I have been asked why the pen name as well as my name Michele Scott. I am writing thrillers that are pretty dark and a bit twisted, as well as ramping up the romance in them versus the light romance I write in my mysteries. I am writing these thrillers under the pen name A.K. [CONTINUE READING]
May 012012
A frequent visitor to our Louisiana backyard bird feeders is a persistent squirrel, who I watch with a blend of awe and aggravation. He spends an amazing amount of effort to get to one particular feeder, stretching, hanging upside down, falling off and getting back on. While I admire his tenacity, he isn’t very smart: [CONTINUE READING]
I have a very vivid dream life. I have since I was a child. From the ages of five until I was twenty-five, I dreamed several times a week that someone was trying to kill me. I spent many nights in my dreams running, running, running from some unknown assailant. Fortunately those nightmares have taken [CONTINUE READING]
I want to thank Farrah for hosting Pump Up Your Book today on our 5 year anniversary hoedown! Not only have I known Farrah for a long time but she has been so generous with hosting our authors – I just want to squeeze her! Before I begin my guest post, I’d like to tell [CONTINUE READING]
Ready to transform stress and worry for good? When you are stressed and worried, looking for lasting stress relief can be overwhelming. There is so much information it’s hard to know where to start and what to do. Conscious Calm makes it simple. This book focuses on the internal patterns of stress that often go unnoticed, and [CONTINUE READING]
(We’re sitting at a strategically placed table on the front patio of a well-known crowded Beverly Hills restaurant) K.T.: Why do we have to be so conspicuous? You know I don’t do scenes. NDV: Puh-leaze. Get over yourself. If it’s any comfort, no one is interested in you if they can’t place you in the [CONTINUE READING]
Mar 072012
As a start-up entrepreneur in the medical device industry since the mid-80s, I’ve been privileged to have the opportunity to see the newest innovations in healthcare and work with some of the most brilliant researchers, scientists and physicians in the industry throughout the world. It’s allowed me to witness technologies that could easily be viewed [CONTINUE READING]
After twenty-five years of The Oprah Show, Oprah said she’d never had a day of therapy because her show was her therapy. I can relate to that. Writing is my form of therapy. One of my favorite writing books is The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron and she says that if a writer doesn’t write, [CONTINUE READING]
From Illiterate to Author: One Woman’s Odyssey {Guest #Author: Alicia Singleton + #Giveaway Details}
Feb 152012
Hushed voices seeped through tiny cupped fingers. Down the row, one by one, the A’s and B’s on top of the graded papers brought joy to each recipient. The teacher placed the graded test on the girl’s desk. Big. Red. Bold. The ‘E’ sat poised at the top of the paper. Like a cruel monarch sitting atop a throne of judgment, [CONTINUE READING]
I did not read my first book until I was seventeen. Before that I could not read consecutive words and make sense of them. Letters would bounce around the page and the white background would reverse with the black print. I suffered through most of my elementary and high school life from afflictions that educators [CONTINUE READING]
I’m a huge Linda Howard fan. In fact, I proudly proclaim to be her number one fan (of the none sociopathic variety). I’ve been reading Howard for years, have read every book she’s written, along with most of the interviews she’s done. Lately, some of the comments I’ve received from readers regarding one of the [CONTINUE READING]
I was recently asked to contribute a chapter on comedy writing for an upcoming book on writing. As I was figuring out what I want to write, something occurred to me: I have no idea how to explain what I do. It probably sounds funny that a comedy writer cannot explain how to write comedy. [CONTINUE READING]
