Thursday, 24 April 2025

44 Facts About Translucent [CC]


Giving you 44 facts about Translucent and the world its in! #Authortube
 
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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

#TeaserTuesday


Zya is pretty sure Kai is the most viable suspect...

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“We'll find a way, Avery,” Kai said, holding up a hand. “I do have a question though, Zya.”
“Go for it, it's not like we're getting any sleep,” I said, trying to stifle a yawn.
“Why did you choose mostly underage people to help on your 'mission'?” She even made air quotes about the word.
I swallowed down the uncomfortable lump in my throat. So far, Kai had been the only one to really question my leadership abilities. I couldn't blame her, we were young.

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Monday, 21 April 2025

Getting Back To Two Books A Year - The Creative Process

GETTING BACK TO TWO BOOKS A YEAR

For the past few years I have been, at most, publishing one book a year. I went through a period before that of doing two, one year I did three, and I will never do that many again, but my usual was two, and I was happy with that. I stopped doing two for a few reasons. One, I had a book ready to go to the editor, but decided that I did not feel like it was at the right stage. So I pulled the release and spent more time on it. Two, I didn't want to have an odd number of books, so I went with one the next year to even things out. And three, my former editor changed careers and for a time she thought she might be able to manage, and then realised that she wouldn't, and I had to wait to find a different editor, and then because it'd have been another odd book year, I waited until this year to do two.

So how does it feel? To be back in the two books a year, the balancing of covers, reveals, pre-order, editing, and all of the things that go along with it? Well right now I have one book at the pre-order stage. I've done absolutely everything I can with it. I've edited, proofed, and the final version is all uploaded and ready to go. It's with ARC readers now, and so there is very little I can do with it. The second book though has just gone to the editor, and I've had back a couple of my edit letters ready to start my edits in May. I have the front cover for it, the cover reveal all planned, and then all the other little bits and pieces coming together. 

I'm also revising one of the releases for next year, getting that ready to go to the editor in November, and it's a lot to cope with, a lot to get done. I can certainly remember how stressful it was before, and it's a little less stressful now, but still up there with the angst and anxiety and the worry. It's a lot of work. I know I've already said that, but I truly don't think non-writers really do grasp the amount of back end work that gets done before a release, and that's trad and indie because we both go through a number of different stages that are about the same.

That said, I like doing two books a year, which is why I came back to it when I could. I liked having less than a year, or a year between series releases, and I liked the way it helped clear some of my backlist, since I have a fair few books there already and I'm pretty set drafting wise for a number of years. I like being able to release and share my stories. It's something I work hard to do, and something that has taken a lot of balancing and juggling and all the rest, but has also opened me up to the possibility of keeping this going so long as my editor and everyone else involved is on board with that.

Releases, for indie anyway, they cost money. There are editors to be paid, even before that sensitivity readers who also need to be paid. I have to pay my cover designer, I have to pay for things that you wouldn't think about simply because I use those platforms to help with my promo images and the like. There is a whole lot of money that is behind, at least, my releases, and I have to really be sure both that I can manage it, and also that I'm able to put in the work. After all, I'm chronically ill and disabled. I don't have unlimited energy and I don't have anything really to pull from should I need help of some kind.

But are they worth it to me? Yes, very much so. Getting back to two books a year was always the goal, and it will remain that as long as I'm able to sustain it, but it does take a lot out of me, and it would anyone. But if it's something you have the means and ability to do, and mostly, if you want to do it, then it's worth it, and that's about it really.

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Friday, 18 April 2025

Review of Chasing The Sun by Melanie Hooyenga

The new boy. The quiet girl. Will they find love during the solar eclipse

Neb

Starting at a new school senior year sucks. Moving across Oregon to live with my mom after my dad died is worse. But I refuse to miss the total solar eclipse at the end of summer. Dad and I looked forward to it for as long as I can remember, so when my only friend in my new town invites me on a school camping trip to watch it, I'm there.

And only 67% of my wanting to go is because of Sage, the quiet girl on the group text my friend started. She gets my jokes, doesn't mind when I geek out about the eclipse, and for the first time in months, I'm looking forward to something.

Sage

When my controlling ex broke up with me at the end of junior year, I thought my only chance at love was over. But then Neb moved to town and what started as a casual text conversation turned into something that made me believe that maybe I'm not as damaged as I thought.

