I’d like to thank Julie for the opportunity to share about my recent release, Journey to ChiYah, a Christian fantasy novel about a gal that goes on an unexpected trip filled with surprises. Journey is my personal overcomer story and is a delicate balance of my life experiences, hybrid facts, and plain old fiction, where…
How to Become a (Romance) Author by Julie Arduini This is part of my Fall Book Club discussion Tuesday nights, 8pm, EDT at http://facebook.com/JulieArduini/Author. I’m going through my first contemporary romance, ENTRUSTED, and also sharing writing tips and behind-the-scenes info on the characters, chapters, plot, and the Adirondack Mountains. I just started, so feel free…
Last week I was talking with my mom and she made a comment that it’s obvious watching my husband that he loves what he does. His work requires long and unpredictable hours, consistent deadlines, and this year, international travel. Yet, the man whistles when he gets up. No lie. He whistles getting ready. He whistles…
I love to chat. Food. Current Events. Sports. What Jimmy Fallon did last night on The Tonight Show. What God’s showing me. But sometimes I have to bring up discussion that’s more business related. I struggled with that for a long time but realized if I don’t talk about my writing and where to find…
I have a confession. For the longest time, I didn’t know what dystopian meant. But freedictionary.com defines dystopia as this: An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror. So when Peter R. Stone contacted me to let me know his novel, Forager, is…
Cold Turkey We use the expression to describe a sudden cessation of a bad habit. We resolve to quit smoking, drinking of alcoholic beverages or other addictive behavior. Bravely, we decide to go it on our own, declining outside assistance of support systems or medications to take the edge off the withdrawal. “I think I…