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Six Train’s Book Launch Party +Hippity Hoppity Blog Bouncing
Last Thursday, at the Haight-Brown Vineyard, I had Six Train’s book launch party–An Evening of Wine and Words. Big thank you to my mom and Aunt Sue for helping transport all the books and swag bags and set up the … Continue reading
Where I’ll Be Hopping to in the Blogosphere
August McLaughlin: Guest post on What Writer’s Can Learn from Wall Street: June 13th EllaDee Words: Guest post on the Power of Persistence: June 14th The Inner Wild Kat: Q&A with Kitt Crescendo: June 16th I closed comments since … Continue reading
Posted in blog hop, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged august mclaughlin, elladee words, guest blog hop, inner wild kat, persistence, wall street
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Six Train’s Blog Hop Week 2
Here’s where I’ll be popping up on Monday through Wednesday: Audrey Kalman’s blog: A revealing Q&A on crossing genres, character development, and the use of photos in the book: June 10th My Random Muse: A fun-filled Q&A about my writing … Continue reading
Where I’ll Be: Six Train Blog Hop Stops
My blog tour continues with some fabulous stops: 6/6: Victoria Writes: I’ll be sharing my journey to publication 6/7: Pretty in Pink Books & Reviews: Natalie will be reviewing my book–can’t wait to read what she thought! 6/7: Authors To … Continue reading
June’s Blog Hop for Six Train
So this month, I’ll be guest blogging and doing interviews 5-6 days a week. I’m going to post links, so please check out the guest posts. They are some of my best posts + there will be giveaways on some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Giveaways, guest blogs, Promotion, Uncategorized
Tagged 4am Writer, Jm McDowell, John Bale Bookshop, Kourtney Heintz reading Excerpt from Six Train, meriden humane society book signing, my first book signing, Paranormal Lounge, Small Press Reviews, taylor swift giveaway winner, The six train to wisconsin blog hop
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Six Train’s Bangs and Busts
This week started off with a couple busts and several bangs. The Busts I had a blogger request my launch date to post a review and Q&A with me. I was so excited. I spent hours working on that Q&A. … Continue reading
A Little Grandma H for The Long Weekend
This is Grandma H’s favorite spot in Wolcott. She told me “It’s the best view in the world.” “What about Empire State Building–looking out on all of New York?” She shakes her head. “Best view in the world.” ***** Grandma … Continue reading
Weekly Round Up on Six Train
This turned into a Chicken Pot Pie week. Lots of deliciousness and only the rare burning of my mouth if I went to fast and furious. 🙂 I got some delayed numbers from the B&N paperback sales and low and … Continue reading
My First Fan Letter + Amazon Ranking Roller Coaster
It wasn’t just Emerson sweating things last week. I was riding a ranking roller coaster. Moving from the tens of thousands to the hundreds of thousands over the course of two days on Amazon. I had no concept of what … Continue reading
Posted in Promotion, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged amazon ranking, handmade doll, my first fan letter, pretty handkerchief, thank you note
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Where in The World Has Kourtney Been?
Over the past week, I started my blog hopping to promote The Six Train to Wisconsin! So far, it’s been a blast. I stopped by the awesome Peter Andrews’ How to Write Fast Blog on 5/10/13 to talk about my … Continue reading




