I just sent out my 2nd newsletter today. Didn’t get it? That means you’re not on my mailing list! Click on the “Subscribe to Newsletter” link above to get on my mailing list and not miss anything. Here’s what was sent out today: Happy December! I hope everything is going smooth as you gear up …
***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Everything I Am Not Saying, my book of poetry, is now available for sale at Amazon and Barnes & Noble! With this book, I completely recommend getting the print version because, in my personal opinion, it’s a work of art. 🙂 But the eBook is a nice, less expensive way to read it, as …
There is countless advice about sticking to one genre when you are an author – especially when you’re a new author. I can see the point in this. When you’re presenting stories to the world, you’re trying to rope in readers who like your writing. When you stick to one genre, your reader can be …
Last night, I wrote out two words I’d been striving to reach since I started the journey of “Forever Thirteen” a little more than three months ago. To make the moment even more ceremonious, I had ditched the computer and scribbled the last 5,743 words into a spiral notebook, feeling every single word as it …
It’s finished! The anatomy of a novel, from start to THE END. Read More »
Earlier this week I announced the upcoming arrival of ‘Golf Balls, Eight Year Olds & Double Paned WIndows,’ my blog eBook on stories about my life as a single mother. Guess what? It’s published NOW! The chapters are cleaned up versions of past blog entries over at winecountrymom.com, the blog I keep that tells stories …
It’s here. Today. My book’s official publishing day. But wait, you say. I thought we had another week!, you say. Surprise! It’s early! What do you say when the biggest thing you had on your bucket list is suddenly crossed off? I have waited so long for this very moment, and here it is. My …
With only days until A Symphony of Cicadas is released, I am both on pins and needles that it’s so close, and totally tapping my fingers that it’s not here yet. Would time please hurry up and slow down!!! So to pass the time, I thought I’d share a little bit of the book and …