Ready to Start the Weekend!
Aren’t weekends the very best? It’s as if it’s the chocolate covered whatever on the end of the stick, taunting you Monday thru Friday to make it! And make it, I did. We had a busy week, but as I watched the...
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Fall is Coming Fast!
The leaves are beginning to change color here! I can’t believe it. It seems the very second school goes back in session, the weather gets colder and the leaves begin to change. Next week I’ll take down all my summer...
Read MoreAs Fate Would Have It
Last week I had it all planned out–new book, new characters, and new city. That was last week. And although I rolled that plot around in my head for days, perfecting it, finding the holes, and sewing up others…it got...
Read MoreI’ve Done it Again!!!
That’s right, I’ve done it again! I’ve released another Amy book. I just love that girl. And I love writing! And I love publishing! And I love readers! It’s a dream come true. For those who’ve been...
Read MorePre-Release Jitters
My newest book releases this Sunday. After a bunch of hype about getting it out there, it’s finally here. And like my first one, I’m a bit nervous about how it will be received. Will people like it? Hate it? Roll...
Read MoreThe Day After
The anatomy of book writing: 1. You have an idea. 2. You write it down…adding with it, a plot, a problem, a climax, and a conclusion. All in a neat and tidy bow. Ha-ha. 3. You have it edited. And revise it. And revise it,...
Read MoreLaunch Day!!
I can’t believe this day has finally arrived! I’m releasing Amy. My heart couldn’t be happier. I actually saw a new review on Goodreads last night, and a smile spread wide across my face. Someone read Amy!! And...
Read MoreOne day down!
If I were writing a diary, it would go something like this: Day one of “Waking Amy”–I’ve waited a long time for the progress I’ve made today. I wrote this book as a fun exercise — keeping...
Read MoreFeeling Sorry for the Underdog
As I watched the presidential “thing” in Iowa last night, it was sad to hear the news of some of the candidates dropping out. Of course they would be silly not to with numbers in the single digits, but still…....
Read MoreWhere’d all the Umpf go?
This week has been… challenging, to say the least. The blizzard of 2016 brought about extreme mental fatigue. When you’re cooped in, it seems like you’re in a big waiting room– wondering what to do....
Read MoreCalm Before the Storm
In was at the end of 2012, that I began to write. Not actually began, but revisited writing. I’d gotten this notion that being an author was my intended path. For the past 20 years I’d been a property manager. Not a...
Read MoreWriting a Series
I just finished writing the second book in the series, “Waking Amy.” It’s crazy how all that happened… I wrote “Waking Amy” and sent it out to agents and publishers for a contract. When I...
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