L.A. Shaw's Blog
October 18, 2012
June 15, 2011
Thanks Stella!!
The amazingly talented (and beyond generous human being) - author of No Wings Attached, and Excuse Me Where Is The Exit? - gave me an award for my blog!Ìý I tried to make my blog a creative space to share not only my writing but also parts of myself and things that I enjoy.Ìý So it means a lot to me that someone noticed.Ìý haha.Ìý Thanks so much Stella!Ìý You rock!
June 12, 2011
The Great INDIE Summer Read Giveaway!
I am participating in of over 100 books!I will be giving away two free e-copies of The Advice Girl.Ìý It is international.It will run from June 15 - July 31.Ìý Yay!Ìý So exciting.ÌýÌýA lot of great indie authors are participating... be sure to check us out!!
May 26, 2011
Inspiration
"Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you, too, can become great."Ìý-Mark Twain 
So...
Well it's four o'clock in the morning.Ìý The power went out twice, not sure why but it sounds really windy outside.Ìý I'm eating a strawberry poptart and I just finished doing this to my nails:
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It took me FOREVER.Ìý But it was a pretty good creative/artistic release.Ìý I know this has nothing to do with writing or my book but I thought I would share anyway.Ìý I can't sleep because I'm really stressed out.Ìý Personal things that I will not go into but at least I'm getting some writing done in the early hours of the morning.Ìý :)
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It took me FOREVER.Ìý But it was a pretty good creative/artistic release.Ìý I know this has nothing to do with writing or my book but I thought I would share anyway.Ìý I can't sleep because I'm really stressed out.Ìý Personal things that I will not go into but at least I'm getting some writing done in the early hours of the morning.Ìý :)
May 23, 2011
May 22, 2011
Book Reviews!
The gorgeous Evie from Bookish reviewed my book!
Score: 4/5
"The Advice Girl by L.A. Shaw, is an exciting and suspenseful paranormal novel. With original plot and interesting characters, it's definitely a breath of fresh air in the YA genre. .."
The awesome and so supportive of indie authors Jamie from Fantasy Book Chick also reviewed my book!
Score: 5/5
"The Advice Girl is the debut for L.A. Shaw. Let me tell you she rocked it! This is a fantastic, well written story with strong characters and an amazing plot..."
Wow thanks so much ladies!Ìý I appreciate your time and effort with the great reviews.Ìý :)
Score: 4/5
"The Advice Girl by L.A. Shaw, is an exciting and suspenseful paranormal novel. With original plot and interesting characters, it's definitely a breath of fresh air in the YA genre. .."
The awesome and so supportive of indie authors Jamie from Fantasy Book Chick also reviewed my book!
Score: 5/5
"The Advice Girl is the debut for L.A. Shaw. Let me tell you she rocked it! This is a fantastic, well written story with strong characters and an amazing plot..."
Wow thanks so much ladies!Ìý I appreciate your time and effort with the great reviews.Ìý :)
Weirdness
So I've been kinda absent from twitter and the internet over the last few days.Ìý I go through weird periods where I have shared a lot of myself and then I withdraw back into myself.Ìý There have been some opportunities that have presented themselves in my personal life at the moment and so I've been caught up with them.Ìý I was given a good job offer but I would have to move back across country.Ìý So... just lots of random things going on.Ìý Oh and my fish died. WTF.Ìý Maybe it's a sign?Ìý I dunno.Ìý But I haven't disappeared or anything, I'm still here.Ìý I have a couple reviews that I need to post as well.Ìý Hopefully I will get those up later.Ìý Also if any of you have read my interviews you will know that I started out writing poetry and just bits and pieces before I decided to write The Advice Girl.Ìý I have been so distracted lately that I have not been able to finish much of the sequel, but I will share something I wrote a couple nights ago.Ìý Try not to read too much into it, this is just what comes out at three o'clock in the morning for me.Ìý lolÌý I wrote it in a couple minutes and I didn't edit it whatsoever.Ìý I don't believe in editing this kind of writing, I think it ruins the emotion.Ìý But that's just my opinion.Ìý :)
May 18, 2011Muse by L.A. Shaw
I'm still here � I can hear it whisper in my ear.Sounds far away, so distant it is barely there at all.A long forgotten friend, one I thought had died.It lives on somewhere, across the other side.
