I like writing characters with sharp wit and humor who fall desperately in love (after a whole lot of trial and error), so imagine my surprise when the hero of my latest release Deadly Bloodlines turned out to be dark, brooding, and down right unlikeable. I tried to lighten her up, but she wouldn't have it. Jeez! Didn't she know [...]
Welcome, welcome! Writing challenges are a great way to stretch yourself either in meeting a deadline or increasing your daily word counts. Here's what I learned from mine. Starting August, I'm doing another writing challenge to finish my story Deadly Bloodlines, book 1 in my Deadly Series. I'm at 48k words and aiming to get to [...]
Image courtesy of thaikrit at FreeDigitalPhotos.net When I published my first book, For the Love of Jazz in December of 2012, I was ecstatic that shortly after, I got the idea for a 3 book series from another story, Deadly Bloodlines.There's nothing like the thrill ride of that first story idea, especially when it [...]
Image courtesy of thaikrit at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Happy Friday! Being a published author is amazing! However, your days are filled with so many things to do with your career that you sometimes forget (or can't find the time) to write that next book, especially if you're trying to promote your current book. I believe [...]
Did you have a dream in highschool you didn't realize everyone knew? Image courtesy of Danilo Rizzuti at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I'm very vocal, so it should've been a no brainer, but I was amazed at the comments from highschool friends who told me how happy they were to hear I got a book published as [...]
Another year is gone and with it comes the feel of a fresh start, setting resolutions, and crossing our fingers that we'll keep them this year. A friend of mine said she stopped making resolutions and decided to go with setting goals instead. That's what I'm talking about! So, this year I challenge you to [...]
No, I'm not talking about football when I say goal. I'm talking about goals for 2013. In my blog, 2013 I'm kicking your butt, I talked about sharing my goals for this year and making myself accountable to well, you. I actually have a month by month breakdown which is more detailed, but I thought you'd [...]
