by Shonna | Dec 5, 2016 | 1800s, History, Spindle
I’m frequently asked about my playlist. Many authors curate a list of songs to play while writing their novels. These songs can help set the tone for an exciting scene, for instance, such as a dramatic piece from a movie soundtrack. Or a love song can help the...
by Shonna | Nov 12, 2016 | 1800s, Books, Spindle
How do you choose?!? The library is burning and you can only rescue one book. In this video I talk about the one book I would save, plus which books two of my characters in my new book, Spindle, would save. I got a little carried away with this video on two fronts: 1....
by Shonna | Oct 10, 2016 | 1800s, Fairy tales, Spindle
Tour giveaway: Signed first-edition copies of Cinderella’s Dress and Cinderella’s Shoes (Oct 3 – Oct 14) In a world where fairies lurk and curses linger, love can bleed like the prick of a finger… Briar Rose knows her life will never be a fairy tale. She’s...
by Shonna | May 24, 2016 | 1800s, Around the World, Liz and Nellie
The Idea Liz and Nellie, the historical retelling of the dramatic race around the world in the late 1800s started out as a research rabbit trail. I was working on a YA novel set in the 1890s, and while I was studying this time period, I read about a young woman named...
by Shonna | May 5, 2016 | #atozchallenge, 1800s, Around the World
This was my third year blogging A to Z. Year 1: Learned about the challenge a few days before it started and thought it would be fun. I blogged each day with no real plan other than to make it to the end. My theme was random. Year 2: From my first year, I’d...
by Shonna | Apr 30, 2016 | #atozchallenge, 1800s, Around the World
This year for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, I’m writing about the 1800s in celebration of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s race around the world in 1889, the subject of my new novel based on this adventure: Liz and Nellie. Goodreads Book Giveaway Liz and...
