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Let Me Take a #Shelfie

Because Authors Read To continue my series on the life of an author, I thought I’d take a shelfie. Or 3 in this case… Part of growing as an author is to read, both inside and outside your genre. It also stretches into non-fiction such as marketing books and brushing up on legal matters. AContinue reading “Let Me Take a #Shelfie”

The Writing Zone

Where I Write A lot of people have this over glamorized image of a writer’s life. Since releasing Stealing the Wolf Prince, I get a lot of questions such as “have you sold a lot of books?” or “when are you going to quit your job?” Uh, since when is this anyone’s business? I haveContinue reading “The Writing Zone”

The NaNoWriMo Game Plan

NaNoWriMo starts in less than two weeks! To prepare, I’ve created an outline using Holly Lisle’s Professional Plot Outline course, available for $.99. Since I’ve never actually outlined, I figured I would consult an expert resource. Now I have my whole novel plotted out, down to the scene, from beginning to end. The course even pushedContinue reading “The NaNoWriMo Game Plan”

Unproductive

So, I had the day off unexpectedly and made use of my time by not doing anything productive. Sure, I slept in, did some laundry, dishes, did my workout, and took out the trash but none of that is writing. The best I can say I did along those lines is get Scrivener open, updated,Continue reading “Unproductive”

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”

So Distracted!

I received an encouraging email about my writing today and now I can’t focus on a darn thing. Normally the weekend is when I get most of my writing and editing done but that is not the case this weekend. All I seem to have the attention span for is housework and other short projects.Continue reading “So Distracted!”