I am super excited about this. It has been nearly 6 months since Modern Persuasion was released and it has been a whirlwind of activity. I have learned so much about publishing in this time. Surprisingly, I have learned a lot about me as well… like that I’m not great at face-to-face marketing. There isRead more
It’s always fascinating to see the web of my world come to life. Yes, I didn’t grow up in Massachusetts, but my mother did and my parents lived here for quite a while before we moved to Miami. Even now, after 15 years, I have connections where I least expect it. One of those connectionsRead more
I love the city I live in and their devotion to books. I love that I get to be part of that as an author and as a librarian. I have only had to say no to one local event and that was because I was in Chicago at the same time. When I wasRead more
One of the things I love, as a reader, is a book trailer. It sets the tone for the book and provides a preview of what is going to happen. It was intimidating to think about and things were too crazy in April and May to consider one. As I work on Phi Alpha Pi,Read more
One of the most enjoyable parts of promoting Modern Persuasion is connecting with new people and talking with them. One way I have done that has been going to book clubs. My own book club session doesn’t really count. These are women I know and love. They helped me prepare for other book clubs andRead more
It felt like forever since I had been to New York City, but it had only been 2 years. It was a crazy two years, but that’s not really a long time to have not been able to visit. I shared a lot of my NYC photos on Instagram, but I didn’t share everything. IfRead more
Publishers and editors typically have nothing to do with book tours. I learned this as I asked authors, publicists, and publishers during my research for Modern Persuasion. Can you imagine how frustrated I was when I learned this? It put me in a small tail spin because, since I had quickly written my first draft,Read more
Today I am sharing the monthly Pinterest board from my account. It’s all related to tea and it’s role in Modern Persuasion! Actually, I called the board “Cup cup cup cup tea tea tea tea.” It’s the chant that Emma (and Fredrick) keep saying. It’s originally from My Fair Lady. As a tea drinker myself,Read more
A few weeks ago, before I knew how quickly it could happen, I promised everyone that, if I got 100 people to add Modern Persuasion to their GoodReads TBR list, I’d release a pair of short stories I wrote for Modern Persuasion. Well, thanks primarily to running a giveaway on GoodReads, it happened this pastRead more
Today is the final character profile for Modern Persuasion. Over the last year, this has been one of my favorite posts to write on this blog. In the process I fell in love with characters I hadn’t really thought much about originally. There were some moments when I wondered if other people cared about theseRead more