Due to being up until 3am writing, and then getting up at 7am to go work on my parent's farm, this is going to be a short post. I'm sure you'll forgive me, since I'm working so hard to make Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus fantabulous and on time! I still have about 30-40K...
Reader & Writer: A View From Both Sides of the Fence
All my life until a few years ago, I was simply a reader. A consumer. Growing up, books were a daily and vital part of my life. I always had a book with me, whether in bed, at the school table, when I went out, and yes even in the toilet (that's a great time to...
We’re Human Therefore We Write
This week I had the great honor to take a pause from my regular series to post a guest post on Amber Gregg's blog, Judging More Than Just the Cover. She posts book reviews, author discussions, and topics about writing. Her passion is helping and teaching children, and...
On Jobs, Dreams, and Calling Part 1
Recently, I've been having an attitude problem. Everybody has bad days at work where you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed or didn't get enough sleep. But recently I've felt resentful at my job for keeping me from my dream of writing, and every day is a...
Of Hope and Determination: Writing Fellowships
There's no way I'll ever get this fellowship. I'm not good enough. Why even waste the time and effort trying? Sound familiar? Not just for writing fellowships, but for everything in life we try for (contests, job promotions, auditions, scholarships)? Everybody faces...
A Writer’s Why: Fighting for the Least of These
One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves is why we do what we do. Not only for healthy self-reflection, but to focus our efforts and cut out the things in our lives that don't have a good enough "why". Whether you write prolifically, and wonder what to...
Vampires Don’t Sparkle – Guest post by David Sherrer
(http://youaredoingthatwrong.com/tag/bella/) “Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town —...
Special Giveaway
Fellow author and excellent mentor of writers, K.M. Weiland, is releasing a new annotated version of Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre: The Writer’s Digest Annotated Classic.). To promote it, she's doing a giveaway of some fantastic prizes from Writer's Digest, with the grand...
Publishing Updates: First Peek of my Novel
Hello all! I hope you enjoyed last week's post. In light of that advice, I've written another chapter in my book. I still haven't finalized even a working title, so I won't say anything more here except that: it will be a trilogy, it's a modern scifi twist on the...
Becoming-A-Writer Tip #2
Good news! Today I sold my first story! When I got the acceptance e-mail, I freaked out, as I'm sure you can imagine. I'm not at all ashamed to say that there was much screeching, dancing, and waving of arms that went on. When you succeed at something, you should...
