The first advance reviews of my forthcoming novel Beautiful and Terrible Things are in, and they offer high praise! Sending "Advance Reader Copies" (also called "Advance Review Copies") out to publishing trade magazines and media before a book is published is a time-honored tradition in the process of publishing a novel. The idea is that … Continue reading Advance Reviews Praise “Beautiful and Terrible Things”
I'm very excited to announce that a second edition of my adult contemporary novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades has been published! It's the same story, with minor updates, that has been winning accolades like the following: “A novel that will likely stick in my mind for years to come.” -- The Audiobook Review “A beautifully … Continue reading Second Edition of Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Published
Maybe I should have called this post: Book Deal, Take 2: Beautiful and Terrible Things. Beautiful and Terrible Things is my next novel -- the story of six friends who remind us that friendship has the power to validate, destroy, transform and save lives. I have bad news and good news. And the bad news … Continue reading Book Deal Update: Beautiful and Terrible Things
My short story Inside and Out has been published by Monadnack Underground, "a journal of thought and spirit". Here's a taste of the dark story tracing a college romance--and its disturbing secrets (in the well-put words of Monadnock Underground). "You can’t break up with me. We’re unbreakable. You said it yourself." "I was wrong. Nothing … Continue reading “Inside and Out” Short Story – Monadnock Underground
It’s Free Ebook time again! My contemporary novelette The Wallace House of Pain (longer than a short story, shorter than a novella) is being made available as a free ebook for 3 days only. From Friday, October 14th through midnight on Sunday, October 16th, the book will be offered for free exclusively on Amazon. Here's … Continue reading Free Ebook: The Wallace House of Pain
In honor of it being Day 3 of the Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Blog Tour, we have three postings to share with you today. (Just kidding. It wasn't planned that way. It just turned out that Review Tales by Jeyran Main split her post into two pieces: my guest post about why I wrote HAHG … Continue reading HAHG Blog Tour: Day 3
The Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Blog Tour / Book Tour kicked off today with a review on The Bookwormery and an author interview on Jera's Jamboree. Thanks to Lesley and Shaz for taking part in the Blog Tour, and devoting some of their time to help spread the word about my new Adult Contemporary/Women's Fiction/New … Continue reading HAHG Blog Tour: Day 1
If you read this blog regularly, or even occasionally, you know that I've done quite a few interviews about my new novel Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and about my career as an author. I love doing these interviews, as I'm passionate about the message in HAHG. But I of course often find myself answering similar … Continue reading HAHG on Cheryl Holloway’s Book Blog