Off visiting family this weekend, but I leave you with this. Be ruthless this week, guys!

Beautiful People is a linkup hosted by Sky @ Further Up and Further and Cait @ Paper Fury, where writers answer questions about their books/characters (except this month it’s all about the author!). It’s designed to help you get to know your book better! (And also give us a sneak peek of your works-in-progresses.) I’m excited to participate in this month’s… Read More

100 for 100 is a challenge set forth by the awesome gals over at Go Teen Writers. For 100 days you make a commitment to write at least 100 words. 100 words doesn’t sound like a lot. Why not commit to do 1000 or more? Get stuff done. My biggest reason for participating in 100 for 100 is I need… Read More

Writing Rituals. I have heard so so many authors recommend you have writing rituals—to get you to “that place” when you’re ready to start writing. While I understand their points, and while it may work for them, I heartily disagree (besides the fact they don’t really work at all for me). For one, I don’t think they work because I… Read More

image via disney.com Not surprisingly, the kids and I watched Finding Nemo (again) this weekend. As much as I’ve been thinking about writing lately there were a couple of things that just stuck out to me in relation to writing. Number one is the obvious. “Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.” Remove the word “swimming” and insert… Read More