Guest Post: Author Fia Essen

Hello there! My name is Fia Essen and I’m an author. I thought I should get that said right at the beginning of this guest blog post. The tricky thing about writing guest blog posts is making it seem as though you don’t have an ulterior motive for rambling on someone else’s blog. It’s especially...

First Guest Post on Monday

Check in Monday when chick lit author Fia Essen writes about her ebooks "Ariel" and "Anna". Fia is an expat who has lived all over the world and currently resides in Greece. If you have any questions for her after her post, send them to me and we'll ask her in a later interview. Also,...

Cherished History, for the #Cherished Blogfest

When I was a child, I would feel like Indiana Jones slipping into my mother's room to look in her jewelry box. Not only was it guarded and forbidden, it was full of treasures and, I was pretty sure, magic. My mother has always been a collector of beautiful and unique things and many of...

Self Publishing: What I’ve learned so far

I have some exciting stuff coming up. A guest post from an author in Greece, and some interviews with self published authors (get your questions in if you have any). But today I wanted a do a rundown of what I have learned since taking on this goal. 1. There are endless resources for indie...

Want New #Blogging #Friends ? Join the #CHERISHED Blogfest Today!!

I thought I should try to get out more 😉 This looks like fun.

Something I would like to do here….

Because I am admittedly a self publishing novice, I would like to open up the floor to authors who have gone through the process. I'm compiling a list of questions but I'd love to get some suggestions on what others would like to know about as well. So, if you are a writer plotting your...

Writing YA for adults who are young

I recently read an article that criticized love and first sight and anything beyond "pure" romance in YA novels (I guess that means anything beyond chaste kissing?). It made me a little angry. Not as a writer. As a former young adult. I remember being a teenager. Do you? The writer claimed the best YA...

Working out of order

"Fate of a Princess" is out in the world, sorta. This weekend after numerous attempts to finish my second round of edits and clean up the end I sent it to my beta readers (my bffs) as is. I wouldn't normally recommend this for several reasons. 1. When you do have it cleaned up, you'll...

Why I am self publishing an older novel

I finished the first draft of "Fate of a Princess" years back and every time I come back to it I'm pleasantly surprised. It's fun, it's light, it's entertaining. It needs work and that's why I haven't done much with it until now, but in my humble opinion it's pretty damned enjoyable. With some hard...

Absurdity and Why I turn to Douglas Adams in times of Trouble

During the last long rough week, I needed to fill alot of long worrisome hours and I needed to keep my spirits up. The perfect solution-  Douglas Adams. I had listened to Hitchhikers Guide on audiobook a few years back when I was making long drives during a tense time and it had kept me...