Category Archives: Literature

Working The Bucket-list


Everyone has a Bucket-list. The things they wish to do before they’re too old (or too senile, or too disinterested, or too dead…you get the picture) to do them. One of the things on my Bucket-list (right after getting published) has always been to get paid for reading.

Reading is a lifelong addiction of mine, I’m very good at it, and enjoy multiple genres. Ever since I knew getting paid to read was a REAL THING (since about the time I started college), I’ve wanted to do it.

I can now cross this ambition off my Bucket-list. For several months, I’ve been editing and proofing (i.e. GETTING PAID TO READ!) for my publisher, Booktrope!! The best things about working for this publisher is that I get to pick my own projects, I’ve met some phenomenal people who share my addiction to the written word, and I earn royalties for EACH BOOK I edit and/or proof!! Perhaps my favorite thing of all is when the author asks me to work with them AGAIN, AND recommends me to fellow authors. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Since I know you’re just DYING to ask which books are on my Editor/Proofreader resume, here’s a list of those currently available. Others are still in the printing phases, but I’ll update the list in a separate post as they become available. 🙂

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Paper Souls by Allie Burke


Paper Soulsthere is no memory without emptiness

A heart-wrenching, beautifully woven tale of survival, Allie Burke’s Paper Souls is different from most books I’ve read – not only in subject matter, but also in structure.

The structure puts me in mind of Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me Series. Stark and lyrical. I love this style of prose. It’s unpredictable and often irreverent, thumbing its proverbial nose at the reader’s expectations of what comes next.

The subject matter – Schizophrenia and how one woman refuses to be defined by it – is raw, jagged, and thought-provoking.

Allie by turns caresses your senses with the sensual, loveable side of Emily Colt, then stabs you with Emily’s sharp, biting wit and – sometimes violent – confrontations with those who have wronged her.

Emily is a multi-layered protagonist who is determined to live life on her own terms. Love her, hate her, Emily Colt is a character you’ll not soon forget, and Allie Burke is an author worth reading.

Allie is also the bestselling author of The Enchanters Series: Violet Midnight, Emerald Destiny, and Amber Passion. To find out more about Allie Burke, visit her website: http://wordsbyallieburke.com/

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Blog Tour!!


 

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Please join me on this blog tour – my first!! – which will take place September 22nd-29th! The schedule is listed below, and be sure to enter at each “stop” for PRIZES!!! 🙂

September 22 Interview
Pembroke Sinclair.
 
September 22 Guest Blog
Fang-tastic Books
 
September 23 Top Ten
Darkest Cravings
 
September 23 Review
feedmeinbooks
 
September 24 Guest Post
Mythical Books
 
September 24 Character Interview
Eclipse Reviews
 
September 25 Interview
Diane’s Book Blog
 
September 25 Spotlight
Roxanne’s Realm
 
September 26 Interview and Review
happy tails and tales
 
September 26 Spotlight
Lisa’s World of Books
 
September 29 Interview
The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom
 
September 29 Spotlight
3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too!

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