No Matter What, Just Write
Being a writer is a lot like just about anything else. It has its ups and downs and in betweens. There are days you think you're a rock star. And there are days you just think you're a rock. But…
A Goal for July
I'm doing my own little version of NaNo this month. Obviously it's not November, but I've been in a bit of a lull as far as getting new words on paper lately, so I figured it was time for a…
Choosing the Right Path to Publication
In today's publishing world, there are more options than ever, and honestly, navigating them has proven challenging. As I've been mulling over my next step with my current WIP (which is finished...so is it just a W now?), I've finally…
Out of the Blue it Feels Real
I finished the rewrite of my novel's ending on Friday. I'm still in the midst of getting suggestions and edits from my critique partner, but with the new ending, I wanted to take a minute and read through the whole…
Book Review: Pandora’s Grave
I'm a sucker for a good spy thriller. I blame my dad, honestly, who used to toss his Len Deighton novels my way when he was finished. (I'm probably one of very few people my age who had read the…
Two Questions From My WIP
So as I'm working through edits on Wisdom to Know (you can read the blurb under Books if you're so inclined), I've gotten two comments from my Critique Partner that left me scratching my head. So...am I the weird one,…
Bonus Book Review: Finding Our Way Home
In Finding Our Way Home by Charlene Baumbich we meet Sasha Davis, an injured ballerina, and Evelyn, a somewhat clumsy engaged-to-a-bad-boy nineteen year old who takes the job of Sasha's assistant. Though the snow globe is not prominent on the…
On Being Social
Oh social media...how I have really mixed feelings about you. One of the things that new writers continuously hear is how you have to market yourself and get plugged in via social media. There's Facebook: Do I have an author…
My Inner Editor
When I sat down at the start of November last year and decided that this year, finally, I was going to well and truly finish a novel (I have several novels in various states of unfinished heaped on my hard…
Writing from the Heart
So, you remember how I was going to try and re-write my novel, starting further along in the story? Funny thing...I played with it for several days. I tweaked here. I tweaked there. I added and subtracted and all other…