Another Stop on the “Autumn Lands” Blog Tour
Today’s Blog Tour Stop for The Autumn Lands
Today I’m stopping by Elizabeth Noble’s blog for one of my favorite stops this tour – talking about how the cover came together, done by the amazing cover designer Catherine Dair. I LOVE working with an artist on the cover for a new book. It’s your chance as an author to see your work through someone else’s eyes, made real. I’ve been through the process three times now, and it’s been fun every time (at least for me; I’ve probably sent at least one cover designer away screaming). This time around, I was working with the talented Catherine Dair. She … Read more
Another Five Star Review for “The Autumn Lands”
Just got a fantastic review for “The Autumn Lands” (five stars) from Kara at Inked Rainbow Reads: To start of this review I have to say this world the author created in this book was amazing! The author explains everything that is happening in this world you really feel like you are there. Jerrith is on the run after being caught kissing Caspian. The moment these two men eyes meet they just knew they were meant for each other. I will just say I loved the way this author wrote these characters. Between the Dual POV’s which was awesome to … Read more
Point of View: Writing for the Blog Tour
One of the many ways we try to get the word out about our new books is the dreaded blog tour. Don’t get me wrong – it’s wonderful how other writers and blogegrs open up their online homes to us when we have something new to share. But then comes the downside – you gotta actually write all those posts. And if you’re a prolific blog traveler like me, those posts can easily number in the twenties or thirties. Sure, you could cookie-cutter it – just take the same post and send it out to each place, making a few … Read more
Today’s Blog Tour Stop for The Autumn Lands
Today I’m stopping by Cate Ashwood’s blog to answer some interview questions – Thanks Cate! How do you think your writing has developed since you started? Oh, it’s gotten much better. I first started writing when I was in fourth or fifth grade. I wrote on and off until my early twenties, when I finished my first novel. When it and five or ten short stories were all rejected, I kind of lost momentum, and though I tried to come back to it several times, it never really stuck. Somehow, though, I had this idea in the back of my … Read more
Author Spotlight: Andrew Demcak
Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today, Andrew Demcak – Andrew Demcak is an award-winning poet and novelist whose work has been widely published and anthologized both in print and on-line, and whose books have been featured by The American Library Association, The Lambda Literary Foundation, Verse Daily, The Best American Poetry blog, The Nervous Breakdown, and Poets/Artists. He has an M.F.A. from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, CA. He is currently Senior Librarian at Oakland Public Library. He … Read more
Another Autumn Lands Blog Tour Stop
I’m so excited to be stopping by Skye Hegyes’s blog today – she’s a great friend and we have an anthology project together with Brandon Witt and Gus Li, coming out later this year from Wilde City. For my visit today for The Autumn Lands, I thought I’d share five things my characters learned during the story: Don’t Kiss and Run: Seriously, if you ever find yourself in a small town and a stranger pulls you into an alley to kiss you, at least get his name before you take off running. Your libido will thank you later…. See the … Read more
Another Autumn Lands Blog Tour Stop
Thanks so much to Chris at Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews for hosting my blog tour. For this one, Chris asked me to talk about my inspiration for writing characters: Thanks to Chris for welcoming me to Wicked Faerie’s Tales. Chris asked me how I come up with my characters and storylines. I had to stop and think about that. I’d like to say that they just come to me whole-cloth, but that’s only happened a couple times, and both of those stories were very short. As far as creating characters goes, it tends to be really organic for me. … Read more
Another Four (Well, Hearts) Review for The Autumn Lands
Just got another great review of “The Autumn Lands”, this one from Love Bytes: This is my first read of a J. Scott Coatsworth book, but it definitely won’t be my last. I quite enjoyed this fantasy story…even after a major twist half way through! I’m not doing any spoilers on what that twist is, so don’t even ask!… I dare you to read it and tell me you guessed it before you got to it. You’ll be lying. I’m going to have to keep this review short, because I’ve already given a couple spoilers, but since they are from … Read more