Categotry Archives: writing

Life of an Indie Author

I’m of mixed minds on this whole Indie thing. Right now, Ripple: YAV ranks: #718 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store) #6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Family Life And this is great, I guess. I am so grateful people are reading my books. But I’m ready to go traditional. I sort of love the hustle and excitement of marketing two books while writing two other books, [...]

I Run Excerpt: Me and Little Sally

I Run is heading back to my editor for a bit more tweaking. I have been working really hard on drawing richer characterizations of the supporting characters. Unlike Ripple, I Run is written from a first person perspective. The main character is Sally Lane Brookman. What follows is an  introduction to her sidekick, Little Sally, or her inner child. I dream of Little Sally a lot. Most of the time, she’s running free and young again on the green fields [...]

Catie Rhodes: Forever Road

Morning friends! Please come hang out this morning with me and Catie Rhodes. Grab your coffee or your tea and bring a question or two, and I promise we won’t bore you! Catie and I talk, a lot, and she’s one of those people who I always wanna talk to more once I type, “talk to you later.” She’s interesting and brilliant and full of humanity, of realness, of salt of the earth trueness–just like the characters in Forever Road. [...]

Me on the Air: YouTube and Ustream

Hey friends. I’ve created my own Ustream Channel http://www.ustream.tv/channel/running-from-hell-with-el. I’ve also created a YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/runningfromhell1?feature=guide. I’ve made several videos and plan to broadcast fairly regularly on Ustream, which I will then upload to YouTube. I feel like this is a big part of my calling, my mission, what God wants me doing. So please grab a cup of coffee when you can and come listen. And if you have anything you want me to talk about, drop me a [...]

Sally Lane Brookman

My name is Sally Lane Brookman. If you met me on the street, you’d probably wonder if you knew me from somewhere else, from another city or another time in your life. But unless you have lived or do live within an hour’s drive of Washington D.C., or maybe met me half a lifetime ago down in Williamsburg, Virginia, or just happened to catch a glimpse of my unruly blonde hair flowing behind me as I ran past you on [...]