Category: North Shore / South Shore

Written by on March 12, 2013

Kickstarter Complete: 5 Lessons Learned

North Shore / South Shore

This week I sent off the last of it–my limited edition novels funded by my KICKSTARTER backers. Those who paid $25 or more received signed copies. Now that I have some space from the project as a whole, I thought I’d share some tips for those launching KICKSTARTER book projects of their own. 1. Do Read More

Written by on October 5, 2012

Kickstarter–SUCCESS!

family . friends . North Shore / South Shore

I take a spin class every Friday morning and the teacher is both a spinning instructor and a yoga instructor. She oddly pairs yoga affirmations like “Be thankful for what your body can do” with spinning affirmations like “Let’s GO! Burn off that good livin’!” Her style is off-putting to say the least. But today, Read More

Written by on September 9, 2012

Mommy & Novelist…Or Maybe the Other Way Around

family . motherhood . North Shore / South Shore . work

Alternate title: “How To Write and Market Your Novel, Be a Stay-at-Home Mom, and Deal with the Pull of Guilt from Both Your Literary Baby and Your Real Baby.” I started writing North Shore South Shore in 2007 when my husband was relocated to Los Angeles. I was working as an editor for AOL’s TV Read More

Written by on August 10, 2012

In the First Person

North Shore / South Shore

Many of you already know from the sample chapters provided on this site that my novel is told in first person. In fact, other than the prologue, the novel alternates between four points of view: Kylie Baines, Ben Carrick, Colette Baptiste, and Matt Tracy. I chose to tell the story this way because while the Read More

Written by on June 18, 2012

Finding an Agent…

North Shore / South Shore

I went into this process with no expectations. I think I would be happy just to have my family members and friends reading my book on the Kindle (or their chosen electronic device) and telling me that it was indeed “good.” A work friend of my mom’s, perhaps, could say that she was “really into Read More

Written by on June 2, 2012

Julian McMahon…The Inspiration for Blaise Baptiste

North Shore / South Shore

  Now many of you may disagree but I think Blaise Baptiste is just about the coolest character name I came up with for NSSS. He’s the second son of the Baptiste crime family patriarch Denis Baptiste, Jr. (Sidenote: Baptiste’s eldest son Brice is estranged from the family and works for the D.A.’s office.) Blaise, Read More

Written by on May 30, 2012

Pimp My Ride

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  One of the great things about having a facebook page for North Shore / South Shore is that I can get immediate feedback when I have questions about the details. One of my favorite facebook conversations was from last summer when my question about the Baptiste’s ethnicity spawned several comments. They are French-American but Read More

Written by on May 28, 2012

You don’t have to love it…

North Shore / South Shore

  You just have to like it. My facebook page, that is. I plan on getting my book on the kindle this summer and C.K. suggested I start promoting. Since my favorite online community is the “fotchbook,” I thought I’d start there.  I will shamelessly promote my book as the best thing since sliced bread. Read More

Written by on August 24, 2011

Annalynne or Blake for Colette Baptiste?

beauty . entertainment . North Shore / South Shore

It’s not just a matter of curly or straight. Blow dryers can fix the former and hot rollers can fix the latter. Who do you think is right to play Colette Baptiste when my amazing book eventually gets made into an insanely successful premium cable series? You’d think Annalynne McCord is edgier and her work Read More

Written by on August 14, 2011

The Third Chapter…Meet Ben Carrick

North Shore / South Shore

Here’s my favorite guy! Ben Carrick! I love this narrator. I think I created someone that I’d want to be friends with. He’s getting married to my love interest Matt’s sister. And he’s known everyone since high school. So he likes to tell stories.Incidentally, he’s my sister’s favorite too. Chapter 3 Diet Coke, Anyone? (BEN) Read More

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