Can I be honest here? I hate group projects. There. I said it. It’s the way I’ve felt all my life. In school, growing up, I dreaded when the teacher would tell us we had to do something with other students. Especially if those other students didn’t pull their weight. I just tend to work […]
Guest Post from Iola Goulton: The Power of Collaboration + #Giveaway
Narelle here. I’m delighted to welcome debut author Iola Goulton to our blog today. :) The Power of Collaboration I recently attended a class on collaboration in publishing and was disappointed to find it was actually a thinly veiled sales pitch for a vanity press (boo, hiss). But the class did get me thinking about […]
Life Experiences in Story Form
I’ll be honest. Easter isn’t my favorite time of the year. It’s been over a decade since it happened, but the last Sunday we spent together as a family was Easter Sunday. Our daughter passed away the following Sunday morning. It’s harder for me when Easter comes closer to the anniversary of her death, but […]
Characters who love the outdoors + #Giveaway
I love reading books where the characters spend a lot of time outdoors doing fun and cool activities. Being a sports fan, many outdoor summer sports are near the top of my love-to-read list. Cycling, swimming, hiking…the list could go on if I included everything I love about the outdoors. I love stories set at […]
Multi-author series – love ’em or loathe ’em?
Happy July! I hope yours has been a good one, whether sweltering in summer or wrapping-up-warm in winter. Or somewhere in the middle like England, where the weather doesn’t seem able to make its mind up about the season! I realized recently that all my new books this year will be in multi-author series. Oops! […]
Hope, Redemption, and Second Chances
I love multi-author series…love the planning, the interaction, the camaraderie that happens when a group of authors get together to bring readers hours upon hours of reading pleasure. A Tuscan Legacy was the first of such series I’ve taken part in. The Potter’s House the second. And there are more planned for next year and […]
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride?
Could a summer wedding be the start of Rachel’s happy-ever-after? No, not a modern marriage of convenience story, much as I love them. The wedding is her mother’s! I hope you’re not tired of hearing the authors in the soon-to-release A Tuscan Legacy series talk about it, because today I have a sneak peek at […]
Take seven authors… plus an ebook giveaway!
Recipe for a multi-author series Take one initial idea and discuss with an author friend. Allow God’s inspiration (via plenty of idea sparking and prayer!) to fire possible story lines and characters. Add five more authors and mix well. Marinate in story inspiration, more prayer, and plenty of group discussion. Add a pinch of differing […]
That’s Love (and eBook giveaway)
Last month when I blogged I told you about an exciting new series that seven authors (including myself) are working on. One by one the stories are being completed and polished and will soon be available in print and ebook on Amazon. Readers will also be able to read the series for free on Kindle […]
Something A Little Different
Around September 2016, Autumn Macarthur and I began brainstorming a new multi-author series. We were surprised at how quickly the stories’ ideas came, and pretty soon we had a solid outline for what we envisaged. We set about asking the authors we wished to collaborate with on this series and were ecstatic to quickly get […]