Best Christmas EVER!

Over Christmas, I was lucky enough to get the best Christmas ever! My wonderful husband was kind enough to ask an professional to look at my manuscript. Said professional was kind enough to do so and I received some wonderful feed back. I am very grateful to him for taking the time to to do

Warning! Not for the Faint of Heart

How to Write a Book in 21 Steps. (At least from my POV.) Step 1: Write down the first letter of the first word of your book. (Yay! You’re a writer!) Step 2: Spend 4-6 months (or more) writing the rough draft. Spend time basking in the knowledge that you just finished the first rough

Sorry for the silence.

WOW! It has been awhile since I posted. For that, I am sorry. The road of life can take some unexpected curves and all we can do is hang on. I have started a new day job, one that has less of a chance of messing up my shoulders, and I have the makings of

Character Development

As I mentioned last time, I’ve been working on the rough draft of the second book in my (as yet unnamed) series and it’s proven a little difficult. Mostly because I could not effectively imagine one of the main antagonists. It’s hard to write effective dialogue if you can’t picture one of the characters clearly.

What is Your Process?

A bit of an update. I hired an editor who is willing to work within my limited budget. Yay! So the first book of my (yet unnamed) series is in her hands, and she is editing it as I write this. I’ve heard of some authors publishing their first books without the use of an

When is it enough?

This has been a long week, and it’s not even Friday yet. Monday and Tuesday, I worked 10 hours days at my day job. Wednesday, I had to be up at 4:30 am but couldn’t sleep, so I was up at 2:30 am after going to sleep at about 10pm the night before and waking

What If I Can’t Write a Scene?

I had been thinking of a wonderful, exciting scene for the last two days and finally got the opportunity to write it this morning. I started up my laptop, got a cup of hot chocolate, sat down and realized I didn’t know how to start it. Where are my characters when the scene starts? Where

Morning thoughts

It’s morning. I’ve been awake for about a half an hour. Long enough to see what my schedule will be like tomorrow (I drive for a living), grunt “morning” to my son as I walk by and sit at my computer waiting for my brain to wake up. I have been on this writing journey

Podcasts and websites I use myself!

This is a list of writers, and links to their websites, that are my go-to people to learn more about the craft and marketing it. They have been doing this for a lot longer than I have and generously give us access to their knowledge and expertise. I listen to podcasts on Spotify but I’m