Romance with a Psychological Twist
Welcome to October’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group, hosted by Alex Cavanaugh. Join us HERE.
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Happy summer in the northern hemisphere! How’s your summer going? I love swimming laps in my outdoor pool…
…and I can’t wait to watch swimming and other sports in the Olympics.
I don’t love a day job extra project that involves writing long papers with an August deadline. Fiction writing is WAY more fun!
I’m ramping up to release my next novel on 10/1/16: New Adult Sports Romance SPIKED (Blocked #3). Spiked features the awesome sport of swimming.
We plan a cover reveal and review tour as well as a Facebook party. I hope to put the first two novels on sale, too. Any other marketing strategies you recommend?
If you’d like to help host the cover reveal for Spiked on 8/1/16, sign ups are HERE.
(Warning: this cover contains another shirtless man. But my character’s personality is much more important than his abs, I swear!)
Welcome to the Life’s a Beach Hop, hosted by The Mommy Island and The Kids Did It.
The beach is one of my favorite locations! As a former college swimmer, I like to swim 30 minutes in one direction then turn around and head back to my starting point. Sometimes a fear of sharks gets lodged in my mind, but overall it’s more fun than swimming in a pool.
In addition to a gift card, I’m giving away an ebook of my college swimming romance STREAMLINE, set at the beaches of Pensacola, Florida.
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If you want authors to shudder with fear and revulsion, ask them to write a BLURB.
What’s a blurb? It’s a brief summary of a story. The best blurbs hook the reader without giving away too much.
We writers are a verbose bunch and it’s tough for us to pack our narrative into a pithy punch. This is where critique partners and editors come in handy!
What characterizes your favorite blurbs? I’ve been drawn to starting with a sentence or two from the first person point of view. However, I wrote the blurbs for my first two books in the Blocked series in the third person, and wanted to stay consistent for book three.
I found a compromise for SPIKED (Blocked #3) by adding song lyrics to the blurb to capture the first person perspective of the hero Mateo, who’s a singer / songwriter.
Happy May, writers. Time to discuss our hopes and fears. Join us at Alex Cavanaugh’s blog. The amazing co-hosts for the May 4 posting of the IWSG will be Stephen Tremp, Fundy Blue, MJ Fifield, Loni Townsend, Bish Denham, Susan Gourley, and Stephanie Faris!
We writers find inspiration in the strangest places. For me, Pinterest is top on my list. I’m addicted to Pinterest, I must admit.
I like to create a Pinterest board when writing to collect images and websites that relate to the story.
For my work in progress SPIKED (Blocked #3), I’ve pinned these images:
1) Volleyball T-shirts (the heroine from Blocked has quite a collection)
2) Bad pickup lines (How Mateo gets Jessica to laugh)
What inspires YOUR writing? What’s the worst pickup line you’ve heard?
Time for the Keep Calm and Hop On Giveaway Hop hosted by The Kids Did It and The Mommy Island.
In addition to a $10 Amazon gift card, I’m giving away two ebooks of my college volleyball romance series BLOCKED. Who loves volleyball? I think it’s an awesome sport.
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Happy February Insecure Writer’s Support Group!
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How’s your writing? I’ve been making good progress on book three in my college sports romance series Blocked. Too bad I came to a standstill due to a psychology conference I’ve attended the past few days.
Check out the gorgeous Montana mountains where I’ve learned more about psychology and interacted with lovely colleagues.
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