CurvyWriter has been a BUSY Writer! I’ve been sorely neglecting my blog, my blog readers, and my book reviewing. I do have some good reasons, but they don’t excuse the neglect. Mostly, I’ve been BUSY. But hey, everyone is busy, so blah blah blah. Not, whining, I promise. Really I’ve … Continue reading
New Release Today: The Fall of Arhur by J.R.R. TOLKIEN
THE FALL OF ARTHUR
BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN
The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions [more]
Waiting On Wednesday: Magic Rises
This series was my first REAL initiation into urban fantasy. I got the second or third book at a book convention several years ago, read it and have been obsessed hooked ever since. I love ALL of Ilona Andrews's work, but it has been WAY too long since I've read [more]
Star Trek: Into Darkness: The Paperback
Yep, the official novelization of Star Trek: Into Darkness releases today! Despite the obvious fact that this is all a ploy to take my money...I'm stoked. *Throws money at screen.*
Star Trek Into Darkness
Months after the dramatic events seen in the 2009 blockbuster film Star Trek, the crew of the U.S.S. [more]
New Book Releases 5/21/13: A Pirate's Plunder and more...
Pirate's Plunder: An Adele Bonny Adventure
In this first book of the Adele Bonny Adventures trilogy, protagonist Adele Bonny begins as a self-satisfied woman in a happy marriage and a glamorous lifestyle in the Caribbean playground of the rich. But all is not what it seems. First the husbands infidelity comes [more]
Guest Post & Giveaway with E.R. Arroyo
Once I’ve written a test chapter or a few pages at least, I’ll go back through and decide if I really have enough to develop, and if I think it’ll be good. When I’m convinced to move forward, I begin a process called “snowflaking,” which is a certain form of [more]
Win A Copy of Voodoo Moon on GoodReads
WIN A SIGNED ARC!!!
With the official release of Voodoo Moon (Paranorm World #1) by June Stevens just a little over a month away, now is the time to enter the GoodReads giveaway to win a signed ARC.
Voodoo Moon (Paranorm World #1)
Zombies aren’t supposed to exist, yet they are turning up [more]
Questions to Ask Yourself Before Self-publishing
Self-publishing and being an "Indie Author" isn't for everyone. These are a few questions you should ask yourself before starting the process of self-publishing. There are no right or wrong answers. It is okay to answer “I don’t know” at first, but it is important to find out the answers [more]
Awesome Changes Coming to the CurvyWriter Blog
As many of you know, for the past year I have been 1/2 of the Geek Chick Radio show that airs every Monday on Blog Talk Radio. We love doing the show and have a huge listener base, unfortunately "geek" radio isn't "marketable" and our ability to keep paying for [more]
Sherry D. Ficklin and Tyler H. Jolley Get Recognized on Local TV for Attending BEA
What do you do when you are running errands and suddenly get a text saying your local TV station wants to interview you in a couple of hours? If you are an author, first you say, "Me? Really?" Then you scramble to get there. Then, if you are Sherry Ficklin [more]
Waiting on Wednesday: Horde by Ann Aguirre
I read all genres, and really don't read YA novels that often, yet it seems like all of the novels I'm looking forward to in the next months, and many I have in queue to read are YA. One of the most anticipated is this week's Waiting on Wednesday pick, [more]
New Book Releases 5/14/13: Inferno, Make Good Art, Impossible Odds and MORE...
This is a new post series I hope to do every week, to go hand in hand with the CurvyWriter Radio show which will be airing the first and third Tuesdays every month starting in June.
NEW RELEASES 5/14/2013
Inferno (Robert Langdon)
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology, Robert [more]
What I'm Reading: A New (to me) Author, Carrie Vaughn
I love discovering new authors and new series, even if they are just new to me. Carrie Vaughn is not a new author, she has a ton of books out, yet some how she has escaped my notice. Until now. I recently stumbled upon Vaughn's Kitty Norville Series.
Kitty is an [more]
Book Signing Survival Guide for Authors
Ever streaked buck naked through Central Park? That’s kind of what a book tour is like for an author. Only, we get to do it sitting down.
If, as a reader, you’ve never been to a book signing in person, you should do it as often as possible. Because writers need [more]
I was sifting through old word files, the few that were saved during the "great computer crash of 2010" and came across an article I wrote back in 2006 when I had a regular column in a now-defunct-ezine. It is one of the few surviving articles that hasn't been republished [more]
Today I’d like to talk about the most important aspect of a successful book. Editing.
Yes, I said editing. No it isn’t writing, formatting, cover art or even marketing and promotion. Editing. I’m not going to teach you how to edit, but I am going to stress in many different ways [more]
