Brenda Novak’s Online Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research
May 1st-31st Bid to win on amazing items : Lola Cruz Mysteries Fabulous collections of autographed books Jewelry Featured Weeks at Books on the House Blog Tour from Pump Up Your Book Promotion Agent and Author reads and critiques and SO MUCH MORE!!!
Living the Vida Lola on Dear Reader!
It’s always thrilling to discover someone new, that I don’t know, is reading and loving one of my books. Imagine my surprise and elation, then, when a friend (thank you, Marty!!!) told me Living the Vida Lola, the fist Lola Cruz Mystery, is this week’s featured mystery book at Dear Reader!!! Dear Reader is a [...]
Interview with BlogTalkRadio
Give a listen! It was FUN!
Blog Tour
I’m thrilled to announce that Hasta la Vista, Lola! is just weeks away from being released. I’m doing a book tour to celebrate. There will be mucho opportunities to win a copy of Hasta la Vista, Lola! by following along on the tour. Hope to see you along the way! I’m doing a blog tour [...]
Interviewed at BlogCritics
I had the distinct pleasure of being interviewed by BlogCritics.com recently. It was a great interview and lots of fun! Thank you BlogCritics!
Great Heroes
Viggo Mortenson is one great hero, both on the screen and off. Read about other heroes at http://chasingheroes.com.
Good Girls Kill for Money
Today I’m blogging with Good Girls Kill for Money. It’s all about nudist resorts and how far people will go for something they really want. Stop by!
For Writers
Every author has their two cents to give on the writing process, whether it is how they got where they are or what important knowledge they have to share with the writing community. I, of course, am no exception! I’ve had revelations, moments where things just clicked and suddenly made sense, and epiphanies after the fact when I realized, “Wow, that was a bit of brilliance!”
Finding an Agent
Finding an agent is only one step (after writing a great book) in the challenging process of building a career as an author. My experience taught me that the industry adage No agent is better than the wrong agent is completely and unequivocally true. I was completely green when I started taking my writing career seriously. I’d written a book that I thought was pretty good, with characters that I loved, but I was afraid to send it out to agents.
Finding Voice
Finding your voice is perhaps one of the most difficult things a writer must do. It’s not as if you’ve lost it and it’s hiding under the bed, waiting to be rediscovered. And you can’t copy someone else’s. Your voice is the single most important element in your writing because it makes your work distinctly yours. It’s a combination of your style, your phrasing, your unique vernacular, and how you create tension and build plot. Put it in a blender, mix it up, and voila!, you have voice.
