https://youtu.be/Z5_wAg50RSc In the fall of 2017 I joined a small group of independent authors who had a goal in mind. They wanted to have a joint blog to share their message and promote their books. When I joined the site was nearing 100,000 views now they are approaching 250,000 and reach the top of Google's … Continue reading Blogging Together
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Image by Comfreak on Pixabay Creating a believable world in your book can be more challenging for some authors than others. Genre, setting, and time period have the largest influence on the world you are building. Typically, books set in the real world in modern times are the easiest to write. However, research is key … Continue reading Building Believable Worlds
Many authors love to tease their friends saying "be careful, or you'll end up in my novel" while true this isn't always a bad thing. I have friends begging to be warriors, mages, or even a villain in my books. They want to know what kind of character I'd make them. I have an ex-roommate … Continue reading Creating Believable Characters
When I started writing over 20 years ago I never thought writing would be a struggle for me. At least not when it came to knowing what to write about. Writing for me was a stress relief. It was my escape from reality where no one could bother me and I was completely in control. … Continue reading Out of Steam
Sweet Surrender is available now on Amazon and other major retailers. After a lot of personal heartache and hard work, book 2 in the Dragons of the Dragons of the South series is now available. Most of my books draw on personal experience, but this one comes from a particularly turbulent time in my life and … Continue reading New Release
For my wonderful readers who follow the Dragons series my newest book in the Dragons of the South series is nearly complete. Sweet Surrender is the next installment and follows Mac and Paxton during their rocky transition as leaders in the Southern Territory. If you read Hunted you're already familiar with Mac's rough-around-the-edges personality and … Continue reading Coming Soon: Sweet Surrender
Strangers of Earth by Keisha Fladrick is a sci-fi dystopian mystery/thriller that will keep you guessing till the very end. This book is jam packed with action, romance, and intrigue. Each chapter is a new adventure that will keep you turning pages. The ending will leave you saying "what just happened" in the best way … Continue reading Strangers of Earth Book Review
My life right now is a work in progress. My husband and I are in the midst of a divorce that came as a surprise to both of us. I came to a point in my life where I realized that we both wanted different things and no matter what we did it wasn't going … Continue reading Work in Progress
Have you wondered where I've been lately? Maybe you have and that's great. I love to hear it. Maybe you haven't and that's ok too. Although I am crying a bit into my wine glass. Seriously though I have fallen behind on my posts here on my blog. It's not that I've stopped blogging its … Continue reading Disappearing Blogger
Writing the perfect villain can be a challenging to some authors. Its all about what kind of tone you want to create with the character. Do you want an absolute overlord that your readers abhor or more of anti-villain that they can sympathise with. In my next blog post in my tips on writing series … Continue reading creating villians
