Four Month Countdown (hopefully)

I’ve really dropped the ball on being active on social media lately, but despite that, I seem to continue to have organic growth, steadily gaining followers who seem to be finding me for the right reasons. With only four months to go until THE AFTER HOURS is supposed to hit shelves (!), it’s time to kick things into high gear marketing wise. However, there are a few things up in the air regarding the publication of my book that have left me in somewhat of a limbo. I feel that it’s only fair that I share it with my handful…

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My Cover is Live!

I posted my cover reveal over on instagram a few days ago and I’m so thankful for how well it was received. I’m also glad to have finally been able to reveal it to the world since it was popping up on various pages across the internet! This industry is wild. I’m so, so proud of my cover. The cover designer at my publisher captured my exact vision. I’ve also been sitting on this since the beginning of the year! Social media still makes me feel like the kid at the playground that no one wants to play with. The…

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It’s Always Like This

My family and I went on a road trip to Arizona over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. It was lovely, but as always with two tiny humans and a puppy, still pretty draining. I took my computer with me, but I wrote zero words. As per usual, I had big dreams of using my evenings after the kids went to bed to churn out the words that are screaming at me to come out. Or even use the six hours in the car to write and pass the time. I’m hilarious, I know. I did unplug entirely from social…

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Finally, somewhere to post that isn’t social media

I finally have an up-and-running website with a blog function. It’s not much, but it’s a platform where I don’t have to adhere to ambiguous and ever-changing social media rules. Just good old blogging. Believe it or not, then I started writing THE AFTER HOURS, social media was not a thing (yes, that’s how long this book has been spinning around in my head). I never thought that social media would become such a huge part of the work you have to put in to be an author. When social media first made its appearance (cough, cough, MySpace) I never…

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