My self-help-loving best friend is dragging me on "the path of self-healing" — a path that apparently includes camping with twenty classmates to see the solar eclipse. And Neb, the boy I've never seen but whose silly space jokes turn my insides to mush, will be there. But when we finally meet in person,another girl stakes her claim on him. Do I run the other way to save my heart,or risk it all for a chance at happiness with this space boy?
 
My Review: 5 STARS

I picked this up having read a lot of Hooyenga’s books and dove in and loved it straight away. Sage was relatable and again with Hooyenga, she doesn’t mind exploring some of the more darker themes, but doing so in a way that makes it a more rounded experience and characters. I adored Neb, adored the twists and turns and fell in love with the other characters too. Overall an amazing first in a series, well written and so engaging i read it all in one sitting! Highly recommended!

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Thursday, 17 April 2025

Questions From Readers - April 2025 [CC]


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Tuesday, 15 April 2025

#TeaserTuesday


Jonah is pretty sure he's about to die...

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The animal snorted, sniffing at my neck. My eyes screwed shut. It was only then that I realised they could probably smell the food. If I let them eat it, would they fuck off back to wherever? I could wake Delia, find Lumi and Jackson, and we could relocate. It didn't have to be far, just away from animal territory. Of course, if I did that, we'd have no supplies. F*ck, I was a coward. I couldn't even face down something threatening my life!

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Monday, 14 April 2025

How I Plan My Writing Time - The Creative Process

HOW I PLAN MY WRITING TIME

I've been someone who's good at being organised my whole life. While there have been times when I've been more scattered than usual, I almost always come back to my planning and organising ways. This is especially true when it comes to planning my time, working or otherwise. I thought that today I would give you a glimpse into how I make it work for me, and maybe along the way give you some tips that might help you do the same, should it work for you.

Planning has always been something that comes naturally to me, except when it comes to actually drafting, and then I'm just organised chaos because I lean more to pantsing than I do to planning. But that's not the point. The point is that it's something I've always found particularly easy, having gone from my school days and colour coded studying timetables and onto uni where I did the same, and then into writing where it took me a while to find a way to effectively plan my writing time.

I've been writing for over twenty years now. I've been published for twenty years in August and yet when it comes to having solid plans for that writing time, especially given how easily organisation comes to me, it took me a really really, really long time to find a way of planning my time that worked for me. I think some of it has to do with being chronically ill. I struggled to find a way that worked for me within the limitations of my conditions. For a long time while doing uni, and even before and after that, I would have to plan tentatively, because there was a very big chance that I'd end up in hospital for an amount of time.

While now my health has calmed somewhat, or at least I'm more able to manage at home, I have a better idea on how to make the limited time I do have work. Saying that, it still took me years to bring it to a point where I was very happy with it. I know a lot of writers who swear by bullet journals, or planners, and for a long long time, I couldn't get into it. My start in planing my time was the sticky notes app on my computer, and then I started very very small, and made sure to leave a lot of catch up days.

Those who've been on my blog before, or even on my Authortube channel, know that I will talk a lot about having adequate time to both rest, and leaving room for things going wrong. Because when you're chronically ill and disabled, things will always go wrong at some point. It even happens to the healthy people too. I didn't want to set myself up to fail. I didn't want to put too much pressure on myself, and I didn't want to be in a position where I wanted or needed to get something done in a certain time period, and just could not manage it. It was all about finding that balance between work, down time (which I'll talk about in a couple of weeks), and meeting any deadlines that I had to get things down by.

It was not easy, but then again doing things like this never are. It's rare that you land on something that works the first time you try. I did sticky notes, setting myself just one thing to do a day, with those catch up and such days included. From there I gravitated when I found a planner that worked for me, and kept with the one thing a day, but once I saw the success I was having, because in the start it wasn't only about the plan, but having the energy and time to get it done in that space. But once I hit a point where I could manage to do the things, I started to branch out, put a bit more on my plate, and make it so that some days, I had a couple of things to do a day. I didn't go for every day because even now, even after all this time, I still need to keep that precarious balance just right or I crash and fall.

So while my way works, while my planner is the right one for me, I know that my way is not the only way, and it can simply be a case of finding the right way of doing things, and everything else slots into place. Whatever you do, do it slow, be gentle with yourself, and do not think after a week, well I managed that so let's go full tilt. That will lead to crashing and burning and ain't no one want that.

Whatever you do, however you do it, good luck and I wish you the best!

