Friday Photo: Retiring Part of My Writing Arsenal

Posted on October 26, 2012 by SloanParker

I had to permanently retire my old keyboard and have sent it off to the tech recycling center. I wrote MORE, BREATHE, TAKE ME HOME, and several of my short stories on this one. Actually, if you look close you can see there were two of them. That’s how much I loved this keyboard. I would still be using it too, but one of them no longer worked and on the other some of the keys were sticking and others had completely stopped working. Hard to type a 100,000+ word manuscript with no “S” key.

Good-bye, old friend. Thanks for helping me tell my tales.

Friday Photo: Look at what I got in the mail

Posted on October 19, 2012 by SloanParker

As a member of Romance Writers of America, I like to support the individual chapters who accept digital-first and digital-only books in their published author contests. Earlier this year, I entered Take Me Home in the Oklahoma RWA’s International Digital Awards. It won first place in the Contemporary Novel category, and I recently received this awesome plaque in the mail.

Huge thanks to the contest coordinators and judges for their time and efforts in running and judging such a professional contest, their tweets and other mentions of my book’s win, and for the beautiful personalized award. I love it!

Friday Photos: Found a Fab New Place to Write

Posted on September 28, 2012 by SloanParker

I recently stayed in this mini-cabin at a nearby lake. It was a wonderful weekend, quiet and relaxing. I could get lost there with my laptop and write for days.

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Friday Photo: Nearly Finished Manuscript for HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

Posted on September 21, 2012 by SloanParker

My beta readers are going through the final pages now, and then it’s off to my editor! I’ll keep you posted when I know more about a release date.

Friday Photo: Mini Golf & Technology Collide

Posted on September 14, 2012 by SloanParker

Totally off topic of writing and romance, but I love playing mini golf.

I stink at it, yet I almost always have a blast.

One thing that sucks (along with my score) is having to keep track of the scoring with those tiny pencils that always poke me in the leg when I cram one into my pocket on my turn.

Then it occurred to me, there’s gotta be an app for that.

Yep!

My Mini Golf Scorecard. It worked great on my iPhone. No more tiny, poking pencils!

And here’s the first course I tried it on. My score sucked (as usual), but I had fun playing with the new app.

Anyway, just had to share for any of you fellow mini golf lovers out there. Check out My Mini Golf Scorecard or one of the other mobile apps for keeping score. Save yourself from the poke of a pencil!