I started touring the Deep South when I was a kid, twelve or thirteen at the most. My mother is a lifelong addict of the architecture and culture, having been touring antebellum homes since she, herself, was around twelve. As she tells it, her folks (my grandparents) were driving to Disney World in Florida and decided to stop in a town called Natchez, Mississippi, which, at one time, had been home to more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the country, including New York.
Three guesses what those millionaires did that made them so rich.
The eighth and FINAL installment of the Sinners & Saints series is now available on Kindle. This concludes a journey I began almost a decade ago, and almost entirely by accident. I’m wearing my Lucifer necklace today in honor of having finally stopped torturing the poor guy and completing his story.
I mean, really stuck. I had this idea for a vampire romance (Captive) but I couldn’t get more than a few chapters written before running out of steam. I’ve made no secret that I got my start in writing fanfic, particularly Buffy fanfic. And writing a vampire romance seemed intuitive—I’d spent years doing just that, only with characters that weren’t mine—I was having the roughest time with it.
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Demonized was first published in 2012 by Liquid Silver Books as A Friend In Need. Originally, I intended the book to exist as a stand-alone in the larger Sinners & Saints universe, and possibly fit into the ongoing S&S story-line later on. However, when I received the rights to the story back, it occurred to me that the characters might be better suited in a different universe; there was already a lot going on in Lucifer and Jev’s world, and adding to it seemed superfluous. So Weston and Charlotte have been rehomed, living now in the same universe as those titles that comprise my Connected Works. I think they’ll be happier there, anyway.
When I purchased the rights back to the books, I had the creative license on the covers for the first time. While both Liquid Silver Books and Totally Entwined Group did an admirable job fitting the books, I found they weren’t quite the way I wanted. Ava on the LSB cover is too passive, and a little too bold on the TEG. Obviously, though, I’ve been in this game long enough to understand and appreciate that covers rarely embody the characters. This is why I’ve trended more over the last few years to covers that don’t rely on stock photography.
There is the age-old argument that diving into the world of politics and religion runs the risk of alienating a good chunk of potential readers, and for many, this is a serious gamble. But also for many, these are things we are passionate about, and I’d like to think we’re passionate about them for the same reason: we believe we’re on the side of right.
There was a lot of potential with that book, but it stalled when shit hit the fan at Ellora’s Cave. I received the rights back in 2015, and have sat on the book ever since. I wanted to expand it. I was also interested in unifying it with another universe. It took two years to actually put these plans into motion, but I am pleased to say that the book is ready to debut. It consists of nearly half of new content, and I have never been happier with it.
Had it not been for the weather alert that had hit his phone ten minutes prior, Will might thought someone was trying to pound their way through the roof. Netherfield Heights had been modeled after some of the grand tour homes in the South, and built in much the same way. The result was an echo chamber, and it filled him with a swift longing for home.
I’m sure I'd heard of the novel before this, but the first time I remember hearing of Pride & Prejudice was in the movie You've Got Mail. Kathleen Kelly is telling Joe Fox that Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine of Pride & Prejudice and that he, being an evil corporate bookstore owner, could never really appreciate her.
This book is several years in the making, and I’ll speak more on that as we get closer to release date. But for now, I’d like to share the first (unedited) chapter. A Higher Education will be available exclusively from Amazon on April 10, 2018.
DISCLAIMER: The following is a guest-post by an anonymous author, reposted here with permission. The author of this piece is a family member of author Terri Meeker. This piece contains multiple references to rape and assault.
It’s fitting that my last blog post was about my love of Buffy, because the 20th anniversary hit me pretty hard. As in, I dove headfirst back into fandom. I decided to give my Spuffy fanfic backlist an edit, which is slow coming but worth it, as I am truly proud of the work I did there. I have completed two edits (as I said, slow but worth it), and I’m actively working on a WIP I abandoned in 2008.
Were it not for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I would not be the person or writer I am today. I discovered the show between my junior and senior years of high school, and almost immediately lost myself in the rich world of Buffy fanfic.
The presidential election was undoubtedly one of the more contentious in recent years. It was a downright downer at the end of an already shitty year—as discussed previously, 2016 sucked balls. A lot of us—myself included—were hoping that the period following the election would see a return of civility. A lot of us—myself included—assumed that Hillary Clinton would be our president.
It is almost a universal truth that 2016 was a shitty year. And for many people, it began on shaky ground. After all, David Bowie and Alan Rickman were lost almost out of the gate. Indeed, 2016 is listed on a staggering number of celebrity headstones as the date of death, and we still have four full days to go.
For a long time, audio books were the only way I could read for pleasure. As a result, I have become a hopeless audio book addict. And I know I’m not the only one! To get into the holiday spirit, I will be giving away three (3) copies of my own audiobook, Firsts, performed by Jem Matzan (restrictions apply*!). I’m not the only author giving away audio books! Find others at the #snowaudio hashtag on Facebook and Twitter and enter to win!
Deliverance from Sin, Book #5 in the Sinners & Saints series, is officially through edits and be available for preorder on September 20.
This is the most intensely personal book I’ve ever written, but it’s also the one of which I am the most proud. For readers of the series, I sincerely hope you enjoy it.
Hellion was initially going to be bundled in a multi-author release. Since 2015 ended up being a clusterfuck, I was relieved when the project was abandoned. While I felt I had found my stride with Sera and Colin, my leads, my father’s illness made any time away from work sparse, and I was often too exhausted to devote any time to writing.
So, a few days ago, an author shared an alarming message she received from someone who claimed to be a reader and a fan. This person praised the author’s work, but said she had to return each of the books (ranging from $0.99 and $2.99) because they were too expensive. Furthermore, she would very much appreciate it if the author could make her books free from this point on.