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Friday, 11 April 2025

Review of Lowercase by Hayley B Halliwell

Things can't go wrong if you have a plan, right? Ellessy Porter has everything planned out for her and her best friend, Lilah. Go to college, focus on school, don't fall in love, graduate, get jobs, and then start on their "happily ever afters". But things change when Ellessy wakes up in the hospital to discover that Lilah is gone, her mother is in a coma, and the car accident they were in also left her with life-altering injuries. After having to make the difficult decision to invite her estranged aunt into her home, Ellessy's new plans are glaringly simple: get better before Mom wakes up and finds her there. Oh, and maybe don't fall for the cute guy who took her place at work. Love definitely isn't in the plans now.

Amazon

My Review: 5 STARS

I picked this up because I loved the idea of a disabled love story and this was so beautifully written that I fell in love with the characters and the way the story was so beautifully woven through the words. Elle and Milo were so cute, and I just loved the realness of disability and mental health issues and while I would warn people who read that it does not shy away from these things, it's done so well that you can't help but just dive in, turn the page, feel the hurts and live for it all. Very much recommended!

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Thursday, 10 April 2025

Life Of Joey - April 2025 [CC]


Looking back over the past month, and letting you know what I got up to! #Authortube
 
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Tuesday, 8 April 2025

#TeaserTuesday


Zya's story is starting to fall apart...

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“Why did they send us out with so little?” she asked softly, though there was anger in her eyes. “If they'd given me warning, I'd have packed some more essentials. We have no formula for Mae, no solution to flush her tube, we have no fluids if Zara crashes, hell if anyone crashes. I can't work with nothing, Zya. Why have they put us in this position? Are they trying to kill us all?”
“I don't know why there were so few supplies given. I assume it's because there aren't an abundance within the segment."

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Monday, 7 April 2025

My Writing Why

MY WRITING WHY

I've talked about this before on my Authortube channel, and I thought that I would delve into it here as well. For a lot of writers, they have some reason they keep writing, something that drives them forward, that keeps them going on days when they just feel like giving up. They have something that fuels that writer brain when nothing else will, and that's the reason they're writing. It's their writing why.

I will have been published for twenty years in August. I'm 43 and have been writing since I was 19, or at least I've been seriously writing since then. There was a time at 13 when I was writing a lot, but nothing really came of that, and my focus moved elsewhere. In all that time, those twenty-four years, my why has both changed and stayed the same, which is a contradiction and I'll explain.

When I first started seriously writing, I was doing it because I had stories that I had to tell, that's the part that's stayed the same. I know that there are stories in me that no one else can tell. That's not me having a massive ego, but just simply the truth. Other people can take my ideas sure, but they can not tell the story the exact way that I do. That's the beauty of writing, no one's execution is exactly the same.

Through the years though, I've also had other reasons to add to that why. I'm chronically ill and disabled. There have been many times over those twenty years of being an author, that I've not known if I would survive to the next release. That's not me trying to garner sympathy but just being honest here. Sometimes the urge to publish, the drive to finish, that why, is because I don't want to leave things halfway done.

If I'm writing a series at the time, I want to make sure it's finished before and if something goes bad with my health. If I'm in the midst of edits, I want to make sure I get each part of the process done, so that the book can still be published if and when something goes wrong with my health. This is where the contradiction comes into play because my why is both of those. It's the urge to want to tell these stories no one else can, and also the fact that my life is not guaranteed and if I don't finish, no one will.

Your writing why doesn't have to be something major like that, it's just about knowing what works for you, what drives you, how you approach the writing life. At the end of the day, we're all writers trying to tell our stories in the best way possible, and whatever it is that drives you forward, you're doing the best you can, and that's just amazing. So keep going, and keep writing.

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Friday, 4 April 2025

Interview With Melanie Hooyenga

I'd like to welcome Melanie Hooyenga to the blog today for an interview. I've reviewed a bunch of her books recently and wanted to share more about her as an author!

Onto the interview! 

 Do you have a set routine for writing?

Lately it seems to be “guilt trip myself until I sit down to write,” haha. Launching The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway took a lot of time and energy, and in the few weeks around the publication date, everything else had to wait. Now I’m trying to get back into my routine, which consists of me bringing a cup of tea to my office first thing in the morning, settling in my chaise chair, starting the playlist for my book, and writing for 45 minutes to an hour. I have an 8–5 day job, and writing first thing in the morning before the rest of the world and my responsibilities creep in leaves me feeling satisfied because I’ve accomplished one big to-do for the day.

