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I love the start of a new year. I love making goals. This year I made two sets of goals — life/family/home and writing. Today we’re going to talk writing. Other than the general “get an agent” and “finish the sci-fi work in progress” (which are on my list always — I do need to make a good plan of… Read More
On a tight budget this year? That’s ok! Here are some ways you can show love to your favorite author without spending a dime. Pep Talks. Writing can be hard sometimes. There’s a lot of doubt that goes into each and every page. We all need a special sidekick to talk us off the this-is-garbage-and-I-am-never-writing-another-word ledge (trust me. My sidekicks have talked… Read More
Congratulations to Jaime Jo Wright who won e-copy or audiobook of April Lynn Newell’s The Reconciling! Enter below for your chance to win a copy of Toni Shiloh’s Returning Home! What is the title of your book? Returning Home, Book 1 in the Freedom Lake series What was the inspiration behind your book? I wanted to know what would happen if the hero lost… Read More
What is the title of your new book? The Pretender: A Blackguard in Disguise What was the inspiration behind your book? I was going through an extremely difficult time in my personal life. Things were very hard emotionally and I needed some sort of a respite. I had written a lot when I was younger, but one day during my… Read More
It’s October. That means tons of writers everywhere are using the month to prepare for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). The month were all us insane writers take the month of November and write an entire novel. I’ve attempted NaNoWriMo four year (and failed all four years, but shhhhh we aren’t going to talk about that). Two (three?) years ago… Read More
The process in the writing journey known as “querying” is nerve racking. This is the part of the author-ing process that has all the questions running through my head. You know the ones. Will they like it? Is it really any good? Does it make sense? It’s almost enough to make me toss it in a drawer never to see the light of… Read More
A while back I was listening to the Elise Gets Crafty podcast and she was talking about quitting and the negative stigma “quitting” comes with*. One thing she said that really made me think was: ‘Quitting is not the enemy. Quitting is an important part of growth. When you quit something it doesn’t mean you have nothing. When you quit, it means… Read More
