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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Indie Frenzy features: Amy Leigh Strickland

Posted on 11/30/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 21 Comments

Amy Leigh Strickland While writing Olympia Heights: The Weight of the World, the sequel to Olympia Heights: The Pantheon, I decided to focus on music as a characterizing factor in the book. A while ago I had put together 16 Pandora stations, which you can find here, to inspire me while writing. I sat down… Continue Reading

Saint & Sinners WINNERS

Posted on 11/29/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 7 Comments

I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to my chick, Angela Kulig for thinking up this EPIC giveaway weekend! A GINORMOUS THANK YOU to all the authors and bloggers who ROCKED this weekend with us… and a SUPER shout out to everyone who participated in the Saints & Sinners weekend of awesome! Now on… Continue Reading

Monthly Wrap-Up: November

Posted on 11/29/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 12 Comments

I want to say a HUUUGE thank you to all you guys who made my birthday so freaking awesome! Seriously, you guys completely ROCKED my face off! FaVoRiTe ReAd: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Published: 12/1/2009 by Little Brown Books BUY Beautiful Creatures!! I read: • The Iron Queen • Touch •… Continue Reading

Wanna See My RAK?

Posted on 11/29/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 11 Comments

You guys TOTALLY made my birthday ROCKSAUCE amazing!!! I love you!! Thank you soooo much! Received : • Hollowland (from Amber @ ALMYBNENR) • Deadtown (from Carien @ Sullivan McPig) • Rise Again: A Zombie Thriller (from Mel @ Books & Things) • Anna Dressed in Blood (from Amanda @ Hippies, Beauty, and Books Oh… Continue Reading

Poison Diaries Winner

Posted on 11/29/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 5 Comments

and the winner is… Nicole Arellano **If you haven’t noticed… I haven’t been posting the winners to contests anymore… nine times out of ten, I use Rafflecopter and if you wanted to go and see you the winner was- you could do so by revisiting the original post after the contest ends, because it “announces”… Continue Reading

Saints & Sinners: Giveaway from The Geeky Blogger

Posted on 11/28/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 3 Comments

Head over to Angela Kulig’s Blog for a Giveaway: of your choice of (1) of the Dark Hunter books from Felicia @ Geeky Blogger’s Book Blog! Tweet… Continue Reading

Saints & Sinners: Belle Whittington and casting Cicada

Posted on 11/27/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 10 Comments

Belle Whittington and casting Cicada One of the biggest joys of writing fiction is getting to know the characters as they form themselves into personalities that seem real and almost tangible. Once a writer has gotten to the point that his/her characters are more than fiction on the page, finding an actor or actress who… Continue Reading

Saints & Sinners… S.M. Reine as Seth from Six Moon Summer

Posted on 11/27/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 5 Comments

SM Reine writing as Seth… Hey there. I’m Seth. You might have already seen me around. Maybe not me personally, but the things I’ve done. You know all those wild animal attacks that happen sometimes after a bad winter? It’s not the park rangers hunting down a bear that puts a stop to them. It’s… Continue Reading

Saints & Sinners with Jen @ In the Closet With a Bibliophile

Posted on 11/27/2011 by Bookish Brunette | 15 Comments

Hi everyone, my name is Jen and I’m from In the Closet With a Bibliophile. I hope your weekend is going smashing and you’re all ready for the yumminess that is this weekend! Because, lets be honest, I love my fictional boyfriends and I can’t help but think they love me, too! *wink* Fictional boys,… Continue Reading