As I've promised, I'm trying to be as transparent as possible about the process of getting ELECTED ready for publication.  That way friends who are reading my blog get to hear the inside scoop, and aspiring authors can hopefully get something out of my experiences.  And since I'm a debut author and everything along the way is new for me, I can tell it to you as I'm learning. Thus, here's the latest on ELECTED:  The last stage of editorial is finished!  The manuscript is now out of developmental and line edits.  It's making it's way through the galley phase this month.  That's where the publisher...

My publicist, Suzanne van Rooyen, is publishing her own book, THE OTHER ME.  She's been so nice in helping me get the word out about ELECTED, it's my pleasure to post info about her novel.  And there's a giveaway too! Title: The Other Me Author: Suzanne van Rooyen Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Release Date: 19 Dec, 2013 Length: 216 pages Genre: YA, LGBT, contemporary Fifteen-year-old Treasa Prescott thinks she’s an alien. She doesn’t fit in with the preppy South African private school crowd and feels claustrophobic in her own skin. Treasa is worried she might spend life...