How I wish it would come play like it used to.There are no more cigarettes to smoke, nothing to burn.There are no ashes on my fingers or trailing in between the keys.The tears have long stopped falling and yet part of me still cries.
I pull on the night like I used to, begging it to come out.I tilt my head to the side and listen hard.What was once so easy to call, is almost entirely gone.Where have you gone? I ask the air out loud.
I'm still here� I can hear it whisper in my ear.I will always be a part of you, and you of me.Remember when we touched the depth of my sadness?I had never sobbed so deep.
I used to be something special� something special then.It was so easy to call you� it was so easy then.I don't want to lose this, what it is we have.I used to be something beautiful� something beautiful then.
When did I stop believing� in myself and in you?When did I stop listening� for you to speak through?How do I get it back, get back my muse?I never meant to tell you goodbye� it was just a ruse.
May 18, 2011Muse by L.A. Shaw
I'm still here � I can hear it whisper in my ear.Sounds far away, so distant it is barely there at all.A long forgotten friend, one I thought had died.It lives on somewhere, across the other side.
How I wish it would come play like it used to.There are no more cigarettes to smoke, nothing to burn.There are no ashes on my fingers or trailing in between the keys.The tears have long stopped falling and yet part of me still cries.
I pull on the night like I used to, begging it to come out.I tilt my head to the side and listen hard.What was once so easy to call, is almost entirely gone.Where have you gone? I ask the air out loud.
I'm still here� I can hear it whisper in my ear.I will always be a part of you, and you of me.Remember when we touched the depth of my sadness?I had never sobbed so deep.
I used to be something special� something special then.It was so easy to call you� it was so easy then.I don't want to lose this, what it is we have.I used to be something beautiful� something beautiful then.
When did I stop believing� in myself and in you?When did I stop listening� for you to speak through?How do I get it back, get back my muse?I never meant to tell you goodbye� it was just a ruse.
May 16, 2011
Event - Writer to Writer with L.A. Shaw :)
Info:ÌýDate: May 19, 2011 ÌýÌý 12:00AM -- May 19, 2011 ÌýÌý 11:59PM RSVP by: May 18, 2011 ÌýÌý 08:42PM Venue: The Internet, US Type: author appearance Website: Added by: Thomas Amo Description:Our 3rd Installment of Writer To Writer series with L.A. Shaw, author of "The Advice Girl".Ìý Drop by say hello to L.A. and leave her a comment!Ìý And Thank you to everyone who has been coming by and reading the interviews with these wonderfully talent writers.Ìý
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May 11, 2011
Book Review!
reviewed my book The Advice Girl for her blog!
Score: 5/5
"I also like that there were times that you just weren't quite sure which side was the good side and which was the evil.Ìý There were things about each side that fell in the gray area, and that ambiguity definitely added to the mystery and suspense of the story.Ìý There was just something about this book that really grabbed me.Ìý The characters, the story, all of it just worked so well together for me.Ìý My only real complaint with the book was that it wasn't longer!Ìý I just didn't want the book to end.Ìý Next up will be Invoked, the second in the series.Ìý In the meantime, definitely grab a copy of this wonderful book!"
Thanks Kim.Ìý :)
Score: 5/5
"I also like that there were times that you just weren't quite sure which side was the good side and which was the evil.Ìý There were things about each side that fell in the gray area, and that ambiguity definitely added to the mystery and suspense of the story.Ìý There was just something about this book that really grabbed me.Ìý The characters, the story, all of it just worked so well together for me.Ìý My only real complaint with the book was that it wasn't longer!Ìý I just didn't want the book to end.Ìý Next up will be Invoked, the second in the series.Ìý In the meantime, definitely grab a copy of this wonderful book!"
Thanks Kim.Ìý :)
