by Shonna | Jun 13, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
Final day on the tour. We’ve got a darling review and an excerpt. You know, one of my takeaways from this tour is all the book blogs I’ve been introduced to. As a writer, I’ve generally spent all my computer time visiting author sites. My eyes have...
by Shonna | Jun 12, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
Only one more day left in the blog tour. Last night I started getting ready for the After the Tour Tell All Google On Air Hangout that I’m going to do with my editor Stacy Abrams. Turns out I had some technical glitches and my husband and I played around with...
by Shonna | Jun 11, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
My newsletter went out last night. If you are signed up and didn’t get it, it’s because your email bounced. You might want to add me to your approved list: “newsletter [at] shonnaslayton.com” And if you haven’t signed up, what are you...
by Shonna | Jun 10, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
I won a blue ribbon today at my Toastmasters meeting! They awarded me the day’s “Spark Plug” or Enthusiasm award. Such an encouraging bunch, they were proud of my launch party speech and happy that I zipped through my table topics questions today so...
by Shonna | Jun 10, 2014 | Crafting
The months of June and July are reserved for the Index Card a Daychallenge. This is a creativity challenge, and I’ve made it my specific challenge to learn how to doodle. With the book launch, my days have been busy and I haven’t made a doodle every day,...
by Shonna | Jun 9, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
I’m still catching my breath from Phoenix Comicon. Everyone is asking me how it went and my go-to answer is “overwhelming.” It was just huge. I read somewhere they were expecting 75,000 people. That is more than my hometown plus all the other little...
by Shonna | Jun 8, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
Ever wonder what goes on behind-the-scenes to bring a book to market? Here is your chance to see debut author Shonna Slayton meet with Entangled Teen’s executive editor Stacy Abrams LIVE to talk about the journey of the YA novel Cinderella’s Dress from...
by Shonna | Jun 6, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
My first comicon! It was CRAZY. So many people…so little parking 🙂 I started off with a signing, though, sadly no books do to a shipping snafu. Gave away bookmarks and postcards instead. Met some really nice people and watched the never-ending line at the...
by Shonna | Jun 6, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress
Halfway there and this weekend is Phoenix Comicon. Come by and visit me at my signing table. There was a shipping snafu with the bookstore, so you’ll have to bring your own if you want one signed. Local indie Changing Hands sold out during my launch party...
by Shonna | Jun 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I’m picking up my badge for Phoenix Comicon! It’s going to be a crazy fun weekend. If you are going, come visit me at one of the panels or signing events: Friday: 1:30 Signing 4:30 Secret Lives of Debut Authors: along with Amy K Nichols, Austin...
