This month I am SUPER excited to announce the first ever anthology published by Raven's Hollow Art & Publishing! This April 21st Happily Ever After will be published and available in ebook and print! The ebook will be available on all major platforms and the paperback will be available to order online from Amazon and... Continue Reading →
Hello and welcome to my belated Preptober 2022 blog post! Preptober is a relatively new event where writers the world over prepare for a national (and international) event called Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month). Nanowrimo is a month long writing challenge to finish a book in one month. Preptober is all about preparing for that... Continue Reading →
News from The Hollow!
Happy belated New Year! I am READY for spring!!!!1111one Get me out of this house already! It's definitely been cabin fever over here. A couple of nice sunny days and I've pulled my seeds out for gardening and started the annual spring cleaning (PURGE), where I load up the Facebook marketplace and trading groups with... Continue Reading →
Art to Start the Year
Happy New Year ^_^ Where to start? I have all of these blogging ideas and a backlog of started drafts for my blog, but between working on improving my art style, looking after my wee fairy child, and writing a novella, I haven't had much time for blog posts. However, I am here to report... Continue Reading →
Inktober, Fantasy Indies Spooktober, and Spectober–October has been a Busy Month
If you've been following me on Instagram or Twitter, you might have noticed that I've been doing #Inktober I have learned recently that there has been some controversy in the art community with the creator of Inktober, but at this time have decided to finish the month with the original Inktober prompt list and will... Continue Reading →
A little over a year ago when I first realized my newsletter was my best and most under utilized tool, I decided to take a course by Mark Dawson. His Self Publishing Formula (SPF) courses are pretty well known and he offers a Facebook Ads course for authors for free. If you want to learn... Continue Reading →
Soul Prison
I'm officially announcing the title of my new novel and doing that sweet, sweet cover reveal. My mailing list saw it first, but if you're reading this, now it's your turn 😀 Soul Prison is a side story in The Necromancer series and focuses on Cecile and her undead family as they make a pitstop... Continue Reading →
4 Affordable Editing Options
Whether you've finished your first novel or you are an experienced publisher, editing isn't always a service you can afford. There are options when it comes to more affordable editing and we'll go through a couple of them. When I first published in 2012, I found an editor on Kijiji. She said she worked in... Continue Reading →
Finish Your Novel: Struggling with a Schedule
For right-brainers like myself, it’s not easy to follow a schedule. I sit down and make schedules all the time but by nature, I break them; daily, weekly, every minute. What is a right-brainer like myself to do? I give myself weekly deadlines with a little wiggle room. I set objectives instead of goals. Objectives... Continue Reading →
The Dark Curse and Death Made Me Do It
*dusts off her blog and fluffs it up a little* It's been a while. Despite the challenges my family has faced recently and the challenges we've all faced through this pandemic, I have surprisingly been productive. As some of you may know, Detective Docherty and the Dark Curse has officially been published, both the eBook... Continue Reading →