Death Wish Coffee

ChrisMade Me Laugh

As you may know, I believe coffee is the Elixir of Life. It fuels the creation of my shape-shifting dragons and the snarky kick-ass chicks that I write. Today I am sharing some coffee humor from Death Wish Coffee. You can check out their facebook page here.

It’s Almost Summer

ChrisDragons

I have two more weeks of work left at my day job before I go on that marvelous ten week break known as summer vacation. And yes, I am counting down the days. Two more weeks until I can write as much as I want during the day instead of cramming in writing time from five until seven every night … Read More

Trial By Fire Release Day Dog gifs

ChrisDragons, YA, young adult

Trial By Fire comes out tomorrow, April 4th. What does an author feel like the day before a book releases? Allow me to explain in dog gifs. This is what I will look like most of today. Which means I’m super excited, nervous, and a little manic.  And I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep tonight. I’ll probably look … Read More

Capture The Fantasy Sale

ChrisDragons, YA

Looking for a new paranormal read? Entangled is having the #CaptureTheFantasy sale for some great books. I might be biased, since  Going Down In Flames is one of the books on sale for 99 cents starting 2/29/16. So if you’d like to purchase a digital copy of GDF, here is the link. Now that the shameless self promotion part of … Read More

Frightening New Development

Chrishumor

There has been a frightening new development in my life. As a pseudo-grownup, I have been buying my own groceries for years. Lately I have noticed a frightening trend. When I’m checking out, the bagger has started asking me if I need help getting the groceries to my car.  I had only been offered this service once before, after spinal … Read More

Trial By Fire

ChrisDragons, Penned Con, UtopIA, YA

I’m about halfway through copy edits for Trial By Fire. Copy edits are the last chance an author has to change a word or rearrange a sentence.  This means that I am talking out loud to see how dialogue sounds and calling my husband in from the other room to ask which word sounds better. He gives his opinion, smiles and … Read More

Happy New Year!

ChrisPenned Con, UtopIA, YA

Happy New Year! What are your plans, hopes, and dreams for this year? Notice I didn’t use the word Resolution. Resolution seems to imply that you  must accomplish a task or you’ve failed. It’s too much pressure. The new year is supposed to be a time for making a fresh start. Not a time to freak out about all the stuff … Read More

Trial By Fire : Release Date

ChrisDragons, Penned Con, UtopIA, young adult

I have a release date for Trial By Fire. And yes, release dates have been known to change, but as of today Trial By Fire is scheduled to come out April 4, 2016. The book title is up on Goodreads. If you want to add it to your Want-to-Read list just click this link: Trial By Fire  (Go on, click it. I’ll … Read More

Apparently, I Have Issues

ChrisPenned Con, Uncategorized, UtopIA, YA

I’m working on what will hopefully be the last round of edits for Trial By Fire, and apparently, I have issues. Okay, I have a lot of issues, but I think that’s normal. At least I hope so. Anyone who doesn’t have issues is a Borg, or a Pod or on mood-altering medication. Anyway, unbeknownst to me, one of my major … Read More

Name that Boyfriend

ChrisPenned Con, Uncategorized, UtopIA, YA

Once I’m done with edits for book 3 in my dragon series, I’m going to finish up a romantic comedy for the Entangled Crush line. Blackmail Boyfriend was my first foray into romantic comedy. I need a title for this new story which also has the word boyfriend in it. Bonus points if it has alliteration of B B. After you … Read More

What’s Your Favorite Trope?

ChrisFor Writers, Penned Con, Readers, Uncategorized, UtopIA, YA

Some of you are probably asking, “What the heck is a trope?” Tropes are common themes that run through stories. Tropes tell a reader what to expect. They give them a familiar story which they know will end in a happily ever after. For example, Blackmail Boyfriend is based on the marriage of convenience trope and the opposites attract trope. … Read More

Novel Illustration for Going Down In Flames

ChrisDragons, UtopYA, YA

At UtopYA 2015 I met an artist named Monique. She had the unique idea to draw a character from a novel while she discussed the book…sort of a visual book review. Here is the Novel Illustration she created for Going Down In Flames. It’s amazing. I’ve already signed up to have her do an illustration for Bridges Burned. And I’d love … Read More