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What I’m Reading This Month: I’m still working on Natalie Walter’s Lights Out. Still loving it. Oh my goodness I’m loving it. I can’t wait for this entire series to be out! It’s giving me all the vibes that I so love — misunderstandings in love/relationship, big tribe, everything I love about NCIS, Lethal Weapon, Leverage, Criminal Minds (come to… Read More
I love this scene in La La Land (really I love the entire movie — the world needs more musicals). The takeaway pep talk from this scene is, as Ryan Gosling’s character Sebastian basically states, don’t be a baby. I love the fact that at this point in the story, Mia (Emma Stone) is completely and totally ready to give… Read More
It’s six o’clock on a random Wednesday evening. My husband is cooking dinner, and I’m desperately trying to get this blog post written (which I have been writing said blog post for about two weeks now — which is a little pathetic considering it really isn’t even that long and was due to be posted last Monday). I have been… Read More
In the past, I’ve been very anti-(writing) rituals. To me, rituals can easily turn into just another excuse not to write (only write with a certain pen and lose it? Oh, can’t write. Have to write in a certain spot? What do you do when you travel, not write? Can only write in a certain temperature? . . . well,… Read More
It’s October. That means tons of writers everywhere are using the month to prepare for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) — Preptober if you will. November is the month where all us insane writers set out to write an entire novel (or 50,000 words of said novel). I’ve attempted NaNoWriMo for four years, and in my most successful year I… Read More
Lyla tried to stop the bleeding, but once it started trickling from between his lips she knew he was as good as dead. That wasn’t going to keep her from trying to save his life. Sitting back on her heels, she offered the stranger what she hoped was an encouraging smile. She had only met him an hour ago when… Read More
One thing I find fascinating is project notebooks. I love seeing how others organize their book projects — some of mine is super organized and other pages (most of the pages) look more like a complete brain dump. This is the project notebook for my project All the Lies You Cannot Know. There is so much brain dumping and randomness that… Read More