Welcome to Work in Progress Wednesday! WIP Wednesday is usually the first Wednesday of every month. It’s when I share an excerpt of what I’m working on, and if you’re a writer, so can you! Be sure you’re subscribed to the blog (sign up in the upper lefthand corner) so you’ll get a heads up about future WIP Wednesdays. And
Category: Writing Matters
Hi all! Happy New Year! I hope it’s off to a good start! We had a road trip to Arizona to visit family. We’re very lucky that the dogs are good travelers! They enjoy hanging out in the backseat, napping or checking out the scenery, and they aren’t alarmed to find themselves in various motels. Anyway, I wanted to tell
For my romcom novel that came out last month, I tried a lot of author marketing… I made TikToks and Instagram posts and reels, trying out different angles and tactics. (I also tweeted, but I’ve since left Twitter/X for Bluesky, because Twitter/X stopped letting you block mean people and had way too much yelling.) I got into my hometown paper
When I started this blog for writers and other dreamers, with the tagline “tell your stories, love your life,” a couple of people laughed right in my face. It was in early December, 2014, and they said, “Nobody reads blogs any more!” Since that time, I’ve had over 13 million visits to the blog, and countless people have told
I put together a press release for my upcoming book launch, and I thought that my fellow authors who follow the blog might like to see how I did it—just as one example! Be sure to pin it to Pinterest if you think you might want it for future reference! Why did I send out a book press release as
Hey writers! Let’s share what we’re working on! I’m still working on my sequel to Her Knight at the Museum, and I’m really enjoying it! I’ll share another one from this WIP next month, but that’ll be it. I’m writing it on contract and I don’t want to share spoilers…plus, it may change quite a bit in edits. I’d love
A couple of you requested fall writing prompts… and now that it’s autumn and I’m back to regular blogging, I’m happy to oblige! These fall writing prompts are for a few different genres, including young adult, cozy fantasy, and romance. These are appropriate for teachers to use in classrooms, too. Some of them are specific to autumn, and some