Showing posts with label Divine Magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Divine Magazine. Show all posts

Friday, December 9, 2016

#Giveaway Welcome to Divine Magazine's Christmas Blog Hop!

A very special thank you to Anders and all the wonderful folks at Divine Magazine for our awesome holiday blog hop! This blog hop is to get us all in Christmas mood. Get hopping and read all the posts as the common theme is, well, Christmas!🎄 Don't forget to scroll down to the bottom and enter the giveaway!

As you know, I write young adult works for Dreamspinner’s Harmony Ink Press label. I have a unique writing background in a number of ways and have written in multiple mainstream venues for years, and spent way too much time on movie sets as a kid watching films come to life for the silver screen. Though I write for Harmony Ink Press and have spent the past four years concentrating on young adult works, I write primarily for adults—surprise! I have all kinds of books releasing in 2017 and I hope you'll join me in celebrating them!

The Holiday Season means a lot to me because it's a time of love and laughter. Those of you who know me, know that I love to share and spread laughter. My most precious holiday memory was my very first Christmas gift. I was raised by my grandfather, a prolific author, and began writing at the age of seven. That year, my grandfather gave me two dictionaries, the Oxford Dictionary, and Webster's New International Dictionary. (c. 1943) Best gifts ever! Try lifting all 3,194 pages from a shelf to your desk! My grandfather and I spent the next year or so reading the Websters dictionary. I kid you not. I still have both dictionaries and, in spite of our internet information age, I often find myself perusing these wonderful reference books.

Monday, July 13, 2015

Surprise Author Spotlight with Jo & Isa Love Books! A 5★ Review, Fan Art, and a very special Poem!


Jo & Isa surprised me with an Author Spotlight!
And an incredible 5★ review of Slaying Isidore's Dragons!!!
Jo also wrote a very special poem about
Slaying Isidore's Dragons!
Check it out!

Jo's wonderful review AND poem can also be read on Divine Magazine!



Slaying Isidore's Dragons Poem by Joanne Swinney 

Darkness all around, nowhere to hide, no one to care,
Fear installed so deep, living a life constantly being scared.

The pain is real, the scars you can see,
My life is nothing, They'll never let me be.

Coming from the darkness into the light,
The eyes of my saviour is an overwhelming sight.
I no longer need to feel weakness, I can be strong,
To hold my lover close all night long.

The light shines bright like the stars in the sky
Night fall no more a fear as we lie, In my dreams I can fly.
Where there was once so much hate now there is only love,
I prayed for a miracle, God sent me an angel from up above.

I will live to love and laugh, gracing my lover with a smile
No one can ever take this away from me,
my future is for me to find.
Through my journey I have grown, holding
onto my faith,
My dearest Declan will always keep me safe.

Fan Art by Joanne Swinney          

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Join me in Celebrating a Divine Affair with DivineMagazine.net!

Join me and several other artists, authors, and entertainers
Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PST to celebrate
Divine Magazine's Divine Affair on Facebook!
I'll be hosting a live author chat from 2:30-3:00p PST!
Join me and ask questions or simply share what's on your mind!
See you there!

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Str8washing v. Gaywashing in Young Adult and Teen Literature

It’s no secret that Hollywood has a long-standing history of “straightening” depictions of historical figures in film. With the adoption of the Motion Picture Production Code in the U.S. in 1930, it was forbidden to portray “sex perversion” in the movies (film industries in other countries were subjected to similar restrictions). Coincidentally (or not), very few films were made about people known to be gay or bisexual.

How well do you think we do, as authors, in young adult and teen literature today? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Read my article "Str8washing versus Gaywashing" at Divine Magazine


And don't forget to check out my newest book, Slaying Isidore's Dragons!
Now available in print and ebook at