I should point out that this is my ideal routine. All kinds of things can disrupt that routine, and I’m very cranky when they do, but life happens and I just make sure to do my best to get back to it the following day.

What's your favourite tip for newbie writers?

Keep writing and tell the voice in your head to shut up until you’ve finished the first draft. One of the most challenging things when you first start is believing that you can actually do it. (Honestly, that doesn’t go away, but it’s especially daunting on the first manuscript.) It’s tempting to polish and edit and make that first scene/passage/chapter perfect before moving on, but the best thing you can do is keep pushing forward.

One trick I like to do is if I’m stuck trying to figure out the right word but can’t think of it, I give myself one minute, and after that I put the next best choice in brackets so I know during edits that’s not the word I wanted. More times than not I remember it’s the wrong word when I come across it, but it satisfies my inner critic while I’m writing.

Do you hoard notebooks or anything else writing related?


I own all the pens and markers known to humankind. Okay, maybe not all of them, but I have more writing devices than any one person really ought to have. In fact, I once did a giveaway asking people to guess how many I owned. People often gift me pens and markers — WHICH I LOVE — and I still can’t resist them when I stroll down the office supply aisle.

Which genre is your favourite to write in?

YA! All ten books that I’ve published are young adult, and while I don’t have any plans to deviate from that, the first two books I wrote (but haven’t published) were written for an adult audience. I may tackle an adult novel at some point, but I’m in no rush.

Would you ever use a pen name? And if so, why?


Hooyenga is technically a pen name because it’s my maiden name. I wasn’t married when I published my first book in 2012, so I planned all along to continue writing under that name.

I’m currently only writing young adult books, but I know a lot of YA authors who’ve switched to a pen name when they publish books for an adult audience, or books that are a very different genre (from romance to science fiction, for example). At the moment I don’t have plans to add a pen name, but I’ve learned to never say never!

Which social media do you enjoy using the most?


I’m on Facebook a lot, but that’s more for keeping up with friends and events in my area. I really like the vibe on Threads and have been spending more time there lately. Instagram will always have a soft spot in my heart because I love photography and have a background in design, so I’m well-suited for that platform. I’m still mourning Twitter’s demise. Bluesky hasn’t quite filled that loss for me, and TikTok is one of my least-opened apps.

Do you have any pets?

Boy, do I! I have a Miniature Schnauzer named Gus who is ALL personality. He has an Instagram (@greetingsfromgus) with over 15K followers, but most of those followers are from our previous dog, Owen. Gus is three years old, can jump three times his height, and barks at absolutely everything. We brought him home a month after I started working remotely, so he’s very attached to me. Schnauzers are very smart and pretty high energy, and Gus keeps us on our toes.

Do you keep good reviews and reader comments?

No, but now you’ve given me the idea! A lot of authors avoid reading reviews, and you’ll regularly see advice to avoid Goodreads like the plague, not because it’s a horrible place, but because it’s a place for READERS. Once a book is published, you as the author no longer have control over how people interpret what you wrote and any opinions — good or bad — that come with it. And people can be mean.

But people can also be so delightfully amazing. One of my favorite things about writing is hearing how the stories that came from my brain affect living, breathing people. Even better if I can watch them while they’re reading and store those reactions for times when I’m second-guessing myself.

I have been collecting what I think are funny reactions to TQUEE. Things like “what did I just read?!?” and “This book was a trip.” I just need a minute to sit down and put it together.

Paperback or ebook? And why?

Ebooks, definitely. I almost always buy paperback copies of my friends’ books so I do have a nice collection, but I tend to read in bed and I like the simplicity of not having to move and just clicking the button to change pages.

Where do you see yourself, and your writing, in ten years?

Hopefully on even more bookshelves than I am now! I recently signed with an agent so my plan moving forward is to be a hybrid author, meaning my books will be both traditionally- and self-published. I’m working on the first book my agent plans to pitch to editors and I have several ideas for after that. I’m really excited to see where that goes!

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Thursday, 3 April 2025

Goals & How They Work [CC]


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Tuesday, 1 April 2025

#TeaserTuesday


Jonah has questions, but maybe they're not the right ones...

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“What do you want to ask, Jonah? I can see you edging around something,” she said, her lips a thin line.
I sighed. “Lumi gave Jackson a knife, they obviously both planned for the possibility of violence. I get there was no choice, but I don't like that we didn't know that was the plan,” I said, looking down at my bare leg, which had started to throb a little.
“Lumi probably saved our lives,” Delia said sharply.

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