Happy Cyber Monday! Have you already been doing online shopping since Friday? I am here today with a bowl full of holiday SALE goodness. Some are FREE and some are heavily discounted, but they all have one thing in common, they’re all FOR A LIMITED TIME. Check out the dates so you don’t miss out. Did you know that you can GIFT these books while they are on sale to others via Amazon? You just hit the “buy for others” button below the price, and it gives you the option to CHOOS

Oh holy guac, I was so excited to give this to my newsletter followers! They got a FREE EXCLUSIVE First Look at bonus material from Forged by Sacrifice!!!! Not a subscriber, but still want it? No worries, the link will take you to a signup page, and then you can download. http://bit.ly/FbSBonusFLnl Did you download? Are you as excited as I am? I hope so. Plus, I’ve finally set a date for Mac and Georgie’s actual release. It’s October 22! Which isn’t very far away. Want to mak

Hello all my lovelies, So, I had these amazing plans to do a Christmas in July for my newsletter subscribers and then life happened. I’m a little late and thus calling it: “Christmas AFTER July,” and it starts tomorrow!!! If you haven’t subscribed, you’ll be missing out on the chance to enter and win one of these books. Sign up here so you don’t miss out: http://bit.ly/LJEbooksnl What else is new in my world? Well, Forged by Sacrifice is out with beta readers and getting read

I can’t believe February has disappeared in our rearview mirror. My month was a struggle for me. Some of you know I’ve been dealing with some health issues, but I try and focus on the good things that happen, and there were two pretty fabulous things that took place in my author-y world this month. First, I GOT TO MEET AMY HARMON! Here’s a pic of me and her. She is one of the most amazing authors I know. And her heart is just as beautiful as her words. TELL ME: Have you read

I’m always up for a good love story. Any kind of novel of any genre that has a romance inside it will make my heart happy. In my own life, I’m lucky to have been with the love of my life for twenty-five years. Can I tell you a secret? It’s the small things—like him opening doors for me—that still get to me. Can I tell you another secret? We don’t do Valentine’s Day…we’re crazy, I know. I write romance, I read romance, but I don’t celebrate the most romantic day of the year? S

Happy New Year Everyone! 2018 was an amazing author year for me. I’ve learned so much about the indie publishing world and about some of YOU! I can’t wait for 2019 to bring a whole new set of adventures in this bookish world. I’m not normally a New Year’s Resolution type of person, but this year I was debating on doing one for some personal and author goals. Then Mary, in my new reader’s group, told me how she adopts a one-word MANTRA each year, and that really resonated with

I can’t believe that it’s December. This year has been a crazy, exciting, strange book journey for me. While 2017 saw me publishing my first book ever, MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM, and winning book of the year for YA in The Independent Author Network book awards, 2018 has seen me publish THREE books, an audiobook, and be nominated for and a finalist in multiple book awards including: The BookLife Prize by Publisher’s Weekly – Quarterfinalist – POP ALBUM The National Indie Exce

I AM SO EXCITED about the release of MY LIFE AS A MIXTAPE which is this TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH! Like slow burn romances? How about single dad romances? How about new adult twenty-somethings who are figuring out life? Or just a good book about people forming friendships, new families, and finding love? Well, MIXTAPE is ALL of those things! Plus, it has returning characters from all the other books in the series and there is even a series epilogue at the end that brings back a

I’m excited to announce that I’ve set a release date for MY LIFE AS A MIXTAPE . It will be coming to you NOVEMBER 13th. EEK! I’m super excited. I can’t believe I’ll have THREE books that released this year. I would never have expected that a year ago when I was working on book 2. Thanks to everyone who has made this a possibility including my amazing cover designer, Megan, at Designed with Grace and my new and beloved editor, Jenn at Jenn Lockwood Editing Services. And did yo

I’m excited to announce the winner of my first Monthly Giveaway for my newsletters subscribers. Keep reading to see who the lucky winner was and how you can get extra entries each month. This week I've been putting together the final touches on my lesson plans for my first day back with the 1st Graders. Yep, I’m back to school next week. I always have mixed feelings going back because I ADORE teaching kids to read and write, but I also really like being able to wake up late a

