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Tell Me Your Ghost Story Contest Winners Revealed
It’s time to announce the winners of the Tell Me Your Ghost Story Contest! There were so many amazing entries, I don’t know how my editor managed to whittle it down to the final three. Drumroll, please… 3rd Place Winner: Sabryna with … Continue reading
Final Days of TGWIG Contest, Readercon Highlights, & Miracle Girl Shout Out
There are only two days left to enter the Tell Me Your Ghost Story Contest! If you want to get your flash fiction ghost story in, make sure you pop over to the original Tell Me Your Ghost Story Contest … Continue reading
Book Trailer, Conference Proposals, Workshops, and Self-doubt
I’m so excited to share the book trailer for The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts! We started working on this in February. I wrote the script, Cacko Studios produced the video, and Leah Merritt is the fantastic actress who brought Kat … Continue reading
Tell Me Your Ghost Story Contest
We are down to the final 2 months before The Girl Who Ignored Ghosts is officially released. Time to kick off the Tell Me Your Ghost Story contest! I’m a huge fan of flash fiction writing contests, so I’ll start … Continue reading
I <3 Hart House+ EPIC Ebook Finalist + Final Book Tour Event
I am so excited to announce that The Six Train to Wisconsin is a finalist for EPIC’s Ebook Awards 2014 in the paranormal category! The winner will be announced in March. So I get to savor being a finalist for … Continue reading
Being Brave: Entering a Short Story Contest
Entering a short story contest is like putting on a bikini (or speedo if your a guy) and walking onto a crowded beach. In your mind everyone is looking and critiquing. Some of them actually are. It’s a cringe-worthy, anxiety-ridden … Continue reading
Voting for the Amazon Finalists Is Open
I want to thank every one of my amazing blog followers for supporting me throughout the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest. It was a terrific experience and I’m delighted to have been a semifinalist. That being said, the contest is … Continue reading
I’m Not a Finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest
Every run of good luck comes to an end. Today, I must confide a sad fact. My phone did not ring on May 14th. My email did not get a note from Amazon. I did not advance to the finals … Continue reading