This week, Stephenie Meyer, the author of best-selling vampire series, ‘Twilight,’ both delighted and disappointed fans when she announced the release of her new book, “Life and Death.” Fans, who had been expecting Meyer to release her once-promised novel, “Midnight Sun,” a story from the point of view of vampire Edward Cullen, were instead offered …
What if we gender-swap all the books, ala Twilight? Read More »
Who’s ready for some cupcakes? 🙂 I am so excited to announce the release of my latest novel, Come Here, Cupcake. This book has been years in the making, and has been a true labor of love in its creation. I am so proud of this story and hope to share it with as many …
New book release! Come Here, Cupcake is now available! Read More »
My cover designer shared the inside scoop on how her art for Come Here, Cupcake came to be. This is a total must-read for a behind-the-scenes look at the book’s gorgeous cover! Here’s an excerpt: My marvelous and amazing friend Crissi Langwell is an author, with a few books under her belt already, and for …
I almost forgot to mention that this Sunday (Sept. 13) I will be the featured speaker at the Redwood Writers meeting to discuss NaNoWriMo, and my tips on reaching the finish line of 50,000 words. For those of you who know me, you know that I HATE public speaking of any kind. However, this topic …
Yup. I won NaNoWriMo! Yesterday I crammed in 5500 words to cross the 50K finish line. Today, I wrote another 4000 words. And this weekend I plan to wrap up the novel altogether with the last two chapters of Love Truffle No. 9, thus completing the (very) rough draft of my second book in the …
Winning NaNoWriMo, and a few other exciting tidbits Read More »
I hope all of you are enjoying your summer so far! It feels like the months are just slipping by, and it’s hard to believe it’s already July! Today I am on my way to the summer camp my kids and I go to every single year. But before I leave, I wanted to update …
You must have thought I disappeared off the face of the planet. Or maybe you didn’t notice I was gone. In either way, I’ve been missing in action from my blog, my newsletter, and offering only random updates on social media. I blame it on several things. The first and foremost, my computer died a …
It’s finally here! Forever Thirteen is here! And heads up, if you’re buying for Kindle, it’s $2.99 for this week only to celebrate release week (after that, it’s $4.99). And because I am just too excited to write, here’s a video: Find out more about Forever Thirteen at crissilangwell.com/forever-thirteen. Where to buy: Amazon Kindle Amazon …
I recently sent my poetry book, Everything I Am Not Saying, to a Kindle Book Reviewer to review my book. He warned me that as a poet himself, he was a very tough reviewer. I admit, I balked a little. But I told him to please go ahead and read it, and then give an …
That’s right, we have a release date! The sequel to “A Symphony of Cicadas” is March 15th, 2014. That’s when the answer to What happened to Joey???? will finally be answered. Today was kind of a milestone for me. After several rounds of editing, I finally reached the point where I feel I can’t do …