3 Days to Go! ๐Ÿฅณ

This is the face of a woman who has just 3 days until her latest book-birthday! ๐ŸฅณCanโ€™t wait to share it with all of you! This is also the face of a woman who found the chromatic filter. ๐Ÿคฃ

Hereโ€™s an introduction to one of my bookโ€™s protagonists, Helen. Stay tuned to learn more about my main characters.

Get your copy of my book at Vine Leaves Press. Signed copies also available at my Etsy store, WritePathProductions.

Blog Tour: Review at Elle Backenstoe ๐ŸŒŸ

An excerpt of the review: โ€œThe clear and concise writing is peppered with humor, making this an enjoyable, yet informative read that many will find easy to understand and apply to their own lives. Iโ€™m so glad to have found From Promising To Published at such an early point in my writing career. I know that this information will have a positive impact on my publishing plans and highly recommend this book for any who plan to publish (or already have).โ€

Read the rest at: Elle Backenstoeโ€™s blog. Learn more about Elle and her forthcoming book here and here. Many thanks, Elle!

Blog Tour: Review at The Faerie Review ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ

Excited to have a review of my book, From Promising to Published, today at my next book-blog tour stop, The Faerie Review.

An excerpt of the 5-star review: โ€œIf you want a guide thatโ€™s easy to read, with anecdotes from the author, and exercises sprinkled throughout, then this is the book youโ€™ve been waiting for. Faith walks the line between too broad and too specific in this guide, and does a great job of making everything relatable.โ€

Many thanks to The Faerie Review! Read the rest of the review at: clickety-click.

Also check out more of their insightful reviews. Are you an author interested in connecting with The Faerie Review for a possible book review or interview? Check out their FAQ page here.

Blog Tour: Interview with Lisa Haselton ๐ŸŒŸ

So pleased to have this interview as my blog-tour stop today. It was a pleasure to talk to Lisa about many facets of the writing life, such as finding time to write, as well as a few other topics, like when I first called myself a writer, what Iโ€™m working on currently, and both the Space Race and space diapers! Also, a sneak peek into my chapter, โ€œCelebration Station.โ€

Intrigued?

Hereโ€™s an excerpt from the interview:

โ€œWhat would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I alternate projects, so some of my projects sit on the backburner for months or even well over a year before the muse strikes to get back to them again. I work on projects intuitively, so Iโ€™ll write a chapter or a handful of poems or an article or two at a time and then either start a new project or rotate back to an already-started one that feels ready to work on again. Last weekend, I worked on two chapters of a project I hadnโ€™t worked on since May.โ€

Read on: clickety-click!

Many thanks to Lisa Haselton for the insightful and fun questions. If youโ€™re in the market for an editor for your writing project, please check out her editing services, her resources pages, as well as her blog for more wonderful interviews with authors.

Blog Tour: Review at SueBE's One Writer's Journey ๐ŸŽŠ

Thrilled to have a review of my book, From Promising to Published, on SueBEโ€™s One Writerโ€™s Journey this morning! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ“

An excerpt: โ€œWrite every day. Find a critique group. Blah blah blah. It seems like 90% of the advice that I find for writers is the same old same old. If thatโ€™s what youโ€™re after, then step away from this book. It isnโ€™t the one for youโ€ฆ.

This isnโ€™t a book about how to write a novel or how to pen a picture book. But it is a top notch guide on publication. Whether you are a fairly new writer or a seasoned pro, youโ€™re going to find the gentle nudge and the words of encouragement that you needโ€ฆ

Whether you need information on monetizing your writing, querying, audience or more, check out Melanieโ€™s book. This is not your typical how-to which makes it an excellent choice for writers of all kinds.โ€

Read the rest at SueBEโ€™s One Writerโ€™s Journey.

Many thanks to talented Sue Bradford Edwards for this wonderful review! I highly recommend Sueโ€™s meaningful nonfiction books as well as her insightful classes, including her next three WOW! courses: Pitching, Querying, and Submitting Your Work; Research: Prepping to Write Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults; and Writing Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults.

For more information about Sueโ€™s books and her classes: please click here for books and click here for classes.

Finalist!๐Ÿ…

So this great surprise just arrived in the mail in a manila envelope. ๐Ÿฅณ

Writing it Real: Creating an Online Course for Fun and Profit has gleaned me a medal.

Now, Iโ€™m very klutzy and have never been an athlete. I was on one team (basketball, fifth grade), and I certainly never got a trophy or medal of any kind for athletic skill (of which I possess very little) or even my bench-warming skills (which are much more practiced), so this medal for things I deeply care about (writing, books, publishing) was especially welcome. ๐Ÿ“š

My book about teaching online was a finalist in the 2022 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. My book placed in the Education/Academic (Non-Fiction) category. ๐ŸŒน For a list of the categories and all of this yearโ€™s winners and finalists (including yours truly), clicky.

It's Book Birthday Time! ๐Ÿคฉ

Welcome to the world, From Promising to Published! Super excited for this book birthday, so Iโ€™m burning the midnight oil to ring in publication day. ๐ŸŽ‡๐Ÿ“”

Get your copy at Vine Leaves Press, Amazon, or my Etsy shop for signed copies.

Fabulous cover by Jessica Bell at Jessica Bell Design.

Next Week! ๐ŸŽŠ

Just one more week until this little beauty has a book birthday! Canโ€™t wait.๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ“” From Promising to Published: A Multi-Genre, Insider's Guide to the Publication Process!

Breaking out the Red Lipstick ๐Ÿ˜

Itโ€™s a red-lipstick wearing kind of occasion. While this morning started out gray and sleeting and a little blah, this afternoon turned around. I finished Day 30 of NaNoWriMo and have managed to get a few pages into Draft 3.

A package arrived tonight, and my next book was inside. That holding the first tactile copy feeling: priceless! Dropping February 2022: stay tuned.