I’ve been trying to focus on Marketing and making more book sales. For the next seven days “A Kiss of Betrayal: Élisabet’s Story (Book Three of The Kiss Series)” will be on sale for $2.99 marked down from $4.99. I’ve been basically spamming every writing and reading group that I belong to on Facebook with... Continue Reading →
Today's blog topic is why self-publishing may or may not be for you. I personally chose to self-publish because the most important thing to me is getting my books into the hands of readers. I want to write and share my stories with the world. For me, being an author isn’t about the prestige of... Continue Reading →
Today Writer’s Chapter met for our weekly meeting. Writer’s Chapter is just a small group of local writers who get together once a week to talk about writing, the writing business, and to work on our writing in a social environment. It gets us out and helps us to emerge from our dark, lonely writing... Continue Reading →
I’ve been MIA for a while now. Blogging always seems to get pushed aside and pushed to the bottom of my to-do list. Wouldn’t it be nice if things just took care of themselves once in a while? Ya know… like day jobs and bill payments? But more than anything it has been my health... Continue Reading →
Gothic Literature is a sub-genre of romanticism consisting of novels and short stories, which emerged between 1800 and 1850. Gothic Literature focuses on the grotesque, desolate, and mysterious usually including supernatural or horror motifs to show the evil inside of humans. Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Joyce Carol Oates use settings, events, and characters... Continue Reading →
An Excerpt from Chapter Five of "The Possessive Kiss: Victoria's Story (Book Two of The Kiss Series) © Michelle C. Hillstrom True to her word, Polly brought a potion in a glass vial to Victoria that evening when she came in at her usual time to assist her mistress in the bedtime preparations. “You must... Continue Reading →
Excerpt from "The Faithful Kiss( Book One of The Kiss Series)" by: Michelle Hillstrom © I ran through the dark, wet fog. The dampness clung to my silk ball gown and something was following me. Something else was out there in the night with me, and it was evil. I was lost. I had never... Continue Reading →
I’ve been busy the past few weeks working on building a larger following on Facebook and Twitter, promoting my third book “A Kiss of Betrayal: Élisabet’s Story,” and working on one of Holly Lisle’s flash fiction classes. “A Kiss of Betrayal: Élisabet’s Story,” is the third book in “The Kiss Series,” which is a New... Continue Reading →
This is a poem that I wrote about twelve years ago. Blood Red © Michelle C. Hillstrom Thorns of blood red roses pierce and slice my heart. My blood lay ‘bout you and you paint with it this piece of art. A pretty picture of the girl I could never be and all that’s in... Continue Reading →
My writing muse is a diva. She looks like your stereotypical Greek Muse (think the muses from the Disney movie Hercules as pictured above), but she is sassy, snotty, inconsiderate, and diva-licious. I have named her Diana Ross. Let me just go ahead and state that this in no way reflects upon the Great Diana... Continue Reading →
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