Writing Process Blog Hop

It's My Turn... because the beautiful and talented Christa Wojo tagged me to participate in this most recent blog hop on my writing process.  Basically, I get to answer four questions and then tag some poor, unsuspecting, yet talented writers/bloggers of my choosing! (Cue evil laugh) Without further ado, let the hazing begin! 1. What …

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UPDATED-I’ll Be Here All Week!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu1O00xS5VM *** UPDATED with LINKS!!! This FRIDAY, JUNE 20th @ 9 am, I will be a guest on KERN1180 am, First Look with Scott Cox! It's my second time being on, but my first time in studio! I'm nervous and excited and hope I don't make a fool of myself! You can stream the interview …

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“Meet My Main Character” Blog Tour

I am so happy and honored to be called to participate in this blog tour! Major thanks to the lovely and talented Christa Wojo, author of The Wrong David, for including me in this awesome tour! Make sure you all take time to visit her blog here. And don't forget to check the bottom of …

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Epiphany

Here is a deleted snippet of a scene from Between Octobers. Grace is experiencing a moment of clarity. **Keep in mind, this portion was just pulled from one of my many files of deleted materials and has not been professionally edited.** Epiphany “It is just pivoting.” As I say it out loud I know by …

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The Baby Sitter

With little more than a month left before my book, Between Octobers, is released I thought I could give everyone a little teaser! This is a scene from Evans point of view. So, this was never going to be in Octobers, but it's a cute tidbit that gives you an idea of who Rhys Matthews …

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Between Octobers Cover Revealed!

TAH-DAH!!! Do you love it? I know I do! Since it looks so darn good from every angle, here is the front and back:

A Dream Cast

This post was originally shared by my publisher. Since it involves me and my book, I thought I'd repost: _________________________________________________________________________ This week we’re asking our authors to create their dream cast for the movie version of their book. Today, we’re featuring A.R. Rivera, author of Between Octobers, to be released June 17, 2014. "I love …

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My Soundtrack

It is my practice to draw writing inspiration from music. In that spirit, I thought  would share with all of you wonderful readers a few songs from my personal writing playlist. Some of these songs were directly referenced in the book and others inspired plot lines, while still others simply encompass the theme of my …

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Blog Hop! What’s That?

I am so very excited to be hosting my first Blog Hop! Not only because it's an excuse to dig around for cute, fuzzy, little gifs like the one above, but because the wonderful Elsie Elmore (there she is ) asked me to and I was so freaking excited, I said, "YES!" right away. See, …

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A Moment

It was a swarm. A barrage of flashing lights. A storm that obeys no pattern, only a will to seek and deconstruct. It sweeps in, surrounding me. Like ants to a piece of candy, I am consumed bit by bit. Someone must have called someone from the plane. I walked as quickly as I could, kept my hat …

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