Goodmedia Press Publisher Talks Best Indie Books
My excellent publisher, Robyn Short of Goodmedia Press, will be on Fox’s Good Day Dallas Saturday morning talking about the growth of Indie publishers, as well as some of the best Indie books of the...
View ArticleReading Room with C.A. Szarek
You know who’s a rock star author? This girl. No, not me, C.A. Szarek, my guest in this week’s Reading Room talking about her latest release, Collision Force. This isn’t her first book release of 2013,...
View ArticleReading Room with Susan Sheehey
Every writer works hard. But I would bet that few work as hard as my friend, Susan Sheehey. This girl not only busts her butt with her own work, but she’s incredibly generous with her time when it...
View ArticleReading Room with Matthew Bryant
My guest in this week’s Reading Room, my good friend and GFWW buddy Matthew Bryant, has a very special distinction. Not only do our debut novels share a birthday (must read Towers – it’s fricking...
View ArticleFirst Day of School
As I sipped my coffee this morning, browsing through Facebook at all the back-to-school pictures, I recalled that feeling of mixed anticipation and trepidation. How I yearned to impress new friends,...
View ArticleWhy I Suck at Blogging
Wow. It’s been more than two months since my last blog post. So long that when I went to the site to type this, I was afraid I forgot my password. Yah. Not good. It’s not that I don’t understand the...
View ArticleEternally Grateful
I usually skip most of the Facebook memes that go around (honestly, I don’t think there are 10 things you don’t know about me …). And, one of those I skipped this year is the November daily musings on...
View ArticleMy Love Affair with 2014
Dear 2014, I love you. I know it’s still early in our relationship, but I feel that we get each other. Please don’t think I’m one of those girls that is going to start naming our kids just 11 days in,...
View ArticleTime is Not on My Side
Human beings are obsessed with time. We personify it – it either flies or crawls, but most often it marches on. We yearn to go back or forward. Time is either on our side or working against us. Time is...
View ArticleLetting Go
Writing is fraught with emotion. We feel everything our characters feel – sometimes tenfold. When we’re editing, we feel elation and complete ineptitude (sometimes all in the same paragraph). When it’s...
View Article2015 … The Year of Endings
Ahhh, 2015. The air is filled with that new-year smell. Fresh beginnings, resolutions, sweat, black-eyed peas … everything you need to start your year off right. For most people, a new year means new...
View ArticleMy Wordy Valentine
Books are like a relationship. You put a lot of effort into it, flirt with it, flutter your eyelashes and maybe, just maybe, that story will like you back. My debut novel, Phoenix, was my first love....
View ArticleTreating Book Parasites
Books are parasites. They live inside us. Growing. Feeding off us. And, sometimes, they can make their authors crippled with fear. I know that sounds harsh, but I mean it in the nicest way possible....
View ArticleCamp Howyouwriteit: Plotters vs. Pantsters
Ahhh, summer camp. We take the bus out to the idyllic woods and either you get off at Camp Plotter, flying it’s very well-constructed flag, or Camp Pantster, flying, well, someone’s pants. The two...
View ArticleFinding that Spark
Fourth of July. A holiday filled with stars and stripes and sunburns. As the unofficial mid-point of summer, we still have that gleam in our eye before we mosey into the canine side of the season. It’s...
View ArticleFlash Fiction: The Trouble with Bubbles
I should be editing. I’m pretty sure everyone on the planet has doubts that I’m ever going to finish my next novel. Heck, even I’m starting to wonder that. So, to bring back the joy of writing, I...
View ArticleJudgement-Free Writing
I’ve recently committed a heinous crime. No one was hurt, nothing’s gone missing (well, aside from a few marbles in my head) and I won’t break into a cold sweat when I pass a police officer on the...
View ArticleNaNo to Wri Mo?
Ahhh, the last day of October. Halloween. All Hallow’s Eve. And, the eve of NaNoWriMo Across the country and abroad, writers are saying goodbye to their friends and loved ones. They are preparing care...
View ArticlePoint of No Return
In story structure, there’s a point when your characters cross the threshold. The moment when they can’t uninitiate the call to action, they can’t go back to the way life was, blissfully ignoring how...
View ArticleThe Muse Awakens
This morning, around 3:30 a.m., my Muse snuck back into the house. And, with the grace and agility of a drunk elephant she woke me with what I hope is the answer I’ve been searching for and wasting...
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