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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.

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”

NaNoWriMo Winner Goodies

One of the things that I always enjoy browsing is the Winner Goodies offered by sponsors of the National Novel Writing Month. Last year I took advantage of the discount on Scrivener after my win. This year I was really looking forward to the book analysis offered through The Book Genome Project. I submitted StealingContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Winner Goodies”

Plans for December

So with November done and my latest novel rough draft on ice, I’ve decided to write a to do list for December. It will help me stay focused and no, it’ s not all going to be writing related. Finish Christmas Knitting: I am making my boys an Adorkable Monster. I have two different colorContinue reading “Plans for December”

Week Two

I’ve made it through week one and I’m right where I need to be as far on words. Week two is where I really start to doubt myself. At this very moment I am thinking that I might not have enough story to make it to 50k. I’m also thinking that my premise it tooContinue reading “Week Two”

Productive Weekend

As of last night, my NaNoWriMo novel hit 6k words. I managed 2k words a day, not a bad start. I know that there is a least one NaNoWriMo participant who has already reached 50k and that’s just nuts. In fact, there is another challenge that I recently learned about a competition called The FiveContinue reading “Productive Weekend”

Day One

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”

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”

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!”