Since July 2015, I’ve hosted WIP Wednesday on this blog. It’s been a place where I share an excerpt of something rough I’m working on…and others have done the same in the comments section. WIP Wednesday has meant so much to me. I’ve set the past WIP Wednesday posts to private, but WIP Wednesday, held on the first Wednesday of
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Update, 10/3/23: this post reflects my own views on the Sonya Larson case. It has been resolved in court, and you can read about that here. As an author, an executive editor in publishing, and someone who donated a kidney to a stranger, I was naturally intensely interested in the “bad art friend” literary scandal. The article “Bad Art Friend”
Update: I believe comments are fixed! The issue was caused by some work a third party is doing to speed up the site. (Improvements sometimes cause short-term problems and delays…kind of like road construction, haha.) I may be able to retrieve the missing comments. Hopefully! Hey friends! There was some kind of technical glitch yesterday on the WIP Wednesday post,
Recently a writer I know talked about not getting sucked into an online argument with a stranger, “because your girl doesn’t work for free.” I was nodding in agreement. I cut way, way back on Internet arguments and rants a few years ago. I felt like the habit could make anger or bitterness my default setting, and I didn’t want
Most readers of my blog know that I write some steamy romance. A few of you even know that in the past year, I got a new job editing “sweet romance,” which is the industry term for romance with no sex at all. I’ve always enjoyed all kinds of romantic stories and movies as a reader and a viewer, so
Hey all! I intend to make next year the best year of my life so far, and I’m doing a five-part series about planning that out. Yes, I know it’s a little early for this. But think about it: Best Year Of My Life. The most fun and fulfilling year of my life so far (and I’ve had plenty of
I love doing random acts of kindness for strangers, and one of my favorites is to buy strangers gifts off of their Amazon wish lists. Now, some of my favorite random acts of kindness ideas are free—I have a list of them here. Still, this is a good one. Who doesn’t like a surprise gift, especially if it’s something they already