I repeat these words over and over in the novel I’m writing. “My life is not my own,” says Iylah, a 14-year-old girl who has been hidden away her entire life to fulfill her mother’s destiny. “My feelings are not my own.” She then goes on to figure out what is her life, and what […]
Category Archives: My Book
What if romantic love is just a distraction?
“I wonder what you could do if you weren’t so obsessed with boys,” my best friend said one day in my early twenties lightheartedly. “What?” I asked, scraping the bottom of the salsa with one of about a hundred chips leftover. I always ate too much salsa too fast. There’s a business idea in there […]
Free Ebook Promotion, or How I Got Ranked with John Grisham in 4 Days
I wouldn’t recommend doing the free ebook promotion how I did it. I was told to plan 30 days in advance – I started planning the night before. Amazon gives you 5 days to promote your book for free out of 90 days. Most people tell you to only use 2 or 3 at the […]
Book Trailers – what is the point?
The first time I saw a book trailer, I knew I had to have one for my own novel. I had never seen one before, but it made me think that this book I was about to read was going to be turned into a film. It intrigued me because I felt like I was one […]
What is a Quarter-Life Crisis?
When I started writing my novel, I was in the middle of coming out of a quarter-life crisis. The themes throughout my novel, Three Questions follow this path. This quarter-life crisis could be described as the moment I left college, left a great job (casting) to start working in a pointless, menial job (aka personal assisting), […]
The Book Process: Self Publishing Online
(This post is continued from last week’s post: The Book Process: the beginning. This was scheduled to go out last week, but WordPress never published it. Oops.) After I completed the novel, I went the self-publishing route because I wanted to get this project out on my own terms, and in my own way. I […]
The Book Process: The Beginning
At this point, I would like a publisher to come and sweep me away! Take my novel, make it look pretty and turn me into a best selling author! I know enough now to know that things don’t always work like that. Of course, a publisher has power to make everything look pretty, but the […]
What People Are Saying about "Three Questions"
So, I’ve had a few people email me recently with feedback on the novel. I haven’t solicited this, so it makes it even more sweet. I figured I may as well take advantage of it while I can! There can’t be good reviews forever. Here’s a few tidbits about Three Questions from people who recently read […]