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...

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,...

Becoming-A-Writer Tip #1

Today, being my day off, is “Get Things Done” day.  We all know how those usually turn out, right?  Well my fingers are crossed, and if I can just stay away from my Facebook feed, I think I’ll be ok. On my list of “To-Dos” today is to...

Valentine’s Day and Books

As has been mentioned, I’m tying the knot in May with the most wonderful man in the world.  Last night I was over at his house hanging out after work, and the subject of Valentine’s day presents came up.  Now you must realize, both David and I are pretty...

Words

Tonight my Muse refuses to cooperate.  First, I meant to write about Saint Valentine’s day.  Nope.  Then I meant to write about social issues.  Nope.  Then I meant to write about useful things for beginning writers.  Double nope.  Fine.  Be that way.  Here you...

Hello world!

Greetings and salutations! I’ve just spent the past 6 hours planning, setting up, and editing this website.  That’s including the breaks I took to eat ice cream and clean my room.  Most of that time that I didn’t spend eating yummy things or...

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