The mixed blessing of the holidays

The mixed blessing of the holidays
Deanna
December 21, 2011

I don’t think anyone who has lost someone close to them ever feels purely happy during the holidays. I remember as a child, having a very clean joy. I was …Read more

My middle grade novel is out in the world — welcome, Jinnie Wishmaker!

My middle grade novel is out in the world — welcome, Jinnie Wishmaker!
Deanna
November 28, 2011

I’ve been kinda quiet about a little marketing experiment I got involved in with BooksonBoard.com. This company, one of the largest independent e-book retailers online, decided a few months ago …Read more

Shutting out the world, 30 days at a time

Deanna
November 23, 2011

My life gets pretty crazy. Two kids. A split household. Two small businesses. Sometimes you can’t see my sink. Okay, usually you can’t see the sink. But despite the day-to-day …Read more

The Smashwords NaNoWriMo Project has free chapters of Stella & Dane for download

Deanna
November 22, 2011

Smashwords is one of the current bastions of the independent-publishing movement. I noticed today that they have been running a project in conjunction with National Novel Writing Month to promote …Read more

Stella & Dane Excerpt 3: Grandma’s last jewels

Stella & Dane Excerpt 3: Grandma’s last jewels
Deanna
November 18, 2011

Earlier in the novel you learn that Stella considers her grandmother to be her mother figure. But she’s been sent home from the nursing home in hospice care for end-stage …Read more

Stella & Dane Excerpt 2: The girlfriend has claws

Deanna
November 10, 2011

The writing is going well! I have clocked in at 11,000 words. In the first excerpt, you met Stella, who wanted to climb the water tower during the day as …Read more

On writing love scenes at 7 a.m.

On writing love scenes at 7 a.m.
Deanna
November 8, 2011

So last night Stella and Dane finally got to meet, carefully dove tailing this introduction to the way it was described in Baby Dust. Of course, Dane already HAS a …Read more

Obsession and 80s Poison (the perfume, not the band)

Deanna
November 6, 2011

Since the main character of my new novel works in a perfume shop in the mid-1980s, I’ve had to do a bit of research. I remember a few bottles tossed …Read more

Opening pages to my new novel Stella & Dane

Deanna
November 3, 2011

The new book has begun! Everyone loved Stella from Baby Dust so much that I decided to tell her backstory. So much happens to her in the 44 years prior …Read more

Free stuff! And a prequel to Baby Dust!

Deanna
October 16, 2011

So many people have asked about Stella’s back story from my novel Baby Dust, that I have decided to write her story next. Fans of the first novel can absolutely …Read more

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