Hello! Yes, I’m still here, even though I’ve been on blog silence for a while. Sorry about that. As an author who writes about girls in sports, I can’t help but get the warm and fuzzy feels whenever I hear about real life stories of girls expressing dominion and awesomeness on the court or on […]
Hello! I love listening to music when I write. It pumps me up to write the basketball scenes and helps me get in the right mindset to write the emotionally charged scenes. For A Shot Worth Taking, one song in particular helped me gain a deeper understanding of Emma’s relationship with her older brother Lance […]
Hello! Robin Daniels, a fellow YA indie author, has graciously taken the time to read and review A Game Worth Watching. Head on over to her website to check out the review and enter a giveaway to receive a free ebook of A Shot Worth Taking, book 2 in my Worth Series. There will be […]
Hello and happy Friday! Not only is it Friday, but it is December! Where, oh where, has the year gone? Yeah, I don’t know either. As promised, A Shot Worth Taking is on sale for the next two days for just $.99!! In case the book description (posted below) isn’t enough insight into the book, I […]
Hello! The holiday season is among us! To celebrate, A Shot Worth Taking (Worth Series Book 2) will be on sale for $.99 starting, Friday, December 1 and ending midnight on December 2. So if you haven’t read it or want to gift it, now’s the perfect time! 🙂 Happy Holidays! Samantha
Hello! In the published version of A Game Worth Watching, Emma and Riley met for the first time when they were nine and the Ledgers moved into the neighborhood. Only after she rode her bike in front of his house a few times did Riley finally invite Emma to play basketball with him. It was […]
As a kid, I loved jigsaw puzzles. There was something comforting about making sense out of chaos, especially when dealing with thousands of small interlocking pieces. Whether I worked to connect the straight-edged pieces first or tackled a specific feature or color, eventually the small groups of pieces came together to complete the puzzle. When […]
Forgive me! I was on a hiatus in New York for the past two months, living in a studio apartment with my family, walking on eggshells during the times my toddler and infant chose to sleep, and learning how to NOT be a helicopter mom as my two-year-old learned how to climb to new heights […]
Conversations take an interesting turn sometimes, especially when you throw in random facts no one knows that you happened upon while doing research for a book. Because let’s face it, it’s fun to share fascinating information with others, am I right? It is…until the conversation turns awkward. For instance, the other night my husband and […]
On my crusade to immerse myself in the writing community, I thought, What can be better than surrounding myself with fellow authors who know what it’s like to write a book? I took a deep breath, gulped down the bile telling me to remain silent in my own introverted hole, and I reached out. I read a book […]