Readers want niche blogs. No one wants to read about every topic under the sun with no particular slant or theme. It’d be like slogging through a ball bit of all green balls to find the only purple one. No not this kind of brand 😛 Both bloggers and authors need to establish themselves as a brand. A brand can … Read More
WAM Moment of the Week
Blog makeover day is tomorrow! Just saying 😀 We all have times when something happens where you know that it’s annoying and totally not funny, but the back of your brain is laughing at you cause you know it’ll be funny later and that if it happened to anyone else you’d find it hilarious! Or there’s times as a mommy … Read More
My Rad Recipe Plan
So as many of you, my oh-so-wonderful readers, might have noticed my recipe tab above is pretty much empty, it just references the fact that I use allrecipes.com a whole lot. Well no more! I’m actually going to start adding recipes to it now. I know, I know, should’ve been done a long time ago, but I’m finally getting to … Read More
Peacock Flock Review #23 – The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back
The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back Author: Sariah Wilson Length: ~ 224 pages Genre: Romance Heat level: Clean Stars: 3 Enjoyable Purple Stars Book Summary: Everyone knows how all those fairy tales go. The princess gets beautiful, nabs her prince, falls instantly in love, lives happily ever after and leaves her evil stepsisters in the dust. But what happens when you’re … Read More
Mini-Makeover Finally Happening!
Yes a lot has been happening but I’m finally back on the writing bandwagon. And although it should’ve happened in August I’m happy to announce that a mini-makeover of this blog will be happening on September 18th! Hooray! So stay tuned as there’ll be some great posts leading up to the new blog reveal and some more awesome posts after … Read More
The Curse of The Creative Side
So anyone with even the smallest tiniest creative bone in their thumb knows that when an idea takes you it’s pretty dang awesome. But for all of us whose creativeness is something we absolutely thrive on, well, it can sometimes be a hinderance. That’s what today’s post is gonna be all about. (Hooray for being back on the wagon for … Read More
Update: Moving Stinks and My Computer's Down
So a rather short post today as I’m typing this on my cellphone because the power cord on my laptop is toast. Bah humbug. Which also means my writing has come to a standstill. And in case any of you lovely readers haven’t noticed I didn’t make my April deadline for my book which is why the blog’s been dead … Read More
Gotta Hit this Deadline — Plus a Blog Makeover
So over the course of the 4+ years of writing my novel I’d say I’ve made about 10 different deadlines for myself. I’ve only met three of them. As you can imagine this is pretty frustrating, so I’m determined to make the one I’ve now set. Until that happens I’ve gotta leave off the blog for a bit. (all reviews … Read More
Peacock Flock Review #22 – Stitch
Stitch Author: Samantha Durante Length: ~ 314 pages Genre: Romance/Dystopian Heat level: Clean Stars: 4 Stupendous Purple Stars Book Summary: Her heart races, her muscles coil, and every impulse in Alessa’s body screams at her to run… but yet she’s powerless to move. Still struggling to find her footing after the sudden death of her parents, the last thing college … Read More
Peacock Flock Review #21 – Bitnapped
Bitnapped Author: J. T. Carroll Length: ~ 137 pages Genre: Suspense Heat level: Clean Stars: 2.5 Somewhere Between Stars Book Summary: Kelly graduated from MIT, but it wasn’t enough to secure her dream job in this economy. Instead, she labors as an intern at a software company. On the way to work one morning, Kelly interrupts a masked man who … Read More