Fiction Bragging – Feature Friday at Astraea Press

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

After the publication of Maya’s Vacation, I took part in the first Feature Friday story for Astraea Press. Feature Friday is a collaboration among a bunch of Astraea Press authors to write an ongoing story with three words as a starting point. Each Friday, a different author tackled the next leg of the story, taking [...]

Interview Bragging — Promoting Maya’s Vacation

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

It has come. This is the last week I’m spending on bragging about Maya’s Vacation, my romance novella about a woman who has to decide if she wants to chance her heart on an old flame all while painting and eating her vacation away. This week, I’m sharing a few snippets of interviews I’ve done [...]

Fiction Bragging — Interview With Maya Holden

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

We are still on my first published book, Maya’s Vacation, in this week’s fiction bragging post, and we will be for a few more weeks — I did a number of interviews promoting it when it came out last March, so I plan to point you toward one each week. But this first one is [...]

Fiction Bragging – Win a copy of Maya’s Vacation! Bonus: Listen to Me Read From It!

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

For this installment of my Thursday bragging series, I’m giving away 5 copies of my e-book, Maya’s Vacation! What’s that? You like to win things? Well, entering to win is easy. Just leave a comment on this post by next Wednesday, 5/9, and I’ll reveal the winners on Thursday.  Not familiar with Maya’s Vacation? We can [...]

Fiction Bragging – Maya’s Vacation

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

My bragging series has finally brought us to the publication of my first book, Maya’s Vacation! It is a romance novella, reaching just about 50 pages in all, and it was published by Astraea Press in March of last year. The whole process of having a book published was so exciting, from perusing the editor’s [...]

Maya’s Vacation on sale for 99 cents!

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Would you look at that? My romance novella, Maya’s Vacation, is on sale for 99 cents until New Year’s day. This sale is only happening at Amazon, so click here to purchase it. Forgotten about this story? Well, listen to me read two excerpts from it here or here or read the synopsis: Twenty-year-old Maya knew, [...]

Six Sentence Sunday

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to play! Here are my six for the week, from my romance novella, Maya’s Vacation. Dean stopped in front of a cherry-red jeep and put his suitcase down. She could see three or four more of his canvases peeking over the top of the seats. He leaned against [...]

Six Sentence Sunday

Sunday, July 17th, 2011

Time for another Six Sentence Sunday post–it’s been great fun participating and getting your feedback on such short snippets! Here’s another one from my romance novella, Maya’s Vacation. I’m out of town this week, so I many not be speedy on responding to comments, but please don’t let that discourage you from reading them! By the time [...]

Six Sentence Sunday

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

For this week’s Six Sentence Sunday, I’m sharing the very first six lines from my work-in-progess, an epic fantasy novel. I’ll be spending all of August working hard on this book–I’m really hoping I finish it this year. Feedback on if this first paragraph grabs your interest is definitely welcome. He was an enticing prospect, [...]

Six Sentence Sunday

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Time for another Six Sentence Sunday post–it’s been great fun participating and getting your feedback on such short snippets! Here’s another one from my romance novella, Maya’s Vacation. “Where are we going?” she asked after a few minutes of silent walking. She stopped to catch her breath, not knowing if the pace, the wine, or [...]