Redundant – characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas. I’ve witnessed a great deal of bad grammar throughout this writing journey of mine, and marvel when I hear the same errors in everyday speech. A particular pet peeve is the piling on of intensifiers that turn a simple word into a poorly thought…
Tag: Guest Posts
Guest Post and Giveaway: Moonstruck by M.J. O’Shea and Piper Vaughn
Today we’re so pleased to welcome author Piper Vaughn, here to celebrate the re-release of Moonstruck, Book Three in the Lucky Moon series, co-authored with M.J. O’Shea. Enjoy Piper’s guest post, and be sure to pay special attention to the part where you can enter to win a paperback copy of the book. Good luck!…
Guest Post and Giveaway: No! Jocks Don’t Date Guys by Wade Kelly
Please join us in welcoming author Wade Kelly today, on the tour for her latest novel No! Jocks Don’t Date Guys. Enjoy Wade’s guest post and then don’t forget to check out the giveaway details for you below. Good luck! Writing From My Own Experiences Hello Again. Thank you for stopping by on the next…
Guest Post and Excerpt: Thankfully a Great Year by Lissa Kasey
It’s almost Thanksgiving. Can you believe it? This year has gone so fast! I’m so thankful for all the amazing things that have happened this year. We could all use a little positive, right? Two years ago I completed my first novel after a year long dry spell. It was a new dystopian sort of…
Guest Post: The Daron’s Guitar Chronicles (Volume Eight) Tour with Cecilia Tan
Today I’m so pleased to welcome Cecilia Tan and the Daron’s Guitar Chronicles blog tour to The Novel Approach. Daron and this series have quickly become an all-time fave of mine, so enjoy Cecilia’s post and the excerpt too! Not-So-Historical Romance: Writing the 1980s by Cecilia Tan My long-running series Daron’s Guitar Chronicles carries the…
Guest Post and Giveaway: Praeternatural Worldbuilding by Jenna Rose and Katey Hawthorne
We’re so pleased to have the writing team of Jenna Rose and Katey Hawthorne with us to day on their Kanaan & Tilney blog tour. Enjoy their guest post, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter for the chance to win one of four e-copies of Kanaan & Tilney: The…
Guest Post: Welcome to Our Gayborhood by Piper Vaughn
Thanks so much to The Novel Approach for having me today! Since I’m kicking off our mini blog tour, I thought I’d talk about the Heartsville series and how it came into fruition. As a reader, I love to read a range of book lengths—everything from 9-page short stories to epic fantasy tomes. At the…
Guest Post: Discovery (Drakyl Ranch: Book One) by Thianna Durston
Cowboys, Drakyl, Vampyr…and Things That Go Bump in the Night In Montana there’s a ranch you might want to steer clear of. The men there are nice enough, especially the younger cousins, but these cowboys have a bit of a secret. They aren’t quite human. Have your attention? Humans, see, live blissfully unaware of a…
Guest Post and Excerpt: Work Boots and Tees by Jo Ramsey
Today we’re pleased to have author Jo Ramsey here to talk a bit about her new Harmony Ink Press novel Work Boots and Tees, book five in the Dark Secrets and Hope series. For those readers who may be sensitive to the topic, please be advised that Jo’s blog post broaches the subject of sexual…
Guest Post and Giveaway: The Bayou Fairy Tale Blog Tour With Lex Chase
Hello everyone! I’m Lex Chase, and I want to give a huge thank you to Lisa for hosting me today. Right now she’s getting ready for GayRomLit, and my butt is staying home. Today, I’m here to talk about Bayou Fairy Tale, the long awaited sequel to Americana Fairy Tale. It’s only been a year…
Guest Post and Giveaway: The Countdown to GayRomLit 2015 with KC Burn
Welcome, everyone, as we here at The Novel Approach continue the Countdown to GayRomLit with Featured Author KC Burn! Enjoy KC’s guest post, and then be sure to follow the instructions below to enter the giveaway she has planned just for you. Good luck! Obviously, as a straight woman, my characters are not little carbon…
Guest Post, Excerpt, and Giveaway: The Dragon’s Eye Blog Tour with Lexi Ander
Please join us in welcoming author Lexi Ander to The Novel Approach today, on the tour for the latest installment in the Sumeria’s Sons series, Dragon’s Eye. Enjoy Lexi’s guest post and the excerpt she’s selected to share, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win some great…
Guest Post: Don’t Be Offended by History by Brita Addams
My writing often requires I research the obscure as well as the blatant. I’m also an amateur genealogist of over twenty years, so I’ve dug into many a family history, including a thorough, if incomplete exploration of my own. You’re never done. I’ve learned how people lived and died over many centuries, discovered things I’m…
Guest Post and Giveaway: The Countdown to GayRomLit with Nico Jaye
Welcome to another edition of the Countdown to GayRomLit 2015. Today we’re pleased to have author Nico Jaye with us. As you enjoy her guest post, be sure to pay special attention to the giveaway she’s offering–an ecopy of her novella Where There’s Smoke. Good luck! Being an “Author” at GRL with Nico Jaye –…
Guest Post and Giveaway: The Werewolves of Brooklyn Blog Tour with Brad Vance
Please join us in welcoming author Brad Vance to The Novel Approach today, as he makes the round to tell readers a bit about his new novel Werewolves of Brooklyn. Brad took the opportunity to answer a few interview questions from Will Parkinson, so enjoy, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget…
Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week!
Cheers, everyone, and welcome back for a preview of what we have coming up for you in the week ahead. There’s lots of activity to come as we welcome some very special guests and have lots of giveaways to offer along with our reviews and another Flashback Friday feature. Here’s what’s on tap! Monday –…
Guest Post: Blood & Dirt by Lloyd A. Meeker
A Newbie’s Adventures in Writing a Series Character – Lloyd A. Meeker With the release of Blood and Dirt in August, I entered the ranks of authors who write a series. That’s not something I anticipated when I wrote Enigma, the first Russ Morgan mystery, in 2012. For the first year after it came out I…
Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Coming Week
Cheers, everyone, and many thanks to you for popping in to see who and what we have coming up for you in the next six days. We have a great lineup of authors set to visit with us this week, so I hope you’ll come back to spend some time with us. Here’s what’s on…
Guest Post and Giveaway: The Fame and Fortune Blog Tour with T.M. Smith
Join us in welcoming author T.M. Smith today, on the Fame and Fortune blog tour. Enjoy her guest post, then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget below for the chance to win a signed copy of Gay for Pay (**US Residents Only**) or a $10 Amazon Gift Card. Good luck! The Straight Girl…
Guest Post and Excerpt: Don’t Kiss the Vicar by Charlie Cochrane
We’re so pleased to welcome author Charlie Cochrane to The Novel Approach today to chat about her new novella from Bold Strokes Books, Don’t Kiss the Vicar Welcome, Charlie! How and where does a story and its characters start? I know that some authors get an idea then plan their novel/novella down to the nth…