Alex Cavanaugh’s Blog Party!

Today is the Catch Fire Blog Party, celebrating the release of CassaFire by Alex J. Cavanaugh! The goal is to help CassaFire “catch fire” on the best seller charts and achieve the success of the first book, CassaStar. There’s also a special package of prizes being given away at the author’s blog (copies of CassaFire, [...]

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FYI: I’m Blogging Tues and Fri This Week

I’m joining Alex Cavanaugh’s launch fun on Tuesday. On Friday, I’m officially sharing good news and hosting a GIVEAWAY!!! I hope you spread the word and I look forward to seeing you! photo credit

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Flake-out Friday–The Magic Is In the Details

It’s important to weave details throughout your novel. But man, it’s way easier said than done. That’s what makes reading other authors’ work so important. A fine example is Peter Abrahams Down the Rabbit Hole. It’s a middle grade mystery but reads like any good, solid, intricate masterpiece that I can think of. Abrahams’ talent [...]

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Writer Wednesday–Battling Social Networking Overload

I’ve been on the social media highway for about three years now. It all started with QueryTracker, then branched out to RallyStorm, then to Facebook and Twitter, and finally, my blog. I’ve spent countless hours on each site, chatting with other writers, learning techniques, learning how-to’s and don’ts, all the while watching the network grow [...]

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Mental Health Monday–Imaginary Friends…Normal Or Not???

I often hear writers liken their characters to imaginary friends. Heck I do it too. What’s interesting to me is that imaginary friends during childhood are quite normal. It’s a phase of development where the child is learning creativity and how to integrate their personality. But what about imaginary friends in adults? I’m not talking about [...]

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Flake-out Friday–The Man Who Cried

  I got this movie on Netflix a few months ago and promptly downloaded the soundtrack after viewing it.  I listened to this song on repeat for hours while writing. For realz. I love its somber, bittersweet tone. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzl7mxpztLE What’s your favorite music to write to?

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Writing Wish Wednesday

Award-winning author Jessica Bell (blogger of The Alliterative Allomorph, poet extraordinaire, talented musician, and gifted writer) is hosting a writer’s retreat in ITHICA, GREECE this August. Chuck Sambuchino of Writer’s Digest has signed on to be there too! Here’s the link: The Homeric Writers’ Retreat and Workshop Man, oh man, if I didn’t have a [...]

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Mental Health Monday–Pregnancy

From time to time, we have pregnant women on the inpatient unit for treatment. It’s always a delicate situation because we not only have the woman’s life to think about, but also her unborn child (or children in the case of twins). Research-based information is limited because it’s not really kosher to do experiments on [...]

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Guest Post–DIES IRAE Author Christine Fonseca on Novella vs Novel Writing

Hi Christine!!!! I’m super stoked about the launch of your REQUIEM series with DIES IRAE (novella) and LACRIMOSA (novel). CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! Ok, take it away, Christine. The Differences Between Writing a Novella and Writing a Novel Thanks, Laura, for having me today. Laura asked me to talk a little about the process of writing a novella [...]

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Flake-out Friday–DIES IRAE by Christine Fonseca, A Review

Non-fiction author, blogger, and writing buddy, Christine Fonseca’s novella, DIES IRAE recently hit electronic bookshelves. And I hope it goes viral! Seriously, this little novella packs a punch! Every page drips with intrigue, tension, bittersweet agony, and danger. It’s TOTALLY worth the read! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a guest post from Christine [...]

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