Dark Storm Rising by Jesseca Wheaton
Title: Dark Storm Rising Author: Jesseca Wheaton Genre: historical adventure Era: 1938 (WW2) Setting: Austria, Europe Publisher: Jesseca Wheaton Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 4/5 Dark Storm Rising by Jesseca Wheaton Helena and Max are just two normal cousins living in north-east Austria. But when Hitler takes over Germany and […]
A Quick Blogging Tip
I admit I came to the computer today with no post to give you. I sat down and logged into WordPress and created a new post and categorized it under “Noveling Advice” … and I waited. Another glance at the schedule (because maybe my eyes deceived me the first time?) confirmed the fact that today is indeed […]
Courting Morrow Little by Laura Frantz
Title: Courting Morrow Little Author: Laura Frantz Genre: historical adventure/romance Era: late 1700s Setting: Kentucke (Kentucky) frontier, United States Publisher: Revell Source: from library Overall Rating: 3.5/5 Courting Morrow Little by Laura Frantz Morrow Little is haunted by the memory of the day her family was torn apart by raiding Shawnee warriors. Now that she […]
Guest Post: Five Secrets to Writing Fantasy
Hi, guys! Today I’m going to be hosting another guest post. I’m really excited to introduce Sarah of Riding for Jesus with her guest post, “Five Secrets to Writing Fantasy.” Hello everyone! I’m Sarah, and today Kellyn is letting me do a guest post on … FIVE SECRETS OF WRITING FANTASY! I love to write fantasy. It […]
Beyond Her Calling Plot Reveal and the Final Q&A Vlog
Today I’m going to be telling you a little about one of my current WIPs, Beyond Her Calling (The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book 4). I haven’t been sharing very much information with you up until now … but I think it’s time. Here’s my first attempt at a blurb: After Alice’s marriage and […]
The Crowd by Alleece Balts
Title: The Crowd Author: Alleece Balts Series: The Crowd, #1 Genre: Contemporary YA/Romance Era: contemporary Setting: Vermont, United States Publisher: Alleece Balts Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 5/5 The Crowd by Alleece Balts Whitfield Preparatory Academy ought to be the perfect school… Not only does the Academy boast a distinguished […]
A Lot (and I mean a lot) of Blog Tags
January 2017 Blog Tag Catch-Up Day Just so you know, I’ll be nominating a lot of people (or as many as I can think of) at the end of this post. Thanks Abigail @ The Freckles Fashonista for nominating me! <3 -Rules- Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog. […]
January 2017 Spotlight: Yet Another Peek into the Workings of At Her Fingertips
Another spotlight is upon us, and today I’m going to veer into uncharted waters with a discussion about The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy, Book 3: At Her Fingertips. What? you say. You’ve posted thousands of excerpts and quotes and made us read through post upon post about every stage of your outlining and writing process! […]
In Which I Humiliate Myself
Since you all seem to like me, I decided that should change. How am I going to go about changing that? Well, I’m going to post a lot of random excerpts from books I wrote … years ago. For this, I have to go here: Yep. The file folder “No Longer in Use.” *lightning, thunder, […]
Ten Things You Need to do to Survive as an Author (and the Q&A Vlog Part 2)
Okay, let’s just start with a disclaimer: I’m not being serious. This is a fun, silly post. However, there are grains of truth in it, too. At least, I think so. Now, today I’m going to tell you of ten things you need to do to survive as an author. Now, in this case, I […]
The Innocent by Willowy Whisper
Title: The Innocent Author: Willowy Whisper Series: Hills of Innocence, #1 Genre: Historical Mystery/Romance Era: probably late 1800s (Old West) Setting: the Old West Publisher: Willowy Whisper Source: from author (in exchange for honest review) Overall Rating: 4/5 The Innocent by Willowy Whisper “I wonder who would shoot a girl so young…?” The question haunted […]
January 2017 Dares (and New Year’s Resolutions)
Wow. Can you believe that it’s 2017? I sure can’t. I mean, I can believe that it’s 2017 … I’m not, like, doubting its existence or anything, but … wow! 2016 was such an amazing year! Almost nothing went wrong. Almost everything went right. But now we’ve got to move on to a new year. […]