Hey Bookish Boo! I missed you. It's been a minute in a half since we last connected, but I am so glad to see you! Let's see... what happened that I didn't get a chance to tell you... I got to hang out with one of my favorite authors - Tiffany Patterson THE Tiffany Patterson, creator of the Townsends of Williamsport and the Black Burlesque series! She invited me, ME, little ol' me to do a TikTok live where we talked about books, the book community, and our writing habits etc. It was AWESOME! I...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Hey Bookish Boo! It's been a week since Chaser dropped and I want to thank you all for your support. The book is doing great, the feedback has been awesome and the reviews are coming in. Which reminds me, if you haven't left a review for Chaser, please consider doing so soon. Traditionally when you hit 50 reviews, Amazon puts some respect on your name and supports your book more with their system. I'm at 32 reviews now so we are almost there! I've gotten some rad social media posts talking...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read
Bookish Boo Look! It's a book baby! And it's so pretty! Surprise I changed the cover! Ok enough exclamations. As you can see I'm excited. Very, very excited. The cover change was the result of why choose mentality. Not not that why choose. Months ago I sent out an email asking readers what they liked more, the straight bourbon cover or the cover with a Shayla inspo. It was a 50/50 split so... why choose? I like all of the above - and so does Shayla. Wait until you get to that chapter. Whoo!...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hey Bookish Boo! Chaser releases this week (Thursday) and you made me cry. And I am so grateful. See, last year when I released Heartbeat I had no idea whether anyone would dig the book as much as I did. I wasn't sure anyone would join my newsletter or give a darn about what I was doing on social media. I also worried if I could finish a second book. Sometimes when the first book is successful you get bogged down by what you think about others' expectation for the next book. The reality is,...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hey Bookish Boo! One week until the release of Chaser! I'm so excited for you to read the story of Shayla and Xavier and their journey to love. You know I love a giveaway so how's this one? I'm giving away three signed copies of Chaser and all you have to do to enter is send me a screenshot of your pre-order of Chaser. It doesn't matter if it's a paperback or ebook and it doesn't matter if you pre-ordered weeks ago. Reply to this email with your screenshot and you're in the running. I'm also...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hey Bookish Boo! I'm opening up my list again for Advance Review Copy (ARC) Readers for Chaser! To be an ARC Reader you simply need to sign up, read Chaser and write a review of it on your favorite platform for books within 10 days of its release i.e. Amazon, BookBub, or GoodReads. If you use social media, it always helps an author to post what you're reading and your thoughts. ARC readers help spread the word about new books via reviews and word of mouth. If you happen to have a bookstagram,...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hey Bookish Boo! This weekend I had the immense pleasure of appearing at the Ohioana Book Festival! It was the first major signing I've done for Heartbeat (and Love Never) and it was so much FUN! Mind you I'm an extroverted introvert and I totally burned through my peopling meter minutes, but it was worth it. I am so grateful for the opportunity. I got some great ideas on promotion and met a ton of readers and authors. Check out a quick vid: In other news, you still have time to vote...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
OOPS! I forgot to include this week's Fine AF Feature! Charge it to my head and not my heart because I am seriously digging Will Trent! (And the actor that plays him.) "Hey there Mr. Ramón Rodríguez!" It's a great show that my daughter turned me on to, she's an excellent show picker. And I had no idea it was a whole book series. Did you hear that crash? It was my TBR pile toppling over. Whether you checkout the show or not is up to you, but look at this MAN! Whew. You're welcome. T.
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hey Bookish Boo! I'm already tired tomorrow LOL! I spent all day getting things ready for the first stop on my book tour and I'm wiped. I'm counting how many hours I can sleep before I have to beat my face and slap my curls about. But also? I SPENT ALL DAY GETTING THINGS READY FOR THE FIRST STOP ON MY BOOK TOUR! AHHHHH! I am so excited to kick off Saturday 4/22 with an all day signing at the Ohioana Book Festival here in Columbus, Ohio. I'm nervous and tingly and hope I don't faint or swear...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read