Posted in Uncategorized | August 28th, 2009
I wanted to apologize for missing my scheduled blog days over the last couple of weeks. The only thing I can say is that life does tend to interfere. I have been ill over the last few weeks and that is the only excuse I have. I do plan to return to my regularly scheduled [...]
Posted in Inspiration, Life, Uncategorized, Writerly | August 3rd, 2009
I’ve gone through life trying to be nice. I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing. I think I’ve probably been taken advantage of more times than I know, certainly more times than I’d care to admit.
Through the years, I’ve noticed a lot of things about people but this particular thing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | July 24th, 2009
I don’t normally post promos for my books on my blog but since I’m running a special for such a short time, I thought I would go ahead and post this here so as many people as possible could take advantage. If you’ve ever wanted to try one of my books, this may be the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, what can go wrong, will go wrong | July 17th, 2009
God knows I’ve done some stupid things and my latest is the worst of all. You know what they say… What can go wrong, will go wrong and boy were they right.
Wednesday, we wanted to go bike riding. We’re trying to lose weight and get healthy. Well, healthier… We decided to ride our bikes into town for [...]
Tags: bike riding, fitness, stupid things, Tianna Xander, what can go wrong will go wrong
Posted in Uncategorized | July 16th, 2009
This week in Canton Township, Michigan 5 lives were lost due to bad judgment. The 5 young people ranged in age from 14 to 21. All were killed when the car they were riding in was struck by an oncoming Amtrak train. The cause - the 19 year old driver with a suspended license as [...]
Tags: accident, Amtrak, mistakes, young people
Posted in Uncategorized | July 9th, 2009
Today is one of those days. You know the ones I mean. Where you start out with the best of intentions and forty minutes in, it all goes down the tubes. Well, that’s pretty much the point I am at.
Got up, got motivated and dressed, and of course hubby decides we need to [...]
Tags: 1964 Beatles Tribute, RWA, writing
Posted in Uncategorized | July 7th, 2009
Well, in nine days I will be hitting the road for Washington DC and the RWA National Conference. I can’t wait! In all my years of being a member I have only missed three conferences. Not this year though. This year I’ll be there with bells on.
I literally just got home from the store. After [...]
Tags: agents, editors, Patti Shenberger, pitch, RWA
Posted in Uncategorized, Writerly, Writing Trends | July 6th, 2009
Contemporary, paranormal, science fiction or fantasy? Which sub-genre of romance do readers of today prefer and why? There are more sub-genres then I’ve listed above and I certainly don’t mean to leave out any but those were the first that came to my mind.
I’ve noticed the influx of paranormal romances at many publishers of e-books [...]
Tags: erotic romance, paranormal, science fiction, Tianna Xander, time travel, urban fantasy
Posted in Life, Uncategorized, Writerly, what can go wrong, will go wrong | June 29th, 2009
Backup, backup and I’ll say it again…BACKUP!
I can’t tell you how many writer friends I have who forget or just plain refuse to back up their systems. It’s not that hard and it will save you a lot of headache in the end.
There are CDs, memory cards and flash drives to use for backups. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | June 26th, 2009
When writers strive for publication they usually start thinking about agents. My question is do you really need one? I’ve been e-published for over three years now. However, I’ve been looking at trying to write something geared for New York.
I have a finished novel that I believe is ready to go. It’s been sitting [...]