Young Adult Indie Author
I’ve been reading lots of publishing and writing business books lately and most of them talk about having a writing routine or ritual for getting in the mood to write. Basically, a set of things you do before you start writing, and that got me thinking – do I have that? Currently, I wake…
It’s fall here in New York City which means pumpkin spice lattes, Thanksgiving, and fuzzy socks! I love fall fashion in general but I especially LOVE fall fashion as a stay at home writer type person. Here are just a few of my favorites and a bonus picture of me right now – today! Leggings…
At the beginning of the year I bought a new planner and was so excited to start using it, but around the middle of the year, it had lost its luster for me. It wasn’t working….for me. Now, this has happened in the past, I have tried all sorts of planners and types of planning…
A few months back I joined an online writer’s mastermind called “The Bestselling Author Mastermind Group”. We communicate mostly through a private Facebook group, but the leader – Jennifer Blanchard also has a very full BAM website for us with so much useful information: video courses, audio courses, and worksheets galore on everything from mindset, writing (both…
Today I’d like to talk about my desk. It’s big and bold and messy. We moved almost a year ago and we are still not set up (I know, I know…but life happens man) but my desk is sort of settled in to. I have a new cork board and white board to go with…
It’s round two of Bad Poetry! The last time I did this (read that here) I got a few family and friends asking me, “These were great…they weren’t bad, why did you call it that?” Here’s the reason: I don’t know what I’m doing, really. I studied some poetry in High School and College –…
Hello, my loyal readers…grab a cup of coffee (iced if it’s as hot and muggy as it is here in NY) and let’s catch up. So, about 2 months ago I finished the second round of revisions on my debut novel, The Art of Lying, and sent it to a professional editor. I took a…
In one of my writing groups over on Facebook, there was a discussion not too long ago about music and writing. I was seriously surprised that so many of the writers (many self-published professionals) don’t listen to music while they work…I have a hard time not listening to music during certain parts of my process….
I’m back for part two of my writing exercises using the Tarot for Writers book and my tarot cards. Last week I created a new character, named Leo, and this week I’m using an exercise on page 72 about creating a three-act structure with two plot points. I did not pull a card for the climax (seen in…
I wanted to play around with another couple of exercises from Tarot for Writers by Corinne Kenner. I call this Character Creation 1-2-3 and it’s from the section of the book on simple tarot spreads. I’m using a one card spread to give me an overall view of the character, a two card spread to give…