I have been fascinated, amused, worried, and angry over the continuing #cockygate saga. It basically boils down to this: author Faleena Hopkins successfully trademarked the word “cocky”. She has written a series of books (seventeen as of today) that involves a fictional family called the Cocker Brothers. First, let me get this out of the…
The Cover: Unwrapping Love
I have been so lucky as a writer to be a part of an amazing group of writers who support, scold, push and pull in all equal amounts of love and good intentions. What’s more incredible is that with busy schedules, and separated by coasts and time zones, these wonderful people worked together to produce…
It Takes a Village
A teaser from the amazing people behind Page Curl Publishing. Yes, it takes a village to write a book. I wrote a short story. It’s only 10,000 words but the work that went into getting it to publication, just like with the work that goes into any other book, took a village. It is a…
Cover Reveal: Unwrapping Love
I have mentioned Writing Wenches several times on this blog, but I don’t think I’ve really talked about what it is or who they are. The Writing Wenches is a group of writers (mostly women, thus the name but they do have male members) in different phases of their careers. There are some published authors,…
Unwrapping Love: Christine Emerson
CHRISTINE EMERSON The heroine in my holiday short story is my favorite heroine I’ve written so far. She’s spunky and brave. She’s in love with the hero but she does not sit around waiting for him to come around. She would be someone I would like to be when I grow up.
