ML2ENAY. Thank you to everyone who uploaded a review of TELESA:The Covenant Keeper on either Amazon or Smashwords by the Monday deadline. You rock! I appreciate your ongoing support and encouragement. Today we put all your names into this very special magic box. ( Otherwise known as Bella's Toy Blocks Box)If you posted a review… Continue reading And the Winner is…
Category: samoa writing
A Rare Good Day to be a Writer
Let's live dangerously...So this morning my cousin in New York, Facebooks me - "Congratulations on your prize! Awesome!" I message her back. (Somewhat shamefacedly.) "Umm, I didnt… Continue reading A Rare Good Day to be a Writer
Does Your Family read your Blog?
Lani Wendt Young has been blogging long enough now that just about everything that happens in my life makes my eyes narrow, my bloggerbrain train wheels chug, and KaChing! I have an idea for a new blog post. Which means, my husband now prefaces things with..."Dont you dare blog about THIS, okay?! And my teenagers… Continue reading Does Your Family read your Blog?
What did you Read and LOVE in High School English?
“Are your stories based on real experiences that have happened in your own life?” This is a question that I get a lot, and one that I’m sure a lot of writers get. I’ve been writing short fiction for a lot longer than I’ve been writing my (trashy) books and it’s been rewarding to see… Continue reading What did you Read and LOVE in High School English?
To Be Beautiful requires much Pain.
This is me. Painfully, beautifully me. No lie. I walk around with this exact expression all day. That's me. Don't be jealous. Get threaded and you too can look just like this.So my little sister stopped thru on a visit from the Cook Islands where all the beautiful people live and wear beautifully revealing clothing.… Continue reading To Be Beautiful requires much Pain.
Etiquette Tip 2 for Newly Published First Time Authors
Tip TwoWhen you see your book forlornly cast upon the lower shelves or (heaven forbid) in a bargain bin, do not take it and place it strategically on the bestseller shelf. In front of Harry Potter and those damn sparkly vampires. And if a bookstore does not stock your book, please do not creep in… Continue reading Etiquette Tip 2 for Newly Published First Time Authors
How to be the Bestest Amateur Blogger you Can Be. 8 Tips
There are professional bloggers. They have a cast of thousands following them, hanging on their every word. They feature in TIME magazine, get interviewed on Oprah and earn golden dollars from their blogging. At the other end of the spectrum, is me. And bloggers like me. We start a blog because we have a few… Continue reading How to be the Bestest Amateur Blogger you Can Be. 8 Tips
We need YOU!
WANTEDA friend for our mother. Because then she won't have so much time to spend obsessing about US and OUR friends. You must -*Prefer communicating via Twitter, email and text. Too much human-to-human interaction makes our mum tired. Induces feelings of suffocation and paranoid cage-fighter behaviour. Plan on hanging out in person, oh..maybe twice a… Continue reading We need YOU!
Short Fiction up on Amazon
An announcement of amazonian proportions...I'm very happy to tell you that I (finally) figured out how to publish stuff on Amazon and there are FIVE of my short stories now listed. *The Beast that came from the Sea.*Sina the Snake Killer*High School is a Jungle*Don't Tell*A True Samoan WomanHumbled to see that a few readers… Continue reading Short Fiction up on Amazon
Reckless and Foolishly Brave.
Having an impossible writing goal - and then being crazy ( and dumb enough) to believe in it - can achieve writing impossibility. I should know. When I wrote my first book - "Pacific Tsunami Galu Afi" - I had a boss. I was a fulltime employed writer. I got paid to research, interview, write,… Continue reading Reckless and Foolishly Brave.
Lani Wendt Young 