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Sharing the Love for Fellow Indie Authors

07.03.2013 by Starla Huchton // 1 Comment

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The indie author community is an amazing place, and I am reminded of this over and over again. The authors I have come to know have been so giving of their time and advice and consistently do whatever they can to boost those around them.

So I’m considering this my chance to give back.

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Categories // Promos, Stuff, The Endure series Tags // A.M. Hargrove, Amanda Havard, Amy Evans, blog hop, C. A. Kunz, Dani Morales, giveaway, Learn, MAVEN, Michele G. Miller, Misty Provencher, Sarah Ashley Jones

Awkward Turtle vs. Scary New Thing

07.02.2013 by Starla Huchton // 19 Comments

So here’s the thing. I’m a weirdo. This statement probably surprises no one who’s interacted with me ever. On social media I tend to be pretty outgoing and vocal, and this is also true about me face to face… well, once I’ve gotten to know you some.

I like to call myself an awkward turtle. Here’s why. I’m the kind of person who, when faced with a new social situation, will find the one or two people I know and attach myself to them because I am, frankly, terrified of taking those first steps in introductions. I imagine I come off as standoffish or maybe bored, but this is categorically untrue. Awkward Turtle has simply retreated into her shell until another less-awkward turtle has knocked on said shell and given her permission to come out and interact with the others. I have never been the kind of turtle to strike up a conversation with another strange turtle because I am horribly, terribly awful at breaking the ice. My mind goes totally blank and I can’t think of a single thing to say to engage the other turtles. I go into every new interaction assuming the other person has zero interest in who I am or what I have to say, probably because then there’s no risk of disappointment. This is who I am. This zero-expectation was my safety net growing up. It’s a holdover from childhood, when almost every interaction I had was inevitably painful for me. While I’m working on changing the little voice in my head that fills me with doubts and self-criticism, the scars still remain.

That said, enter the Scary New Thing.

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Categories // General News, Stuff Tags // A.M. Hargrove, Adam Kunz, Adriane Boyd, Amanda Havard, Amy Evans, Candace Selph, Chelsea Fine, Dani Morales, Delphina Miyares, Heather Hildenbrand, Heather King, Jackie McPherson, Kathryn Grimes, Learn, Mary Smith, Michele G. Miller, Misty Provencher, Sarah Ashley Jones, Tess Watson, UtopYA

More Writing, More Travelling

06.18.2013 by Starla Huchton // Leave a Comment

We are halfway through the year, a mere six months. It’s been an amazingly productive time for me, and not only because of having three books done in the Endure series.

If you’ve been watching my Twitter feed or kept an eye on my WIP widgets in the side bar on this site, you know which project I decided to work on after finishing the first draft of Progeny. For NaNoWriMo 2012, I worked on a story that had about 23k words already on it. I talked about this a great deal on the Roundtable Podcast’s 4-writer project for that month, and you can listen to me talk about the premise for Apprentice beginning here. I ended up with an additional 66k+ words for that month, but the story wasn’t finished.

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Categories // General News, Stuff, Updates, Writing Tags // Apprentice, blog tour, Dani Morales, Learn, MAVEN, Misty Provencher, NaNoWriMo, SFR Brigade, The Endure Series, UtopYA

Cover Reveal – DEVIATION By Dani Morales

06.10.2013 by Starla Huchton // 2 Comments

We interrupt your regularly scheduled information about me to bring you the following:

It’s cover reveal day for a new friend of mine, Flail Herder extraordinaire, Dani Morales! [Read more…]

Categories // General News, Stuff Tags // Cover Reveal, Dani Morales, DEVIATION, NA Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Read

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