by Jessica Scott | Dec 6, 2011 | newbie author, publishing, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
Please welcome back fellow Austin RWA author Gretchen Rix, here to talk about life since she published her first novel The Cowboy’s Baby and her second book Arroyo! Last July when Jessica invited me to share my Kindle publishing experiences I was full of...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 15, 2011 | books, Guest Blogger, newbie author, publishing, social networking, techo-files, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So remember a few weeks ago when I was wondering how one coordinated a blog tour for a book launch? I was somewhat confused about where the process began, what I should be doing to promote my book and what I was going to screw up. Twitter came to the rescue once again...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 29, 2011 | books, Guest Blogger, publishing, RWA Nationals, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
Today it’s my great pleasure to welcome back a good friend of mine who also happens to be one of my favorite authors. Laura Griffin is back, celebrating the release of her latest suspense novel SNAPPED. Laura’s giving away an autographed copy of SNAPPED...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 13, 2011 | books, publishing, RWA Nationals, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
One of the things that drives my battalion commander nuts about me is that sometimes, not often mind you, but just sometimes, I have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later. I know that in the past, when looking at revisions or changes to a story, I’ve...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 9, 2011 | books, deployment, publishing, RWA Nationals, social networking, Uncategorized, women at war, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So I was holding off on blogging any more until after Sherry’s backlist giveaway was complete. So this was the year of Twitter. Everywhere I turned, people were talking to me and the introduction went something like this: “I’m so and so, from twitter.” And yes, names...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 5, 2011 | RWA Nationals, social networking, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
Prior to RWA, I talked a lot about shopping. I posted pictures of the chaos that was my bathroom as I packed (or at least attempted to). And there were innumerable chats about how to prevent shoes from tearing up one’s feet. So in the flavor of #RWAsurvivaltips, here...