Author of Young Adult Fiction
It’s here! This is the day! I have waited SOO long to share this book with YOU! What’s it all about? Well, let me tell you … What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her. In exactly eight months, five days, …
I am SOOO excited! I get to share the cover of Day After, Book 2 in the 19th Year Trilogy, with you! And the blurby goodness … Demon crypts. Vampire lairs. Glowing angels. Sexy sirens. The stuff of fiction. Or so Winn Thomas always thought. …
Are you ready? Count it down with me … 31 What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her. In exactly eight months, five days, three hours and thirteen minutes, Mac has to choose what she’ll be for the rest of her …
Why? Because from start to finish, from all those people who added After Dark to one of their lists (all 2000 of them as of September 24th), Number 1020 is the winner of … An ebook ARC and a signed bookmark! Yes! Seriously! So let’s …
And here it is! After Dark’s book trailer! I’m SOOOOOOO thrilled and excited to be able to share this with you!!! SQQQQUUUUUUEEEEEEE! I hope you love it!
No, not like that! Where did your mind go? I’m talking about under the cover of After Dark!! Woohoo! I get to share an excerpt of After Dark with you! I hope you like it! [Insert cringing and biting nails!] If you don’t, just shush. …
I have 10 bookmarks to give away! 10! Woohoo! And they are ALLLL signed. How can YOU get one of these? Well … it’s really easy. All you have to do is read this answer the following question. Mac is not a conformist — as …
Thank you, up front, to “I Am A Reader, Not A Writer”, and The Non Reluctant Reader for hosting this awesome hop! Wheeee! I’m a debut author so I’m thrilled to be a part of this hop! And … the blurb … What eighteen year …
Woohoo!! Today I get to share a whole bunch ‘o goodies with you! These are all my digital tchotchkes … you know, digital dust catchers but fun ones! Check ’em out! 🙂 Whatcha think?
Woohoo!! I would say ‘That is all …’ but wait! There’s more! Here’s the story description from the back of the book: What eighteen year old Mac Thorne doesn’t know will probably kill her. In exactly eight months, five days, three hours and thirteen minutes, …
I’ve been tagged for a “Lucky 7 Meme”! What exactly is The Lucky 7 MEME? Here’s how it works: Go to p. 77 of current WIP So, I’ve done this, using my final manuscript for my YA novel, which will not correlate to the page …
I’m totally stealing the good news from the J. Taylor Publishing blog! Novelist, Emi Gayle, Set To Debut After Dark, the First of a Young Adult Trilogy, In October 2012 Yes! That’s ME!!! Author, Emi Gayle, just wants to be young again. She’s been able …
You get 250 words from After Dark (the first 250 words) to guess the age of the main character, Mackenzie, better known as Mac. 🙂 Why? Because I’m participating in Brenda Drake’s Can We Guess Your Character’s Age? Blogfest Contest What do you get out …
I’m very cheery this morning because November is over and I won! Go me! Go Team Me! 🙂 Every year, about this time, November to be exact, a flurry of writing begins and ends around the world. You see … November was National Novel Writing …
A critique is like an ingredient to a pot of chili. The chili just happens to be your story. If you wanna make the story better, you gotta let the ingredients simmer. Doesn’t even Wendy’s restaurant have a thing that says “Good chili cooks for …
The following 252 words are the first … ‘250 words’ (to end of sentence) … of After Dark. I’ve been instructed, by my fabuloso writer buddy Claire Gillian, to post these here so others may weigh in with their opinions. Once those opinions have been …
Two weeks, 2000 words gone, After Dark has been through my standard edits. What are those standard edits? The first is a pass by one of my writer buddies. Gotta get ideas solidified and the really bad stuff I won’t see fixed right away The …
So I spent the last 2.5 months writing the first draft of After Dark and last week, I finished! As of today, I have completed my first full draft edit (from my illustrious writer buddy). I am now 1/3 of the way through the 2nd …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +3562 Word challenges added into scenes: None. All last word challenges left for some other time. Total word count to-date: 78,756 (100% done with this story!) Notes: That’s it! THE END. But, since this is the first of …
Additional word count (+/- with a few edits to previous): +2181 Word challenges added into scenes: None … but I have two left for tomorrow. Total word count to-date: 75,194 (94% done with this story!) Notes: Last chapter!! Last chapter! I’m in the closing chapter!! I will write …