Happy Friday All, I've decided to do an impromptu book review. Recently I finished reading Stacy Hoff 's Desire In The Everglades . When I read Anne B. Cole's blog post where Stacy made a guest appearance , her story and the background behind it intrigued me. Stacy and I emailed each other and decided to exchange books. She sent me a copy of Desire In The Everglades , and I sent her a copy of my novel, All's Fair In Love In Lion . Anyway, I finally got to sit down and read Stacy's story: Stephanie Lang has enough stress being a producer for Teleworld Broadcasting Company without being forced into working on the insane new show her boss and the Board of Directors have come up with. Seriously...a guy armed ONLY with a knife surviving in the Everglades? Have the higher ups lost their minds? But between being strong-armed and then catching the photo of Colin, who they plan to contract to be The Everglader , she finds herself agreeing to the whole idea. L...

Happy Tuesday All, Excitement abounds in the Averie Household...if it's not every day things (new toilet seat for the master bath, pregnancy, being a parent, writing, editing, you name it) it's other excitement: I got some of the notes back from my proofreader, so I've started in on those notes. It's going well so far, so I'm glad about that. Proofreader is almost done with Immortal Love , and has pronounced it "a rip-roaring and imaginative story." Which made me smile. It's definitely got a bunch of action in it. I did my best to throw everything I possibly could into this novel, especially since   it's the final book in the Trilogy. Another exciting happening is that Immortal Dreams Book One: Divine Love got a wonderful review from Coffee Time Romance . You can read the 5/5 cup review here . So, what's it like coming to the end of writing a trilogy? A myriad of emotions. Sometimes it was sad. Other times I...

Happy Thursday All, Smokey Mountains in Gaitlinburg, TN, 2013 In writing, editing, critiquing, and being a judge (yes, I've done a little judging for a contest) there's a few things about writing that are true all the way across the board--no matter what genre, no matter if you're a newbie, or best seller, or somewhere in between. Or if you're a "pantser" or a "plotter". And that's organizing your story. Every writer is different and every writer does this differently. I call myself a "half-in-half" writer because I do a little plotting and I do a little pantsering. But the main things every writer needs whether they do it before they write the first draft, or in the editing process are for every important/main character(s) in one's novel: Me, at the NWHRWA Lone Star Conference, 2014 Goal, motivation, conflict. Yes,  GMC that leads to the actual plot. Whether you're writing the hero, heroine, villain, whatever...

Happy Tuesday Everybody, I know I'm doing a lot of inconsistent posting, but as always, I'm very busy. Recently I sent Immortal Love (Book Three in the Immortal Dreams series) off to my proofreader. Once I get the notes back from my proofreader and get them all finished, Immortal Love will get turned in to my publisher. Then we'll do edits and eventually the book will be released (I believe we're shooting for March). I also completed a critique for another author who asked for my input on their novel. That took a while because I've been really tired with the pregnancy (and uncomfortable) so everything is a lot slower than it normally would be. But, at least I got it done and sent off to the author, so now that author doesn't have to wait for it anymore. My thoughts are turning towards the next project. There's about 3 that I'm really interested in getting into. One I'm working on some research for, one is a spin off of one of my other...

Happy New Year Darling Readers, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year's. The Averie Household continues to be busy. I'm still working on getting Immortal Love ready to turn into my publisher (although, getting closer--thank goodness!) Christmas was nice. We went to Church for the vigil on Christmas Eve, and enjoyed the rest of the evening as a family. The next day presents were opened and we headed for my parents' house for more presents and Christmas dinner. My father made gluten free chocolate chip cookies and a gluten free apple pie (thank you, dad!) which were both really good. The ham was awesome, too (I can't eat turkey, I'm allergic to it, so Dad had turkey and ham--yes, he loves me!) We hung out with some friends of my folks and family members. The next day (Friday), one of my brothers made it into town and we saw them Saturday for dinner. Sunday we relaxed at home. This week has been mostly hanging out at home, but bu...