I’m delighted to be teaming up with JustRead Publicity Tours today to tell you about the Art of Writing 2023 webinars! This is one of my very fave writing conferences, and I’ve been attending it since its very first year, whether it’s in person or virtual. This year, I’m excited to […]
Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for JustRead Rendezvous, hosted, sponsored, and organized by JustRead Publicity Tours! I shared with y’all back in July about this reader-author event, and I’ve been spotlighting the THIRTY AUTHORS (yay!) every week in my First Line Friday & Weekly Update posts. But I wanted to […]
Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today I’m featuring the first line of The Metropolitan Affair by Jocelyn Green! I can’t wait to read this book – Jocelyn is […]
JANE AUSTEN’S LITTLE BOOK OF WISDOM: Words on Love, Life, Society, and Literature AUTHOR: Jane Austen COMPILED BY: Andrea Kirk Assaf GENRE: Literary Quotes, Self Help, Gift Books PUBLISHER: Hampton Roads Publishing RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2023 PAGES: 400 The ultimate companion for the Jane Austen fan filled with her […]
Gather with fellow readers and authors at JustRead Rendezvous to celebrate Christian fiction and sweet reads. Who else wants to attend this reader/author event in November, organized by JustRead Publicity Tours?! I am SO EXCITED about the Rendezvous! Ever since I started this blog, my heart has been to connect […]
Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for ACFW Storyfest, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! You are Invited ACFW Storyfest August 24-26, 2023 Hyatt Regency at the Arch, St. Louis When hundreds of authors gather for their annual ACFW conference in August, readers are invited to participate in their own event on […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is authors I read for the first time in 2022. Some of these were debut authors but others were authors whose books I just sadly hadn’t had time to read yet. I definitely enjoyed my first experience with each of these author’s […]
Happy Tuesday, reading & writing friends! Each week until the Art of Writing Conference, I will be spotlighting a different session that is available in this year’s line-up. As one of the directors of the Art of Writing Conference (with the fabulous Jamie Lapeyrolerie) I’m super excited about each of […]
Happy Thursday, reading & writing friends! Each week until the Art of Writing Conference, I will be spotlighting a different session that is available in this year’s line-up. As one of the directors of the Art of Writing Conference (with the fabulous Jamie Lapeyrolerie) I’m super excited about each of […]
Happy Wednesday, reading & writing friends! Each week until the Art of Writing Conference, I will be spotlighting a different session that is available in this year’s line-up. As one of the directors of the Art of Writing Conference (with the fabulous Jamie Lapeyrolerie) I’m super excited about each of […]
Welcome to the Takeover Blitz for the 2022 Art of Writing Conference organized by ECPA, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m so honored to be one of the co-directors of this year’s conference, as well as a panelist. I would LOVE to see you there! A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE […]
Welcome to the Blog Blitz for Getting Past the Publishing Gatekeepers by Hope Bolinger, Linda Fulkerson, Rowena Kuo, and Carrie Schmidt (oh hey, that’s me!), hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! Keep reading for an excerpt from my section of this helpful book for aspiring as well as multi-published authors! GETTING […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is authors I read for the first time in 2021 and I’m actually following it this week! Wonders never cease, right? 😉 Some of these were debut authors but others were authors whose books I sadly hadn’t had time to read yet. […]
Happy Tuesday! Today on Top Ten Tuesday, we’re revisiting a topic we did five years ago – ‘the authors I’ve read the most’. Back in 2015, that was one of the first TTT posts that I did, so it’s been super fun to see how my reading habits & authors […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is all about what – or who – we would need for a bookish party. I decided to throw a hypothetical murder mystery party and invite some of my fave authors of cozy mysteries (or mysteries that have that cozy feel if […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is authors with a fun social media presence. I already am wincing as I type this intro because i KNOW i’ve left out way too many people but I made myself stick to the first 10 that popped into my head. You can […]
In case you’re just joining us, this week (and next week too!) I’ve had the incredible privilege of hosting 10 authors who have banded together to offer a FABULOUS giveaway in appreciation of YOU, their readers. You can win 10 books, PLUS a $100 Amazon Gift Card. I mean… […]