I’m Baaaaack!

Hellooooo, everybody!!!! *confetti* *fireworks* *balloons* *cake* How are ya'll doin'? How's life been? Hope everything's been going great for everyone! Okay, now listen...I know I took a hiatus quite suddenly (and without warning, really...). I'll explain everything in tomorrow's post (gosh, that sounds so movie-like and mysterious...I kinda like it)--don't worry, all is well. I promise …

Just Some Stuff You Should Know About Us Writers…

Hey everybody! How's your Monday goin'? Great, I hope! What'd you guys think of the Walking Dead episode today? To fight or not to fight? That is not a question.   Okay, enough of the yada yada. Today's post is dedicated to my writer buddies...but in case you're not a writer, you probably know someone who is--making this post …

The Road to One Hundred

It feels like only yesterday I was frustrated because I didn't know anything at all about this thing called blogging.  Today, my follower count just hit 100. Now, I know that to you bloggers who have been doing this for way longer than me, this is nothing compared to the numbers you're crunching. But I'm sure you …

The Question on Every Blogger’s Mind

If there's one thing I'm learning in life, it's that things don't always have to happen at the exact moment we plan for them to happen. It's okay to be spontaneous. In fact, it's good to be flexible! That being said, I planned for every last Friday of the month to be my YA Feature …

My First Grammy Nomination

Okay, I'm going to come clean here...though I haven't been nominated for a Grammy (ever), I just received my first nomination for The Mystery Blogger Award (which feels like a Grammy to me, so...thanks so much for the nomination, Peri!) Also, a BIG chunk of the credit should go to the creator of this award, so thank you …

Your Pick: Things I Never Thought Had Anything to Do with Writing

For those of you who don't know me, Hi! My name is Beatrice Joy, and I'm a writer. *cough* I'm sorry, author. I've always wanted to get a book published, and now that I have, I feel like it's one big check off my life's (pretty long) to-do list. However, though it's undeniable that I've come a long way …

Blogging Lessons. From a Newbie Blogger.

As I've mentioned in my About Me section, I'm an author. And what do authors do? Sit in a corner and cry? No! We write! (And then we cry. Especially during the editing stage. FYI.) Coming into the blogging world, I honestly thought it would be easy. Because I've written a novel (Into the Shadows), I thought that …