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Jan 01 2012

What are your 2012 goals?

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It’s 2012!
Who would have thunk that 2011 would be over so soon! I still can’t believe it! New Year’s day, and what are you up to?

It’s time for me to rethink goals, make dreams come true, try to figure out what I need to do for the New Year! New beginnings galore!
I’ve been writing for years, watching myself, pushing myself to succeed. Sometimes the journey is seriously overly exhausting, but you know what? The end result is worth it.

Since 2010, I’ve published a total of 9 works, another contracted but in edits, and also 2 of my stories have gone into print anthologies. It’s amazing, considering the draw full of rejection letters I’ve collected over the past five or so years. You would never think of how much hard work it actually takes to be a writer. Being an author is a whole different story.

I remember my first ‘email’, Decadent Publishing had emailed and offered a contract. And the first thing I thought was that they must be crazy. lol. All those rejections will do that to a person, but they gave me my first contract and also showed their faith in me and my abilities. I’ve gone on testing other publishing waters, and written much more.

My accomplishments have shown me that my hard work has paid off and for me to keep going. I’m definitely not a quitter. Don’t get me wrong. I’m still getting those rejection letters, but knowing that I’m constantly improving gives me a peace of mind. I’d rather someone pubbed me because they see the potential I have as a writer, not just because my piece is readable. I want to know that my masterpieces bring readers joy and that they feel the same things I do as they read the story (Well, not the stress of writing and editing it, anyway.)

There I go rambling on again.

Well, it’s officially 2012! My goals for this year are to write more, move up the success ladder, knock off a few milestones, lose a million pounds, and continue to further my writing career.

What are your goals?

Don’t forget it’s the last day to stop by the Romance Author Hotspot Holiday Bash! Enter to win a Kindle FIRE! How’s that for starting a new year?

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Nov 27 2011

Does writing take a break during holidays?

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Blog

by Clarissa Yip

Thanksgiving is finally over. You’ve battled Black Friday. You’ve scoped out all the sales only to find nothing, now you know you need to gear up for the holiday, but where does this leave you?

Does writing take a break too? Can you afford to take a break from writing? Will it be mean of you to neglect your family for those few hours while you jot down ideas or work on that next best-seller?

Usually, I’m crazy hectic around this time of year, and I still am. The reality of it hits December 1st! When everyone starts counting down the days till Christmas…

If you’re like me, then no doubt you’re piling on a million things to do and believe yourself superwoman who could finish everything on time and make everyone else’s holiday special. The stress is eating you alive and you can’t stop yourself. You want to do a million things, but you find yourself giving up one thing over the other.

I sit here staring at all the work I have piled on my desk. My muse is throwing a tantrum and demands that I write, while I’m trying to organize my Christmas lists and figure out my next plan of attack for a smoother holiday. How do you overcome all this and ensure that the holidays is the best it can be without affecting your writing?

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Nov 18 2011

Excitement of the day!

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Blog, Update

by Clarissa Yip

So One Chance was released today, officially, and release day always make me nervous, in case I forget to do something or do something stupid like get my release date mixed up. Totally author nerves. I get them every time I have a new book coming out.

Since I’m so used to hiding out in my cave and working and just focusing on writing or editing, I’m oblivious to what’s going on around me…most of the times, but I am known to be very detailed-oriented and organized (<–that’s a lie. I may look organized, but I’m seriously a bag of chaos!) So you may think I don’t notice, but I do notice a lot of things.

But the exciting thing was finding out that One Chance, only officially released a few hours ago has earned a silver star at All Romance e-books! How exciting is that? Check it out here! It’s so shiny!

I’m having a contest on my main website, so don’t be shy and stop over and talk to me! Share your story with me!

Blurb:

Shy tomboy Jenna Faulkner has been in love her whole life—with her best friend. Except he’s marrying the wrong woman, and he doesn’t know it yet. But she’s determined to save him.

Instead of the normal bachelor party, Jenna decides to throw a different type of gathering…with just her. Alone. Will Cade finally come to his senses and see Jenna for more than a friend, or has she ruined their friendship once and for all?

Tags: Clarissa Yip, Decadent Publishing, One Chance, Release Day

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Nov 09 2011

New 3-Book Series Requested!

