I recently had the opportunity to focus in on my literary dream and purpose and sum them up in less than two minutes. Today I decided to share that with you! Chip and Joanna Gaines, co-hosts of Fixer Upper, have become far more to me than TV celebrities. They have...
This past month, you have met three of my incredible writer friends. All together, we’ve taken you with us on a camping trip! Okay, we didn’t really go camping—or go anywhere, actually. We simply wrote toward our individual writing or editing goals as part...
I’ve never been one for insane writing goals or intense, days-long sprints. I read blogs where an author claims to have written a novel in a month and roll my eyes. Even NaNoWriMo … I refused to participate because I thought 50,000 words in one month was ridiculous,...
Writing has always been about give and take for me. You know the saying, “Your book won’t write itself?” Well I stand tried and true to that phrase. Writing takes a lot of dedication, hard work, and most of all – the sacrificing of time. Writing is a...
All writers have been there: that moment when you realize you’ve put off your book for far too long. The moment when you tell yourself for the hundredth time that you will “work on it tomorrow” or “as soon as the craziness of life slows down enough that you can...
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?...
