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Author Ramblings, Indie Authors, Life, My thoughts, Pimping Myself Out, Release Week

The Day I Finally Felt Like an “Author.” RELEASE WEEK: ALLURING SURRENDER: DAY 4.

The Day I Finally “Felt” Like I Was an Author
By: Author Skye Turner

About seventeen months ago, I started on this journey called self-publishing. One day in the summer of 2013, while my husband was offshore and my kids were running around my house like crazy little people, I sat at my laptop and decided to get the ideas that were living in my head… out.

I wrote like a person possessed that day. I think I wrote something like nine thousand words. It was like now that I was finally allowing the voices in my head to talk, they had so much to say.

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Alluring Surrender, Author Ramblings, Indie Authors, Life, Pimping Myself Out, Release Week

Release Week: Alluring Surrender. Day 3. Meet the Characters!

Alluring Surrender, Book 5 Bayou Stix releases THIS Friday, November 21.

The lead characters in this, the final installment, are Cruz Edwards and Tifanie Jeffries-Bellaforte.

A tortured man and a fiercely independent and confident woman.

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Alluring Surrender, Author Ramblings, Indie Authors, My thoughts, Pimping Myself Out, Release Week

Release Week! Alluring Surrender’s Playlist

Nothing is better than music, right!?

My debut series, Bayou Stix, is about the band Bayou Stix. The characters are musicians, but the books are more about the people in the band over the actual band. There are band things covered, but I focus more on the people and less on the act in my books.

Why did I choose to make my characters musicians? Well, because I love music. It’s something I’ve always loved. Music is one of the most amazing things on the planet. Music has the innate ability to invoke emotion. It can alter your mood with only the beat of the bass and the lyrics of the songs. It’s almost mystical and if you think about it… it’s magical.

Every book of mine has a Playlist for this reason. When you listen BEFORE you read, it gives you some insight into what might happen in the book. It keeps you guessing. When you listen AFTER you read the books, you can relate certain songs to specific situations in the book. Continue reading →

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Author Ramblings, Indie Authors, Life, Pimping Myself Out

Release Week… Recap of the Bayou Stix Series… up to… Alluring Surrender!

Alluring Surrender, Book 5 Bayou Stix releases THIS Friday, November 21. Pre-Order links are available on ALL outlets.
This is a SERIES recap up to Book 5.

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Author Ramblings, Cover Reveal, Indie Authors, Life, My thoughts, Pimping Myself Out, Rants

Good things are coming… (and maybe an excerpt)

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated my blog. I’m way behind. So, this will be a giant post with a whole lot of information. Try to keep up.

Not typical

There’s coffee and chocolate at the end.

Before I jump into the technical, how about a treat!?

Theo James Brit with killer lips. You're welcome.

Theo James
Brit with killer lips.
You’re welcome.

Ok, now back to the subject at hand.

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Author Ramblings, Life, My thoughts, Reader Feedback

Heartfelt Gratitude… Love After Pain

Authors write books from our hearts. Our stories may sometimes be fiction, but within every story is a large dose of reality. It can be in the characters, the situations, or the details, but most of us put ourselves into our work. Sometimes it’s intentional, sometimes it’s not, but I haven’t met an author yet or read a book that was purely “fiction.”

When I started this journey almost a year ago now, I had no idea what would happen or how I would do. I didn’t know if anyone would even read my work. But, I gave it my all and wrote my story, my way… and for the most part people enjoyed it.

My first published book, my first book really, is Alluring Turmoil. Continue reading →

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The Great Selfie Debate

Selfies… love them or hate them. It looks like they are here to stay.

The Great Selfie Debate

The Great Selfie Debate

From movie stars to musicians to athletes to the cashier at the grocery store, everyone is snapping selfies these days.

People either comment positively or negatively on them and everyone has an Instagram account these days. Link Instagram to Facebook and Twitter and your selfies are in the ginormous world of the internet. Continue reading →

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