I asked my Facebook readers group (Backstage with Amy Kaybach) what they wanted to know about me. I was looking for things I could use as interesting tidbits for “a ten random facts about me” kind of thing. What I ended up getting were some interesting questions about music, reading and being an author that…
My first book, Bridging the Silence, the first book in a series of four novels about my fictitious rock band, The Blind Rebels, releases TOMORROW. How in the actual hell is that possible? It’s a crazy concept for me. I’ve lived with this band in my head for a while now and I’m a little…
(The picture that goes along with this post is a visual representation of my Inner Critic spiral. I got this idea from Austin Kleon over on his blog post called Intentionally spiraling out.) The closer I get to the release of my first book, the more imposter syndrome is rearing its ugly face. And let…
I was driving home from work the other day and thinking to myself as I listened to the new Jet Black Romance song, that it’s not that different between supporting your favorite band and your favorite author. So I threw together this little graphic with six little bullet points on things you can do that…
My first book is available for pre-order on Amazon! I can’t believe it’s almost here. The first book in the Blind Rebels rock star romance series follows Kady, a broken ex-popstar trying to rebuild her life after suffering a devastating traumatic event and Mav, the charismatic lead singer of world famous Blind Rebels, who has…
I’ve mentioned before that naming things in my WIP are the bane of my writing life. I struggle with coming up with character names, place names, business names, you name it. It doesn’t even help that I keep a list on my phone of names that I find interesting (I come across them in my…
My developmental editor* gives me movies and TV shows to watch as a way to help my writing. I know it seems kind of weird (or at least it did at first to me) that watching TV or movies can help with distinct elements of writing, but it really works. So now when my editor…
Am I the only one who is excited to watch Pam & Tommy on Hulu? If you don’t know what I am talking about, here is the official trailer from Youtube: I hope it isn’t a disappointment. I loved The Dirt (both the book and the movie) so I have high hopes for this one….
I’ve finished going through both Bridging the Silence (Blind Rebels book 1) and Blending Chords (Blind Rebels book 2) to prep them for the proofreader next month. I turned in my first (ie. major) rewrite of Reviving the Rhythm (Blind Rebels book 3) to my editor for a read when she’s done going over Finding…
Have you seen the movie “Almost Famous” with Kate Hudson as Penny Lane? It’s probably no surprise that it’s one of my all-time favorite movies. If you haven’t seen it and you love music- I highly suggest it. My reason for bringing it up is that they had a saying when everything was starting to…