Books
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How To World Build Real “Fictional” Places
When most writers think of world building they start thinking about space odyssey, fantasy realms, or worlds with lots of magic but I’m here to tell you that it’s just as important when…
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Mix & Match A Customized Writing Ritual Built Just For You
Do you have a writing ritual that helps you put more words on the paper? Would you like one that’s totally customized just for you? I believe that having a writing ritual…
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Who And What Inspires Me
The other day I dropped one of those Question boxes onto my Instagram story so that I could do a big Q&A style blog post, but I only got one real honest-to-goodness question,…
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How The “New Normal” Is Affecting My Writing Life
“How’s the novel coming?” This question, to be honest, leaves me feeling cold lately. The writing is just not flowing. Editing feels like I’m trying to create a beautiful statue from a…
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Why I Write Coming Of Age Stories for Young Adults
I write contemporary coming of age young adult novels. It’s a mouthful and it might not even be the correct terminology – I have no idea – but it’s what I write.…
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An Interview With Etta And Gina
Today I would like to introduce you to Henrietta and Virginia, the two main characters in my current novel. I thought it would be fun to do a little interview and see what…
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My Author Journey: How I Went From “Oohhh NaNoWriMo Sounds Fun” To “Self-Published Author”
Grab a beverage, sit back and get comfy because I have a story to share. It all started about ten years ago when I decided to try writing a novel in one month…
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How To Get Into The Head Of A Character
I’m getting ready to start the 3rd round of revisions on this current WIP and with that comes some new characters (and revisiting old characters) and getting to do something I absolutely love…
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Change Is Inevitable
It’s been a while since I’ve written, I know. This is for a few reasons — 1) I thought I might have overloaded you guys when I was re-launching The Art of Lying…
