Tag: novels

Am I Published?

If you’ve been on this blog any at all, you know the answer to this. The short answer: Yes. The long answer: Yes, and I have 10 books (including 2 novels and a book of poems), 3 short ebooks, and 3 short stories available under Jen Nipps (nonfiction) and Kat O’Reilly (fiction). I have another […]

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Spotlight on Kiernan’s Curse (Kat O’Reilly)

We’re going from nonfiction to fiction. Romance, actually. And it does get steamy. Kiernan’s Curse started with a dream I had. The first past of the dream is used in the beginning. The second part of the dream is in the middle. Set in central Ireland in the early-mid Middle Ages, this is the book […]

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Q&A with Author Leslie Bowes

Author Leslie Bowes announces the release of her book, Heart Healer, book one of the Heart Healer series. Below, she shares a book trailer and answers a few questions for us. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx0hMu768zU] Exerpt: “That’s true, but I don’t need a servant. I need a wife. Catherine dropped the spoon as her whole body shook. […]

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Introducing Book Spotlights

In a recent post (A Few Items of Interest), I mentioned that Amazon was merging CreateSpace and KDP. I didn’t know a time frame, but I knew it was happening soon. It’s happened. I talked about having re-release/launch dates and events as I converted my books from CreateSpace to KDP. Let’s just say that the […]

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Book Review: How to Market a Book Someone Besides Your Mother Will Read

I met Tierney James a couple years ago at a writers’ conference. Recently, I learned she had a book about marketing. Since that is something I am working on, I thought I would get it and check it out. Let me tell you, it’s worth every single penny! A few days ago, I called a […]

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A Few Items of Interest

There are a few things I’ve been thinking about. Some relate directly to this blog and others are about my writing and books in general. Let’s start with the blog-related stuff. Schedule I have been aiming for two posts a week. There have been some weeks I’ve had three and some I’ve had one. I […]

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Fires and Plot Bunnies

Someone lit a fire under me. Obviously, I’m talking figuratively. I have more news about RealmWalker: New Beginnings, but I’m going to wait a little bit before I share that. In the meantime, I’ve got the motivation to get Anchor (aka Book 2) started. Well… Restarted. I had started it a while back, then I […]

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More News & List of Books

I have another update for you if you’re keeping up with the status of RealmWalker: New Beginnings. I got an email from the editor requesting the full manuscript. I had the full finished when I sent her the first three chapters a couple weeks ago, so I sent that to her today. Here is part […]

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