'To Kill a Mocking Bird' BANNED, in my back yard...literally.

I've just come back from a vacation/ hurricane evacuation (more on that later) but I wanted to get your thoughts on this:

Biloxi Mississippi, the place my husband works, one town over from where I live just removed To Kill a Mocking Bird from the school reading list because...

“There were complaints about it. There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable, and we can teach the same lesson with other books..."

I'd really, really love to get your thoughts on this. If you could leave me your comments here, that'd be swell. Please, and thank you!

23 1/2 Hours to Live:: NOW IN PAPERBACK

I know a lot of you have been asking, and my New Adult Romance; 23 1/2 Hours to Live is now on paperback! Everyone at Green Envy Press worked really hard and making it pretty, as well as affordable. You can score your own copy for just $7.99 with free Prime Shipping. 

There are still a few winners who have no claimed there copies. Stay tuned to see if those get relisted, and LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU WANT TO BE ENTERED TO WIN A DIGITAL COPY!

Prefer the e-scene?Get it on Kindle for just .99 for a limited time. Or read it FREE with Your Kindle Unlimited Subscription.

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My New Book, Amish Country Vampire Hunter!

Seventeen year old Sadie Stoltzfus feeds the chickens, milks the cows, and kills the undead in her spare time. When Jonas Yoder goes missing from a church singing, Sadie must put her dreams of owning her own quilt shop on hold to hunt down the sinister cult of bloodsuckers that have kidnapped her suspender wearing Beau.  Seriously, the LOLZ Happy April Fools Day.

I tell stories, it's kind of my thing.

I was supposed to release a book last month. In February, and somehow it's March, and I have to feel bad about it even though I don't want to. I am often guilty of sitting down to accomplish three pages of to do lists only to stare at Twitter with wide eyes and wait for it to do a trick. 

I know this about myself. I've spent a lifetime working my way around it to great success. Coping mechanisms? I've got 'em. 

So imagine my surprise, when I got thrown off when I started accomplishing too much. It's like saying you're going to read one more chapter before bed and then not stopping until you read the whole series. It's one more brick, one more book, one more  scheme I'll talk myself out of in the morning. It was whole weeks like that, until I was both desperately behind schedule and also hell-must-have-just-frozen-over because I was so ahead of schedule. 

Yes, it is possible to be both those things. I swear, I don't work at being contrary. (At least not since 2005) so here's the deal. I know you're all waiting and waiting for the next book in the Hollows Series and it's going to be out soon. In fact, I am working on getting the preorder up today. It's really coming out, really soon. But so are some other books. 

At one very scary point last month I was wrapping up five different books, at the same time. I didn't go to bed before three in the morning for six weeks, and when I broke that streak it was when I decided to go to bed early-as in one thirty. Life didn't let me sleep in, life didn't let me let up. 

So the good news is, I'm not dead. The bad news is, I need just a little longer to sort through the business. Trust me when I say this is actually really, really, awesome. 

23 1/2 Hours to Live is Out Now! Check Out the Book Playlist!

23 1/2 Hours to Live is out now on Kindle! Click here to get your copy, and stay tuned to hear when it's live on other outlets. 

Recently, I did a poll asking readers if they loved or hated book playlists; almost everyone said LOVE, so check out this one for 23 1/2 Hours to Live!

Pre-Order 23 1/2 Hours to Live & Get the Swag of Your Dreams

I was totally going post that you can now pre-order my next-next book (because there may actually be one before that) book, and that you should totally do it right now.


But you know what? That's not good enough. We can make this way more fun. This book is MADE of Awesome, so now everyone in the United States that pre-orders an ebook copy of 23 1/2 Hours by next saturday at 11:59 their timezone will get there very own 23 1/2 Hours pin, seen here------------------------->

Yes, everyone from the US that pre-orders a copy by 11:59 PM their time zone 4/30 gets one!

Also everyone that orders one is entered to win a fancy new Kindle Fire in a fun new color:


AND they are entered to win a copy of the paperback version of the book before you can buy it.

After you pre-order your copy, please click here to enter your information.

Somethings to keep in  mind. This book is a new adult romance, and is not suited for kids. The actual release date is May 17th.





Here's (some of)the blurb:




Coming soon from bestselling author Angela Kulig, a new adult romance about crazy people… who are maybe in love. 

Forced out of college Freshman year and into a dead end job, Kaylee doesn't become angry and bitter; instead she does her best to not even exist. 

Here's a quick list of what Kaylee Hall expects from life: 

1. Nothing 
2. Nothing else 

She doesn't date. 
She doesn't make friends. 
She doesn't feel anything. 

So when the guy who ruined Kaylee's life in every way shows up and tries to casually rewrite her life story, she consults her list and doesn't know what to think. 

Click here to see the complete details, or to preorder your copy now!

Click here to enter your information to get your pin, and prize entries!

Insomnia, My Old Friend

I have been an insomniac since-well, almost ever.

This is only a slight exaggeration as one of my earlier memories is where I am laying in bed, unable to sleep. My mother's solution for this was to put me to bed while it was still daylight outside. This made it worse, much, much worse.

Extra italics worse. 

Instead of me getting more sleep, I just got good at hiding the fact that I am an insomniac; and I got used to functioning without sleep. It's kind of a superpower that is slowly killing you. In college I went to school fulltime, had a fulltime job, and had a parttime job.

Which really explains why I quit and went back to writing. Ah, writing. The truth is, I think writing might be a symptom of my insomnia. I can't exactly test my theory, because, I haven't found a way to sleep like a normal person.

Also, I have learned to never, ever, tell a doctor you can't sleep. Because they don't tell you to change your diet, or cut caffeine, they get out there little white pad and scribble some almost illegible magic words and presto chango, medicine that can probably kill you.

The first night I took Ambien, I thought I died; then I thought maybe that is how normal people sleep. Like they are dieing of old age every night on their down-alternative pillows, and I just don't get it.

The second night I took Ambien I woke up the shower, with all my clothes on.

There, as you can imagine, was no third time.

I am used to my insomnia. It's familiar. It's 1:30, and 2:45, it's one more chapter, and two more pages. It's bone deep, and it's now 6:20AM. I should maybe go to bed.