Posts about my debut novel – Please, Pretty Lights
Today would have been Bob Marley’s 70th birthday. I adore him, and I can’t help but throw my two cents up onto the interwebs. I offer a one-question Marley quiz for you. When you hear the name Bob Marley, what word first comes to mind? A) Jamaica B) Marijuana C) Dreadlocks D) That overplayed commercial
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I am honored to have been interviewed by Mary Rowen on her blog.
Follow Mary on her website or via Twitter (@maryjrowen).
I was interviewed by A.C. Fuller (@AC_Fuller1) for episode #2 of his Writer 2.0 podcast. Listen to it on iTunes.
#whyIstayed is a popular hashtag these days. I commend those who are sharing. Now it’s my turn. I’ve been asked often since the release of “Please, Pretty Lights” the same question. Where did you come up with this story? I know what they are really asking. “Have you ever been punched in the face?” I [...]
I had the honor of being interviewed by @skiwee47 about Please, Pretty Lights and myriad other topics. Listen to the entire interview on blogtalkradio.
I’m rather psyched about this post. I was recently tagged by fellow Booktrope author Nicole Persun (www.nicolejpersun.com) and asked to answer four questions about writing. It was a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy. Note to the following three northwest authors: consider yourself tagged. Email me for further instructions. Mary Rowen, A.C. Fuller and Laura
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Blessed, humbled, and gratefully astonished. I have been all of those things since the Please, Pretty Lights launch party last week. Here are my six favorite moments of awesome in chronological order: Awesome moment number six: The day of the party, a gorgeous bouquet of flowers arrived from my mother-in-law Lynne who lives in Arizona.
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This week Booktrope releases my debut novel Please, Pretty Lights on Amazon and bookstores will be able to order through Ingram. I have been given permission to leak the first few pages. I hope you enjoy.
I’ve been a writer for more than 20 years, but am just now posting my first blog. Here’s a little backstory. It all started one morning back in the 1970s when a chimpanzee terrorized my neighborhood. I grew up in West Seattle by the way, not Africa. “Mommy, there’s a monkey in the yard!” She didn’t believe us, not until innocent blood was
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