My self-aggrandizing post

by | Oct 9, 2015 | Uncategorized

Just a quick Friday post since the boss is off to a signing. Have you read any of the nominees for the BTS Magazine 2015 book awards? Eclectic Bard Books has FOUR authors nominated! ME ME ME…for Best Book – The Red Queen Aedan Byrnes…for rising star...

Methods & madness

by | Oct 7, 2015 | Uncategorized

Just when I think that I’ve finally grasped the method to the rainbow seizure of post its going up, on what looks like a big calendar to me, something changes. I thought I understood why there were places and conflicts and such, and I almost understood the going...

Feelin' jipped (& a fill in the blank)

by | Oct 2, 2015 | Uncategorized

I realized the other day as I was sitting on the deck watching the sunset that we’d been jipped once again. I mean, here we are, late September, and there were more warm summer like days after the kids returned to school than we had all summer long. We...

Colored post-its everywhere

by | Sep 30, 2015 | Uncategorized

As many of you know, I dropped my pride and asked the owner of EBB for some help with Kingdoms. I worked with a plotting person and made some great strides, but at the end of the day, fell short. I’m now living in a post it rendition of a skittles commercial....

Rogue sticky notes.

by | Sep 28, 2015 | Uncategorized

I have learned how to plot in color from the master, Cherry Adair. Her willingness to share her system has endeared her to me forever! That said, she did not include in her training the mastery of bending them to your will constantly and they have minds of their own....

The world, she's a changing.

by | Sep 25, 2015 | Uncategorized

This world anyway. 🙂 As one of the three original Bards at Eclectic Bard, 2015 has been an intriguing year. We have grown to seven and three of the additions have debuted as new authors. A fourth will debut as a new author in April. With the addition of Miranda...

2016 Author Event with available tables

by | Sep 15, 2015 | Uncategorized

Hot Titles and Authors are coming to Crestview…are you?   Florida Author Takeover event is shaping up to be an awesome event. July 2016 will host a great ensemble of authors and genres in Crestview Florida. The event still has tables available if you are...

Magic days and other amazing moments

by | Sep 14, 2015 | Uncategorized

So a month or so ago we found out that Abyrne’s The Red Queen was nominated for 2015 Best Book, and Aedan’s Warrior’s Watchtower put him in the mix for Rising Star Author at BTS magazine for the awards being given in Atlanta at TNEE. Friday night we...

When there's no one left but you.

by | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized

For all the myriad reasons why words don’t come, I know this much to be true. On days when the world slows and I can see clearly, the only reason there is for me not to have written, is me. It is a hard truth. It is also an easy truth. We as writers can fool...