Amanda Young

Introducing Madison Aubrielle

As many of you probably know, I've been a little busy the last few months. Being pregnant has been a huge blessing and a bit of a hindrance when it came to keeping up with all my online responsibilities. However, that is now a thing of the past. I'm ...

Bad news for readers

By now I’m sure most of you have heard something about Paypal’s “new” rules for retailers regarding fiction some might consider morally questionable. Any fiction containing incest, pseudo-incest (step or foster or even role-playing), barely legal characters (meaning anyone 18 or 19), or scenes which contain dubious consent or rape, ...

Interview with Rachel Haimowitz

Please welcome Rachel Haimowitz to the blog, author of the upcoming novel Crescendo: Song of the Fallen Book II. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions! I’m thrilled to have you visit my blog today. Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in… A: I write ...

Bigs News

On a personal note, I have some big news to share... Twinkle twinkle little star How we wonder what you are… We hoped and prayed it Would happen someday And oh, we're pregnant by the way... John and I are expecting our first baby in April :D

Getting Sweaty with Your Clothes On: How to Write Action Scenes

Getting Sweaty with Your Clothes On: How to Write Action Scenes By S.L. Armstrong No matter what genre you write, eventually, you'll find yourself staring down the barrel of an action scene. Maybe it's a fight, maybe a chase scene, or maybe it's just the race to get to the airport before ...

Changes at Lambda Literary

Lambda Literary changes its awards guidelines! Now will judge based solely on LGBT content as opposed to the orientation of the author. I think it's a great--and long overdue--move. This year's awards guidelines can be found here: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/awards-guidelines/

Lit format takes a hike

A word from the lovely people at AllRomanceEbooks.com... Microsoft has announced that it will be discontinuing support of the Microsoft (MS) Reader format on August 30, 2012. The software hasn't been updated in a number of years and has experienced a steady decline in market share, so this hasn't come as ...

Kindlegraph

Love your Kindle, but miss being able to get your print books autographed? Now you can get your Kindle titles autographed online through a program called Kindlegraph. I've signed up to autograph my titles through them and I know a lot of other authors have as well. You can check ...

Amazon blocks another story (big surprise, right?)

I'm sorry to say Amazon decided to block the second book in my Mackenzie Twins series, Tempestuous Revelation, this evening. Honestly, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner considering that they blocked the first book in the series some time ago. For some reason, the second book somehow escaped their notice ...

Triplesex has been re-released!

Caleb has worked hard to get where he’s at in life. Recently offered tenure at the college where he works, Caleb has let his personal life slide in favor of impressing the powers that be. Now that a much-needed summer vacation is finally at hand, Caleb fears his long hours ...