tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75398147544935279052012-02-16T01:57:29.028-08:00Daisycakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04531213790733641400noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539814754493527905.post-40158567452805515262012-01-10T15:33:00.000-08:002012-01-10T15:35:29.811-08:00

In electronic publishing, the need for an ebook formatter might be something you don't think about until the day you upload your novel to Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc. It's a terrible feeling. While I don't offer these services, I have started polling my clients and other authors for recommendations of reputable and affordable ebook publishers. Currently, here is a link to an

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Just completed edits on The Milestone Tapes, a great coming-of-age story about a young woman dealing with life, love and loss with the help of "milestone tapes" provided by her mother, who passed away from cancer. It's a moving story, full of laughter and much-deserved happiness by author Ashley Mackler-Paternostro. Check out the gorgeous cover below: Release dates to be posted when I get them.

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Check it out - Here's the new cover for La Cienega Just Smiled:

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September kept me very busy — in a good way! I've been editing some amazing stories and I just signed some new clients: An Australian romantic comedy/mystery and women's fiction story about new beginnings, exploring one mother-daughter relationship after a tragedy.   I will post covers as soon as I get them. In other news: Is anyone planning on doing NaNoWriMo next month? I always intend to but

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I love my job. Seriously. I get to work with fantastic authors (some of them for the second and third time) and to edit stories  I truly enjoy reading. I'm super excited because I recently signed on to edit some books that pretty much hit all of my favorite things list: Victorian suspense (1); multicultural women's fiction (1); YA romance -- one story features the cutthroat world of

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Just finished editing the fabulous Dara England's feel-good new romance, Love by the Book. Check out the blurb below: Love + Imaginary Man = Mayhem Story continues after the jump... Meet Megan, a nail technician by day and Avon salesgirl by night. After losing her job at Lucy Lu’s Salon, she escapes her real world troubles by burying herself in a romantic novel. But soon the fictional hero seems

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I've made some updates to my "Currently Seeking ... " list. You can read them here (including what genres I do not represent). I'm very interested in editing more YA fiction, a genre I've enjoyed reading for quite some time.  Look for La Cienega Just Smiled, a Romeo & Juliet-style YA romance with a modern twist from my latest client, Sybil Nelson. She doesn't have a release date yet but I'll post

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Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II by Alexandra Sokoloff is on sale now for just $2.99!   This comprehensive guide for aspiring screenwriters and authors teaches how to write love using popular movies, such as Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Groundhog's Day. This book focuses on story structure and key elements that make some love stories classic.  Get it at

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Stephen King fans, get ready! The Pack by my client Les Turner is available now for just $0.99. This edge-of-your-seat story is Cujo for a new generation. Get it today at Smashwords and Amazon! Blurb continues after the jump... In the small farming town of Brereton in the Australian Snowy River Mountains, something is killing the livestock in the dead of night. Sydney journalist, Beth

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Kissed by Darkness, Book I in my client Shea MacLeod's Sunwalker series, is now available got $2.99 on Amazon and Smashwords! To Shea: Big thanks for the "edited by" credit! 

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Happy July! Since my last post, I've had some exciting news: I've worked with three new clients and just contracted to work with a fourth! Here's a bit about them: Alex Sokoloff, Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II. This award-winning screenwriter and novelist has producted yet another workbook essential for romance writers and budding screenwriters. Full of information and

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More good news friends. Signed on to work with a new client for an untitled thriller (fiction) book. More details to come soon.

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More good news! I'm finishing up a series of projects and am also uber-excited about new client, Shéa MacLeod. Shéa writes urban fantasy stories, crossed with a touch of steampunk. Her novel, Kissed by Darkness, is first in her Sunwalker Saga, scheduled for later this summer. Watch for it!

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is on sale now! Get your copy today.

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Great news! I'm very excited about a new client, Stephanie St. James, who hired me for four of her books, all contemporary romances.

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Fans of Amanda Quick get ready to fall in love: Accomplished in Murder by Dara England is first in a series of novelettes featuring Victorian heroines who get up to their bustles in murder, mayhem and mischief. Accomplished in Murder is available now. Make sure you check this out. Here's the blurb: Murder was never so refined. When her holiday on the coast of Cornwall takes a deadly turn,

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This tween mystery is "Nancy Drew in toe shoes" and sure to make you want more. Codename: Dancer by Amanda Brice was a Best Young Adult Romance finalist in Romance Writers of America®'s 2009 Golden Heart Awards. Here's the blurb: Aspiring ballerina Dani Spevak is thrilled when hit TV show Teen Celebrity Dance Off comes to the campus of her performing arts boarding school. She trades

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