There’s a few things this spring that I’ve noted on my BTS calendar as things TO WATCH OUT FOR (TM *wink)! I’m sharing them in the hopes my burgeoning excitement (ha! burgeoning) in turn ignites a similar eagerness in you. Bridgerton Season 2 (premieres March 25) Y’all. The first season of this show had me …
Hey, Look, It’s Almost…the End of January? What? O_o
It’s almost the end of January? How the $#@&! did that happen?! This is what happens when you fall into a c-drama hole at the same time school starts and you barely remember to brush your teeth. Y’all, the struggle is REAL. (I feel like that should be my phrase for 2022 rather than ‘One Day at …
Update & a Restart
It’s been a while since I’ve updated everyone. Here’s what’s happened since my last post: I took a few years off from writing, but I’m back now. I was diagnosed with some health issues that have made it hard to write. A struggle that continues. Who knew problems and issues I believed normal all these …
Recent Reads
One of the pieces of advice more established writers have given to those of us just starting out was to read. Read in your genre, study what worked for you as a reader and what didn’t. Look at the book and discover why it seemed to sell or become so popular when something perhaps didn’t. …
Today is #BookLoversDay
In honor of #BookLoversDay and, since August is Romance Awareness Month, here are ten of my favorite romances. These aren’t just books I read and remember fondly. No, these are books I’ve read so many times I can quote them. Books I own in as many available formats as they made–digitally, in print, and in …
July Goals: Update Week 1
I’m gonna be blunt folks: I SUCK at goals. Case in point, this week’s totals. CoY: finished edits HML: 10,000 words (but still struggling to reconcile plot elements) Camp NaNo story (and the whole reason I wanted to do CampNaNoWriMo in the first place): 0 words The last is my problem. I’m one of …
July Goal: Camp NaNoWriMo
Welcome to the halfway mark of the year, the downhill slide to Christmas, the anniversary of our nation-hood, the second hottest month of the year (in my opinion)… That’s right. Welcome to July. Normally, I’d be hunkered in an office somewhere gulping AC like it was water and I was a cactus in the middle …
Want to Know what You’ve Learned? Seek Out Others.
For all that my first book will be out sometime towards the end of the year, I still feel like I have no idea what I’m doing. Sadly, even established writers feel this way after dozens of books. (Which makes me want to pluck my eyebrows for fun, let me tell you.) I’ve accepted this …
Thoughts: On Music and Age
As many of you are no doubt aware, I’m a music lover. (If this is a surprise, take a look at previous posts and my Twitter feed.) While I’m not a performer, music has and will continue to play a major role in my life. It invades my speech, influences my mood, inspires my writing. …
Writerly Listens
As I’ve been getting back in the swing of writing, I’ve also been catching up on my podcast listening. And it occurred to me that some of you may not be aware of some of the writing podcasts available. So here is a list of my favorite ones: Writing Excuses This has been my …