Fun With Vampires: Why Moving Is NOT Cool

Mwuahahaha! Looks like my evil plan to take over this blog has succeeded….Well, hello there! How are you? My name is Valentina, and I’m a vampire, which is kind of awesome and kind of scary. My family and I have recently moved into this gigantic mansion in a boring town in the middle of nowhere. However, it seems like we’re […]

Happy Release Day Valentina and the Haunted Mansion!

Today is the release day of my debut novel, Valentina and the Haunted Mansion. Can you say WOW? I’ll work on revamping my blog and keeping it up to date with the purchase links this week. Meanwhile, go buy your copy on one of these places: Amazon (Paperback) or Amazon (Kindle), B&N, Evolved Publishing and more! Valentina isn’t thrilled with […]

Weekly Writing Goals (11)

Each week I write down my goals for the week. Here’s my list of goals I hope to accomplish this week: Finish the first draft of Andante (Allegro Academy #2). Current status: 50k/65k words. Work on query critiques for clients. Redesign my author website (as you can see, I’m halfway through this already, but the design needs some tweaking and […]

Announcement for Picture Book Deal

I’m glad to announce that I’ve signed a contract with Evolved Publishing for the publication of three speculative fiction picture books in 2013. The first one, Valentina and The Haunted Mansion will be published on May 21st 2013. The second one, Valentina and The Whackadoodle Witch will be published on September September 24th 2013 and the third one, Valentina and […]

Expanding My Horizon

I’ve always been a bit peculiar, to be honest. When I was a young kid, I skipped chapter books to get started on middle grade right away. I quickly brushed past middle grade, skipped young adult and ended up in adult territory. By the time I had reached age twelve, I was reading Magician by Raymond E. Feist, Mists of […]