Last week I shared with you about my plans to write a novella next month and participate in Camp NaNoWriMo. This week I wanted to share with you more about all things NaNo and kick off a month-long series about this special event! What is this crazy thing anyway?...
Today I’m resting atop the high of what I like to call “Editor’s Peak.” You see, I’m one of those delightfully nerdy literary folks who actually enjoys editing. (If I didn’t I wouldn’t offer editing services.) It turns out I...
“I get to write tonight, ladies!” After I sent that text (and the appropriate corresponding gif, of course) to three of my amazing fellow writer moms, I got to thinking about the word get. That’s when it hit me: I GET to write! This is a privilege; not a right. Not...
Happy National Poetry Month!! As promised in this post on what I consider to be the most personal kind of writing, we’re continuing a monthlong celebration of POETRY in an interview with a poet. This isn’t any old poet, though! She is one of my dearest...
Writers leave themselves on the page, regardless of what they’re writing. Call it an occupational hazard or a natural part of the creative process, weaving the reality with fiction into a tapestry that is both believable and tangible for the reader. So, could...
Today’s focus is my fourth writing fear—finding myself in my fiction. This aspect of writing brings good and bad with it, so I’ve come to the decision that it’s all in how you handle it. Write what you know. If you’ve spent any time around...
