With “Scotland’s Guardians” winning a B.R.A.G. medallion and “Parlan’s Children” an Indie Book of the Day Award, I could have called myself an Award Winning Author already. Now, this has been confirmed again. My book “Urchin King” was awarded the Qindie-Logo which, similar to a B.R.A.G. medallion, is a label of high quality Indie published…
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I love fairy tales, the less they are known the more I like them. On my bookshelves, I no longer count the books by numbers but by meters (I’ve got 2,64m already). It seems natural that I’d start writing fairy tales, right? Near the end of last year, I started my first try at retelling…
As an author, I spend just as much time on creating my bad guys as I do on creating the hero/heroine. The fun thing about Fantasy is that I have much more freedom in choosing the basic layout. I can use humans (naturally) but there are also creatures we find awesome that make for really…
Today, I’m going to fetch my eldest daughter. Like always, she’ll stay with us for a week until Easter. Tomorrow, my brother-in-law will come for the same reason. Fortunately, my husband won’t have to work this Easter, which is an improvement over last year but nothing new either. However, despite the routine of things I…
I think one of the easiest parts of writing is coming up with new ideas. I get so many of them, I can’t write them all. However, I’ve heard that some people find this the hardest bit (for me, that would be sitting down to write the first draft). So, here are a few tips…
Recently, I found a review for “Scotland’s Guardians” on a German (hold on tight) Romance-review site (how strange is that?). You probably already know what they complained about… the lack of romance. Surprisingly, that has always been the major reason why German traditional publishers declined my novels. It kept me wondering if every YA novel…
I’m sure most of your know what kickstarter is (a crowd funding platform for those who don’t know). Some of you maybe even supported a cause or two (I backed seventeen so far). So, tell me, why did you do it? I once supported the creation of a WordPress Widget for a bookshop which I…
I think I mentioned before that I’m going to run a kickstarter campaign in May. The book I’m going to finance that way is the German translation of Jason Brubaker’s graphic novel remind. jigsaw puzzle Jigsaw Puzzle The story is very well thought out and features gorgeous artwork. You can read it for free…
I started publishing independently in late 2012 not knowing anything about what I had to do. It’s been a steep learning curve since then. Now, my sales are slowly picking up. There are some things I have learned: 1. do your writing before you do anything else 2. always be polite when you’re online –…
September last year, I started an experiment. I produced the audio book “Heroes Wanted” with talented narrator Linda Joy. I was skeptical considering how much money it costs to produce an audio book. To see if there’s a market for my stories, I chose two short stories that would go together nicely and set up…