Flake-out Friday–WINNERS!

Whee! Boy I had fun last Friday announcing my pub contract for ENDURE. THANKS to all you guys for your support and retweeting and facebooking, etc. Now, to announce the WINNERS! 1st place (winner of a novel of your choice): INDIGO!!!!!!! 2nd place (winner of the necklace and earrings set symbolizing ENDURE): ISHTA MERCURIO!!!!!!!   [...]

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Flake-out Friday: It’s My Berfday and I’m Giving Away a Present!

Ok, so my birthday is tomorrow, but since I don’t blog on Saturday, I’m celebrating early and I’m sharing the lurve with all y’all! I’ll gift TWO lucky commenters with things I enjoy, namely all things Halloween or vampire-ish and all things book-ish. That’s right. All you have to do is comment on this post [...]

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Flake-out Friday–Contest Winners and A Tribute to a Co-worker

Hey gang! The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here. That’s right. It’s time to announce the WINNERS of my 300/500 followers contest! First, I’d like to thank everyone who participated and spread the word. You guys and gals are AWESOME!!!! (I totally felt the love.) The FIRST winner of a 20 page critique [...]

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WIP Wednesday–The Love Triangle

*****Don’t forget to enter my 300/500 followers contest to win a crit and book of your choice! The deadline is July 31, 2011 Midnight EST, so please spread the word!***** I’m about 1/3 of the way done with the first draft and I’m still quite ecstatic with my new WIP. I’m particularly stoked about the love triangle [...]

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300/500 Followers Contest!

Whee!!!! I’m so excited that I am approaching the 300 follower mark on my blog and I’ve now surpassed the 500 follower mark on Twitter! To share the love, I’m going to host a contest. It’s super easy, I promise. All you have to do is: Follow my blog (click on the subscription button on [...]

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It Was A Dark and Stormy Blogfest Contest…Also: a Crusade and the winner of some swag!

Brenda Drake is hosting a first line blogfest today and tomorrow. Be sure to check out her blog for a list of participants! What’s up for grabs? A query critique, a 25 pages + query critique, and a 50 pages + query critique by none other than Weronika Janczuk, writer and agent with D4EO Lit [...]

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Woot! Woot! Wednesday: The Three-fer–Thanks for an award, rounding up the Sisterhood blog chain, and Snoopy was on to something here, I’m sure!

I’d like to give a BIG thanks to the super awesome & sweet, Young Adult writer and blogger, Heather Howland, for nominating me for the Stylish Blogger Award! Thanks, Heather, you’re the best! And now I feel totally fancy! Sa-weet!!!!!! ********** Deb’s up this week sharing her writerly goals for 2011. Pop on over and check [...]

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Mental Health Monday–Self-Evaluation

Part of mental health treatment includes identifying goals and monitoring progress. Having objective measures helps. Why? Well, it’s hard to see how far you’ve come when you’re neck deep in the mire of day to day life. It’s also hard to see improvements when your eye is focused solely on whittling away at the negatives. I [...]

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Flake-out Friday–BLOGIVERSARY!!!!

Wow. I’ve been blogging for ONE YEAR! My, my, how time flies!!! (Thank you, internet search for “blogiversary” for such great pics!) To celebrate, I’m having a super-fun, hopefully interactive, giveaway. You see, I found this super cute ornament at the Yankee Candle Flagship Store in Deerfield, MA a couple weeks ago and automatically thought [...]

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Mental Health Monday–Impulse Control AND Contest Winner for Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students

Drum roll please! The contest winner (generated by random.org) for Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students by Christine Fonseca is: BENOIT! Please send your address to my e-mail (laurabdiamond@yahoo.com). I’ll forward it to Christine and she’ll send you signed copy of Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! ********** The DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental [...]

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