How do I love book festivals? Let me count the ways. 1. Book festivals introduce us to authors and books we may otherwise miss. Since attending my first festival in 2016, I have had the opportunity to meet or at least hear several outstanding writers who I may have...
As a kid, I wanted to be many different things. Doctor. Veterinarian. Artist. Teacher. Mother. There was one title that just kept popping up over and over, though. Author. Even after I took on titles as an adult—Journalist. Editor. Wife. Mother. Freelancer....
Fantasy—the one genre I swore I would never, no how, no way write. Guess what I’m writing? In order to write fantasy, I have to do something incredibly more difficult than piecing words together to make a book; it’s called world-building. This is the third...
As I type this post, I’m looking out the window at one of the very few mild days we get in Southeast Louisiana. The sun’s shining; the wind’s gently rustling the leaves. It’s the kind of day where you can’t help but feel positive. Of...
The past two weeks I’ve shared with you my decision to be an Indie Author. In Part 1, I broke down the main ways writers can become published authors these days. As I said, some of the definitions vary depending on who’s giving you the details; but I hope...
In the last post, I shared with you my exciting news: I will be an Indie Author! I could not be more excited about my decision of choosing to be an Indie Author. In that post I explained the different types of publishing options authors have these days. As I said...