Happy Tuesday! I know for a lot of you, you’re thinking, “Why are you happy? It’s only Tuesday!” And you’re right, but I still hope your week started off well. For me, I’m happy because I’m on summer vacation. As a first-grade teacher, I love having this time to recharge and refocus my energy. I also love vacation because I'm able to do a lot of reading and writing. I’ve got the 4th book in the MY LIFE AS AN ALBUM series planned and the first 100 pages or so written. I've be

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS I was beyond excited when I opened my email yesterday to find out that MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM had been selected as a finalist in the 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards in the Young Adult category. This book continues to surprise me with its appeal to a wide range of readers. Probably because it's difficult as an independently published author to really, truly feel like your work is up to par. Thank you to the committee who selected my

Hello everyone! I'm over the top excited to share with you the new covers for the 1st birthday celebration of the MY LIFE AS AN ALBUM SERIES. The first book, MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM, came out in April 2017 and started a new adventure into the publishing world for me. Here are the new covers! I hope you like them as much as I do. They were made by the fabulous Megan at Designed With Grace who is just a wonderful human being. Since the first book came out last April, I've

A friend recently sent me a link to this amazing story about a sister who had given her brother a kidney (see photo and link below). She sent it because of the similarity between my fictional novel, my life as a country album, and the people in this story. I read it and was not only in awe of Jake and Kaylen, but also of the beautiful stories that happen every day that we don't always get to hear about. We hear about a lot of negative things. Especially these days. But a bo

Today, I have a fun surprise that I’d like to share with you. I’ve teamed up with 25+ fantastic authors to give away a huge collection of sweet contemporary romances to 2 lucky winners, PLUS a brand new eReader to the Grand Prize winner! Oh, and did I mention you'll receive a collection of FREE ebooks just for entering? You can win my novel MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM, plus books from authors like Anne Eiliot, Barbara Cool Lee and Andrea Bolter. Don't miss your chance to enter

I was thrilled to be chosen as Manybooks.net Author of the Day for January 25, 2018. The staff of Manybooks.net "stopped by" to interview me about my first book, MY LIFE AS A COUNTRY ALBUM, and my writing in general. Hop over to their site to read more.... and to sign up for their daily newsletter with lots of free and reduced books. In release news, the second novel in the my life as an album series, MY LIFE AS A POP ALBUM, releases Tuesday, January 30th! You can add it t

November was a month that saw me thankful for many things including the amazing people who have read my debut novel and the other indie authors who have taught me about this writing world and be willing to share their knowledge with me. I hope that your November was filled with family and memories that you can keep with you. Biggest news: my life as a country album had its best month of sales yet. THANK YOU world! The cover and edits for my life as a pop album are wrapping

•.¸(*•.¸(´*•.¸(*•.¸¸.•*´)¸.•*´)¸.•)¸.•*´ On Sale for only .99 cents! .¸.•*(¸.•*(¸.•*(¸.•*´`*•.¸)`*•.)`*•.)`*•.¸. The AWARD WINNING novel, my life as a country album, by author LJ Evans is on sale this week! $0.99 through 11/2/17 & $1.99 through 11/4/17 1st Place 2017 Young Adult Book of the Year - Independent Author Network 2nd Place 2017 Fiction Book of the Year - Independent Author Network Tomboy Cam Swayne is determined that football hero Jake Phillips keep his eyes

Enter for a chance to win a signed copy of my life as a country album! The BookLife Prize calls it "fast-paced, stirring, beautifully written and a pleasure to read". Other Reviewers say: "Love is messy, it's raw & imperfect...this novel shows that real love is worth all the fuss." "This book crushed my soul in the most beautiful way." "Cam & Jake ripped out my heart." "It's about Family & Friendship & the ties that bind us all together. It's about Determination. It's about

Have you had a chance to read the YA - Coming of age novel, my life as a country album? If not, now is the perfect chance. It is on sale this week on Amazon. $0.99 through the Jul. 25th and $1.99 through Jul. 29th. http://amzn.to/2g79VFL Inspired by Taylor Swift country songs, this is a story of aching love and loss and learning to live through life in all its pain and glory. The BookLife Prize has this to say about the novel: "Evans' coming of age novel is fast-paced, stir