How to Self Publish Your Novel as a Hard Copy: KDP and Create Space

March 30, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Ready to get your book published? Yeah?! Me too! Well I have thought for the last two years, “When I am ready to self-publish I will do Kindle publishing and also get my book purchase to print published through Create Space. Well, did you know that Amazon recently bought Create Space? No? Neither did I. […]

Self Publishing…Here I Come!

March 27, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Three months and counting! I can’t believe I have made it this far, though I never doubted myself in the determination to be here, I never thought I would take matters into my own hands either. About six months ago I officially became fed up with the traditional publishing path. I have sent over 150 […]

Writing a Theme: Insight into Writing a Book

March 27, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

One of the biggest questions I am asked when people find out I wrote a book is, “So how do you do it? How did you write the book, what is your process?” The number one thing I say back to this almost as often is, “I sat down and wrote!” But that isn’t the […]

Captain Marvel, Absolutely Marvel-ous!

March 19, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ll start right off with the good stuff, but first a slight PSA…there will DEFINITELY be spoilers in this post. . …..Spoilers are coming…..please don’t keep reading if you haven’t seen CAPTAIN MARVEL and want to keep all things a surprise. . I LOVE CAPTAIN MARVEL! Wow, what a great movie. Not for the typical […]

I’m Close to Stabbing You with a Sharpened Pencil Man.

March 12, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

I would consider myself pretty laid back. It takes a lot to rattle my cage, and not just in the business world, I mean in my personal life. I am so very much the type to take a step outside my own world and think, “Well, why are you acting like this? What is the […]

Mary Poppins: An Absolute Delight

January 13, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

This isn’t so much a movie review, though I will tell you I adored the new movie! Emily Blunt is AMAZING as Mary Poppins, I believed every second of it that she WAS indeed Mary Poppins. What I loved the most (SPOILERS!!!) is the part of the feature where Mary took the three Banks children […]

Just a Few: Best and Worst Books I Read in 2018

January 12, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

The Great, The Sexy, and the Downright Dreadful Not So Nice Guy by R.S. Grey – I was out of work for a few months this year and was looking for some quick reads. Nothing serious but something fun and enjoyable. This book is what I found. OH MY GOD did I love this book. […]

Get ready to hear more from J. McSpadden

January 6, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Hello My Lovlies, I know, first things first…. it has been WAY too long since I have posted on here. I am a bad naughty little blogger. I will admit that I have been spending an absorbent amount of time on my writing and on Instagram. Shameless I know 😉 After my recent decision to […]

I Don’t Want to Wait Anymore

August 23, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Waiting to find an agent, waiting to find a publisher, waiting….waiting…waiting. I am so sick of waiting. Why am I a waiting? Because it’s the traditional way to accomplish my goals? Why am I putting my goals in someone else’s hands to deny? No, I don’t want to wait anymore. I want to move forward. […]

How the heck do I write a synopsis!?

March 16, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Last night I spent pretty much….all night working on my synopsis. It was one of those nights where I knew I wouldn’t be able to get it perfect but I needed to get it done. This is a great exercise even if it doesn’t get me the agent. I started with a 1,300 word synopsis […]