Happy New Year! If you read my series on making it the best year ever, you know I’m pretty excited and I have a lot of big goals. Right now, the year is shiny and new. But what’s going to happen to us when it’s not so factory-fresh? When it’s, say, early March, and the weather’s bleak and blah, and
One of my readers requested this post! I was happy to do it, because winter and the holidays bring great inspiration to me. These could be used for fiction, journaling, or just about any other creative writing. And I’m keeping them G-rated in case any teachers want to use them for their students! (And if you are a teacher, check
Hi, everyone, and welcome to our last WIP Wednesday of the year! If you are new to the blog, here’s the deal: on the first Wednesday of every month, I share an excerpt of whatever I’m working on, and if you want to, you do the same in the comments section. (We did one every week in November because it
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 there! For anyone who’s new to the blog, on WIP Wednesdays, I share an excerpt of what I’m working on and invite you to do the same in the comments. Keep it under 500 words, with no sexually explicit material. Sharing your work here is a low-risk venture, since we don’t critique work in progress — though supportive comments
Welcome to another WIP Wednesday, where I share an excerpt of what I’m working on, and maybe you do the same in the comments! We’re doing this every week in November in honor of National Novel Writing Month. If you’re doing NaNo and you’re hustling to make your word count, I’m sending you strength! But you don’t need to be
Hey, everyone! How’s NaNo going? I’m super, super behind! Eh, I’m not going to be hard on myself about it. One of my projects at work fell back on me because a contractor didn’t come through, and another thing took me way longer than I expected. Anyway, making overly ambitious plans is kind of my thing. As long as I