. After that, there was a...

Through the Genres

Mar 27, 2011 | Doing the Write Thing | 0 Comments

I started out writing Fantasy. Pure Fantasy. Swords and sorcery and... well actually if I go even further back I started out at the ripe age of twelve writing poems. Some people think in pictures. I have always "seen" and "heard" my thoughts as words. Words that...

A Writer’s Tools: Fingerless Gloves

Mar 26, 2011 | A Writer's Tools | 0 Comments

I do most of my writing time on my laptop, a Macbook which happens to be made of aluminum. And as aluminum is a conductive metal, it gets ice cold in chilly weather--or in an overly air-conditioned Starbucks (a coffee-fueled writer talking, here). I can be all...

Research: Duels

Mar 13, 2011 | Reference Library | 0 Comments

Because the after-effects of a duel are at the center of a vital relationship in my current Regency Historical WIP (working title "Violette of Toulouse"), I've been seeking to inform myself of all of the particulars on how they were fought and what the customs are...

Measuring Up

Mar 2, 2011 | Goals, Jane Austen Made Me Do It | 1 Comment

On the very first day of this year, 2 months ago almost to the day, I drafted a list of writing goals for the year. When I did so, I promised myself that I would revisit them often and not forget about them. There were ten goals altogether, the first nine of which...

Jane Austen Made Me Do It

Feb 13, 2011 | Jane Austen Made Me Do It | 0 Comments

As per my goal at the beginning of the year, I have just submitted an entry to the Jane Austen Made Me Do It Short Story Contest. I've had quite a struggle with it. I'll talk more on that later in a post which I plan to entitle "Trusting Your Gut Instinct." I've...

Sometimes the Process is Messy

Jan 24, 2011 | Doing the Write Thing | 0 Comments

And what a mess I've made! In the aftermath of NaNoWriMo! I had a total of approximately 83,000 words at the end of November. When I printed out the manuscript (due to a mess of compatibility between Scrivener and Word), several scenes were duplicated. Beyond...