First I write the blurb. Then I write the book.

Then I drink every day until I'm finished.

No, really. That's exactly how Beautiful Failure was written.

Two shots for William Faulkner.

Three for Carter Black.

Four for my multiple personality disorder. (If only you knew...)


New cover (and hopefully the final one) coming in a few days! :-)
--MC

This shit is NOT lemonade... (Oh and I changed my cover...AGAIN) :-)

Sooo last night, I was in the middle of writing a scene for this book I'm supposed to writing--something called Beautiful Temptation. I think that's the name of it...I think.

Anyway, I was taking a break and realized that there was no more juice in my refrigerator, but there WAS this awesome sweet/sour mix...

Since it was late and I didn't want to add any alcohol, I thought to myself, "What if I drank this stuff by itself? Wouldn't that be just like drinking lemonade?"

No. Fuck no.

Don't get me wrong, it tasted GREAT! I mean, after six cups of it, I was feeling pretty good! But today? The morning after?

My head is throbbing, my heart is beating some type of rhythm that can't be explained, and I'm pretty sure that sitting up shouldn't be this damn hard...

Was it too much sugar? Corn syrup? Someone else has to have done this before! What gives? Tell me!

Sigh.

In other news though, I changed my cover again and this one is fucking awesome! No, really. It has that "New Adult-ish" feel and I can't wait to show it to you!

This is the last time, I swear...I think. :-)

--MC

"Write drunk. Edit sober."

Thank you Ernest Hemingway for the useful words that I've recently applied to my writing career. Your advice actually works. Sometimes.  :-)

Anyway, it's currently 3 AM CST and I've just realized two things: 1) Readers are effin awesome. Like, fucking incredible.  2) I need to change my book's cover. Again...Like, there needs to be a raven on there somewhere, or a tattoo, or weed leaves. Or, I need a new cover model altogether. LOL

But seriously...It's bothering me again. Hmmm.

Until I figure that out..back to the writing...Did anyone else notice that we don't even know how old Carter Black is? No? Just me? :-)

--MC

"Ravens Always Come Back..."

Sooo, first things first: THANK YOU to each and every person who has read Beautiful Failure so far! The response has been overwhelming and I'm totally grateful for the fact that you've let Emerald and Carter into your lives :-) I've met some of the most amazing bloggers while on the blog tour (Special thanks to Mary Elizabeth of Mary Elizabeth's Crazy Book Obsession) and I can't wait to finish my online collage of all the amazing reviews that were written :-)

Second, why didn't anyone tell me that the old cover (while pretty in an enlarged state) resembled the perfect example of fugliness with extra shit on the side as a thumbnail? Like, seriously, you could've told me...LOL! I've changed it for now, but I'll probably change it again so...Yeah :-)

Third, someone asked me when the second book was coming out earlier and I was like, "I'm supposed to be writing a second book? Really? I was getting pretty attached to doing nothing..." Soon, my friend. Soon. :-)

My life has been a fucking mess (A. Fucking. Mess.) over the past ten days because of randomness I'll get into later this week, but the best part has been receiving the awesome emails/messages from you...THANK YOU. They mean the world to me :-)

I'm honestly honored and humbled to be on your bookshelf, and I hope you'll have me again.

Hope your holidays were FANTASTIC!
MC

Weed & Alcohol are all I need to get through this. ONE. DAY.

One more day until Beautiful Failure!

"I know exactly how I'm going to get rid of this BITCH..." TWO. DAYS.

I won't apologize for anything I say, anything I do, or anything I've done.

It is what it is.
 
Two days until Beautiful Failure.

"I'm not trying to make any new friends. Fuck off." THREE. DAYS.

THREE DAYS until Beautiful Failure :-)