Edits are in for Mind Games

Mind Games is book #3 (of 4) in the Cassie Scot Series. It follows Secrets and Lies, which you’re going to be hearing a lot more about as soon as I receive cover art. 🙂 Mind Games is the book that I think is the biggest turning point. For various reasons that I will share […]

Secrets and Lies Cover Art News

Secrets and Lies, Book 2 in the Cassie Scot Mystery Series, is still expected to be released in a few short months. As some of you know, cover art was the big delay for the first book. I was sure it would be available before Christmas but it took until early February to complete. As […]

Pump Up Your Book (+Kindle Fire Giveaway!)

My virtual blog tour begins today! Pump Up Your Book is sponsoring my three-month tour, which includes a KINDLE FIRE GIVEAWAY! To sign up for your chance to win, just go to my tour page at Pump Up Your Book and sign up! First stop: A book review at Sara’s Organized Chaos. A complete list […]

Book Review: Iced

14-year-old Dani from the Fever series is super-speeding through Dublin, living large and generally trying to be a superhero. But she isn’t the fastest or strongest thing on the streets, and one of those faster/stronger things — Ryodin — forces her to work for him. Something is icing people and fae alike. Who? Why? And […]

Follow Friday: Songs Like Books

Q: Is there a song that reminds you of a book? Or vice versa? What is the song & the book?   “Welcome to the Jungle” reminds me of The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. It may be partly because Butcher released a collection of short stories called “Welcome to the Jungle” based on those […]

Cassie Scot in Living Color

The outfit you see Cassie wearing on the cover is one I suggested to the artist. I found it on Nordstrom’s website, and knew it was the sort of thing Cassie would choose to wear — stylish and colorful. (The artist changed the color to better suit the picture.) In the book, Cassie says she […]

Secrets and Lies Edits are In

Edits are in for Secrets and Lies, book 2 of my Cassie Scot series. I know, I know…you’re all still waiting on #1. Well, just know that #2 won’t be far behind. I got a new editor for this book, and I’m quite pleased about it. She’s found a number of issues, one significant, most […]

Interview with Author Shah Wharton

Today, I’m joined by Shah Wharton, author of a new adult fantasy novel, Finding Esta… Shah, the “new adult” label is a relatively recent book category. How would you define the term? And what made you decide to write new adult, as opposed to young adult or adult? Actually, Heather from Buried in Books told […]

The Hot Seat

One of my favorite things to do with my characters is to tie them up, shine a bright light on them, and ask them difficult questions until they squirm. Okay…not literally. Although I often picture them that way in my head. You can’t always accept the first thing a character tells you as gospel truth. […]

The Next Big Thing – A Blog Hop

1) What is the working title of your next book? My “next” four books have already been written and will be coming out back to back to back starting in May, with Cassie Scot: ParaNormal Detective. The rest of the books in the series are Secrets and Lies, Mind Games, and Dreamer. As for what […]