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by Clarissa Yip

I so love my editor at Entangled Publishing!

I was having one of those crazy nights, staying up late with my CP’s and chatting about promoting as an author and we got talking about submissions. It’s still nerve-racking for me to sub anything. Every story I pen, each story I outline, I go through the whole normal anxiety attack, ‘oh, they’re going to hate it,’ ‘I suck as a writer’. I know you know what I’m talking about!

I’ve been staring at this one chapter I’ve written, contemplating if I should sub it or just finish writing the whole book first. Of course, my awesome editor at Entangled, Libby, is always open to new ideas and discussions.

So I went for the kill.

I hit sent, along with a synopsis and query to show that everything was well planned out.

Only to dig myself into a hole. As usual.

My editor emailed me that morning and asked for a 3 Book Series! How cool is that! Now I have to force my tush down and actually write out the first book and my proposal for the other two!

You would think I’d be a little more prepared. I thought I would have time to actually write out the story before she actually reviews it, but it’s just so great when you have an editor that believes in your work and is as excited about it as you are.

Now I’m off to work on my proposal. But keep your fingers crossed. Hope they love the story! And always remember, never to give up!

Tags: Clarissa Yip, Entangled Publishing, News

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Oct 31 2011

My First Halloween

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Blog, Halloween

by Clarissa Yip

…in 5 years. Can you believe it? Yup, yup, yup! It’s that time of the year already! Make sure you lock the doors, hide the candy, and remember to keep your kids from bouncing off the walls! Every time around this year, I always enjoy watching the little trick-or-treaters come up to the house dressed up as witches and goblins, ghouls and zombies! Makes me feel like joining them out on the streets…except it’s been so long since I’ve celebrated Halloween, really.

I miss dressing up! Miss putting on the makeup, painting my face, finding the perfect costume! Of course, I wouldn’t do anything to look scary. I’m more into the cute-girly look even though I may not look at it. Can you see me as a princess? (No, I’m not posting a picture for you either.) But I’ll probably be the one sitting in a chair staring at the kids that come to the door. I can scare them, I swear…without a costume.) And I get to curl up with my favorite Halloween movie, Nightmare Before Christmas.

I used to love going to Halloween parties and oh boy oh boy, the delicious treats! Yeah I miss those. Now I actually have to make ‘em if I want them. *frown* Anywho, this year is going to be special. I actually missed out on Halloween the past 5 years. Can you believe it? With all the traveling I did, I never got to actually enjoy passing out candy to the little trick-or-treaters or running wild on the streets (Yeah…I’m too old for that but it’s so much fun watching kids.) But this year…

I have no choice. I’m actually stuck in one place (Okay, not stuck, but I had to put the travel bug to sleep with some drugs.) I’m truly looking forward to the day! Fall has been around for the past few weeks and I can feel Old Man Winter wanting to make his presence known, so hopefully he’ll hold off until all the candy in my bowl is gone.

So, what are your plans for Halloween? Doing anything exciting? Recovering from the weekend? Or are you dressing up too?

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Oct 27 2011

I’m getting there! First Blog Post

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by Clarissa Yip

This blogging business is seriously lots of work. You figure as an author, you just need a website, but then how fun is that if you don’t update it or play on it much?

Well, I figured let’s do something fun instead! So starting now till whenever…yes, I say whenever because the holidays are coming up, I’m going to start blogging more and keeping track of my Works in Progress. And you can keep track with me!

I have lots and lots going on in the next couple of weeks!

Wanna do a recap?

Sure!

November, I have two releases, One Chance and Silent Night’s Seduction! I’ll also be all over the place, gearing up for Christmas!

And Silent Night’s Seduction is going to be out in PRINT! How exciting is that? I seriously do have the best publisher (Decadent Publishing)

So that brings us December! Ho ho ho! Did you start making your Christmas lists yet?

In December, Tempting a Prince comes out December 23rd! That’s two days before Christmas! A little nerve-racking if you ask me.

And of course, we have to get ready for Romance Author Hotspot’s a annual Holiday Bash! Parties everywhere!

Oh, by the way, notice my awesome banner up top? Fantasia Frog Designs made it for me! Tara is such a doll and does the best work!