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10 Sites I Use as an Author

As part of my Writer’s Life series, I thought I’d share links that I use either during the writing process or when I’m editing or searching for services. There are in no particular order.

Today marks the beginning of National Novel Writing Month. Although I know some people have already been writing since midnight, their time, I am not one of those folks. I have a day job and kids. I’ll be writing this evening and hope to get about two thousand words. Like most people in the beginningContinue reading “Day One”

Countdown to NaNoWriMo!

It’s October so the countdown to NaNoWriMo has officially begun! The NaNoWriMo website has been revamped, the new web badges are out, and people are flooding back to the WriMo forums. This year, I will be writing a contemporary sci-fi romance novel called “Sweet Justice”. I’ve had the idea for a while now and I’veContinue reading “Countdown to NaNoWriMo!”

Tell Me My Fortune

My husband and I enjoy Thai take out almost every Friday night. They always throw in fortune cookies along side the napkins and forks. I very rarely eat fortune cookies. The few that I even bothered to crack open normally have some silly phrase that we jokingly add ‘in bed’ to the end. Now IContinue reading “Tell Me My Fortune”

One Outlining Method

A friend of mine found a method for plot outlining a novel called The Snowflake Method. You basically take one concept and expand upon it until you have a whole novel charted out. It’s a concept that I never thought of before and I thought to myself, that’s nice but I don’t think I can useContinue reading “One Outlining Method”

My Pinterest

I’ve purposely avoided Pinterest since all I heard about it was how it sucked hours of people’s lived away. By that description, it’s a very scary thing and I didn’t need to risk my time. A good friend of mine, Renea Mason, who has a very smexy new book out right now that I highlyContinue reading “My Pinterest”

My 3 All Time Favorite Books

So I need to bolster my online presence and someone suggested blogging more. Well, duh. The problem is that I am not the best at coming up with topics. So I Googled it. It’s what I do, when in doubt, Google. It suggest some things and I decided to share with you my three mostContinue reading “My 3 All Time Favorite Books”

December is for Reading

I’ve decided that December will be a month for reading. I have a stack of books purchased but neglected in favor of getting something written or edited. I’ve been so hyper focused on my writing that I can’t think of anything else to talk about with my friends. So I’ve banned myself from looking atContinue reading “December is for Reading”