Tag: snowbound
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My wish list – Autumn 2015
This weekend, I am in Skåne in southern Sweden. It’s a beautiful place–especially here in Yngsjöstrand, near Åhus (famous as the birthplace for Absolute Vodka–and yes, the Absolut distillery is still here). Autumn has already arrived here in Sweden–the leaves are turning colors and the air is chilly, the days are shorter… and it’s…
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Black and white in love–or why I write about interracial relationships
In July it will be twenty years since I left the United States behind and embarked on an adventure in the name of love in Scandinavia. I only knew a handful of people here–the man I was in love with and his family. At the time, it never occurred to me that this was not…
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2015, I’ve got my eye on you.
I know this is that time of year when I’m supposed to post about how I reached all of my publishing/writing goals and tell you how great I am and make you think I am super-organized/ambitious/fill-in-the-blank. But…I’m not going to do that. Why? Because it’s boring. Instead, I thought my buddy Ryan and I would…
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Prepping for NaNoWriMo
Every year, I (and loads of other writers) go a bit bonkers in the pursuit of completing a 50K+ word novel in a month. Yes, I mean NaNoWriMo. My 2011 NaNo novel became my first novel, Snowbound, which I published last autumn. I had a blast writing it and a lot of people…
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Brainstorming can save your life…or at least your novel
Last night, I returned to Stockholm after several days in Matera, Italy. I supposed you could say I was on vacation, but it was more of a working vacation. Why? I was there for intense brainstorming sessions with eleven other authors. Every year for the last 3-4 years, I’ve made it a priority to attend the…
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One week since the release of Maybe Baby & Maybe Tonight
Maybe Baby has been on sale for a little over a week and it’s doing really well. For that, I thank all of you who’ve purchased it and supported my writing dream. Thank you a thousand times over. So what’s happened in that week? Maybe Baby was (and still is) on Amazon’s Hot New Kindle…
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The Soundtrack of Mads and Laney’s Lives
I am one of those writers who needs music when she writes. Every writing project gets its own Spotify playlist. Snowbound had its playlist of music that captured Jake and Mia’s moods as well as the holiday spirit. The same is true for Maybe Baby. When I first began writing Laney’s story, music played a…
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Some lessons I’ve learned since I started self-publishing
This entire self-publishing journey I’ve been on since 2012 has been frustrating, cathartic, satisfying. When I first started, I had no clue what I was doing–I just jumped in and hoped for the best. Now you can take classes and learn the ‘right’ way to do it. I kind of like learning by doing. So…