Hey Stitch Trilogy fans!  I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to an awesome feature of Goodreads that you may not already know about – Goodreads Listopia Lists! Why should I care about Goodreads Lists? There are a few reasons.  First, I’m a big fan of Goodreads Lists as reader b/c they are *invaluable* in helping me find recommendations for new books (even with very specific criteria like “Speculative New Adult Fiction“).  Not sure what to read next?  Search the Goodre

Did the story or characters take any unexpected directions from your original plans? I’m a big planner (especially when it comes to something like the Stitch Trilogy, which has a fairly complex backstory and very twisty storyline), so there hasn’t been too much divergence from my original plans, when it came to the main characters at least. But as the series has developed, I’ve found some of the side characters playing much bigger roles than I ever anticipated. Nikhil and Liz

HUGE thanks to Caro at The Book Rogue for creating these AWESOME Stitch Trilogy banners and Team Isaac/Team Joe badges!  Feel free to grab them to use on your site! More graphics and HTML code here: http://the-book-rogue.de/stitch-trilogy-banners-team-badges/ #teamjoe #ravingfans #isaac #banners #shudder #stitch #teamisaac #badges

Please note the “Just Kidding” at the bottom!!! Actual prizes listed at left. Hey everyone!  Just wanted to post a quick reminder that the Shudder Blog Tour Grand Finale Giveaway is ending this Monday, September 16th!  That means you have 3 more days to rack up entries.  What could you win?? 5 Winners. August 24 – September 16, 2013 Signed print copy of Stitch & Shudder for you and two friends (USA only) Signed (via Authorgraph) e-book copies of Stitch & Shudder for you and t

I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because typos are the bane of my existence!  (Sponsored post.) You may think that soaring sales numbers or rave reviews are any writer’s crowning achievements, but in my case, one of the greatest satisfactions of my writing career to date has been something far less glamorous: protestations that my writing is well-edited. After all, one of the main reasons self-published work gets a bad rap is because it’s often known to be riddled

So the Shudder Blog Tour is officially over.  WOW!  That was an action-packed summer, if I say so myself.  :-) BUT the excitement isn’t done *quite* yet…  You may have noticed some Grand Finale Recap posts like this one at Colorimetry going up at your favorite blogs over the past few days (and coming to more blogs in the next couple weeks!).  These handy posts include links to all the awesome Highlight Posts that went up the last few weeks of the tour, and in turn link back t

Wow, I can’t believe it’s September already… and you know what that means.  It’s the LAST OFFICIAL DAY of the Shudder Blog Tour!  Really??  That went by fast! There were also some shocking aspects — in the regard that I don’t find them too absurd to actually happen, like right now. Genius and insanity are utterly and truly a very fine line that tends to blurr alot. … Alessa and Isaac proofed very strong, very conflicted, yet also very open characters. They struggled through a