Young Adult Indie Author
Guess what? My debut novel is almost ready to launch! That’s right, The Art of Lying will be available for purchase on Amazon (eBook and Paperback) on Tuesday, April 17th — whoohoo!!!! To get you lovely readers in the mood, I thought I would share some of the visualization inspiration that I used when writing…
I have a bad habit of inconsistency. I start projects or goals with so much gusto, so much energy but usually, I fall off in a matter of weeks. I’m very consistent in my inconsistency too as I’ve had this bad habit for years (decades really). Here are a few examples: I started meditating…
You guys know how much I love TV right? I mean, I have written quite a few blog posts about it – like here, here, and here – it’s a deep love that has been around for awhile so when one of my old favorites showed up on Hulu, well, you know I had to…
I’m on a quest this year to take better care of myself and my health. This includes spending time in the kitchen cooking meals with real food. If you love to cook this isn’t hard, but I hate to cook…I’ve had panic attacks in the kitchen while trying to cook. Even just thinking about cooking…
I’m learning how to play the guitar! My brother gifted me one of his old guitars – a Fender Squier Acousto-Electric – with a lesson book and DVD, some new picks (red, of course), and a really nice soft-sided case. The first day back home with my new instrument, I held it in my hands…
Announcement time!!! My Reader’s Group is officially open and when you join you’ll get my short story anthology, The Hit Parade, for FREE….yup, three short Young Adult coming of age stories totally free!! These stories all feature characters from the YA novels that I am currently writing or will be writing in the near future…
Sometimes being an adult can really suck – dishes, laundry, bills, work, responsibilities – they all pile up and keep coming like a runaway train. We can’t always take a vacation day (or week or, let’s be honest, a month) when we get stressed out so it’s always a good idea to have some fun…
Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Stressed out and anxious – especially when looking at your to-do list, project lists, goals, or general environment? I know I do. I was telling my therapist a few weeks ago that exercise and decluttering my messy apartment felt insurmountable. Like I just couldn’t get past this unseen hump of…
My debut novel isn’t 100% ready to be published yet, but I have already started working on my 2nd novel. Right now I’m still in the very beginning – or outline mode – but before I blink, I will quickly be descending into research, drafting, and revision modes so I already started a Pinterest board…
Did you read that title and go, what is she talking about…writer’s don’t have toolboxes. Okay, true – I don’t have a giant red Craftsman toolbox where I keep my writerly things, but I do use tools to write and that’s what I want to talk about today. First, my laptop – I use a…