I mean, other than the new(ish) puppy, right? And school right around the corner. I've been writing on a story a bit. Things are going slowly there because I keep getting sidetracked with needing to research. So, I need to learn a bunch of things before I can realistically keep going because I'm at a … Continue reading What’s keeping me busy
What this book is about: Mira and Ava Goodwin are twins born in the near-future United States in this dystopian future sci-fi novel. However, the U.S. has strictly adopted a One Child law and their father is the director of the department that enforces this law. The girls spend their entire lives pretending to be … Continue reading Book Review: Rule of One by Ashley Saunders and Leslie Saunders
Oh no! It was Wednesday yesterday! I forgot to share my NaNo update! That's okay. Thursday will do. As of yesterday, I am 3 words shy of 24,000 words. YES! This past week has seen me focusing entirely on my Tamerna novel. I missed one day (which was a huge bummer, but LIFE) and had … Continue reading NaNo update: Week 2
Well! I'm happy to say that week 1 has been phenomenally successful for me, although I haven't gotten as far on one of my stories as I'd hoped and I've worked on NOTHING as far as the others. I'm over 13,000 words overall and at 7 days in, that's great. I'm above pace to finish, … Continue reading NaNo 2018 Week 1
Okay, I cannot TELL you how excited I am to get to share a little bit from one of my newest favorite authors, my friend Lexi, ehrm, I mean author A.M. Deese. You may remember her from her author interview or my GLOWING REVIEW of her book, and now she's back again telling us some … Continue reading Guest Post: Author A.M. Deese on Crafting Believable Lies
I have to admit, this week is super special for me because a couple years ago, I learned that one of my cousins is ALSO a writer. Before you judge me too harshly for not knowing this about a cousin, let me explain. There are lots of cousins in the family and I'm older than … Continue reading Guest Post: Megan on Inspiration
I am SOOOOO excited to share the wisdom of writers in my circle with you! My fellow writer and friend Michael Baker, who is also a published author, has so graciously agreed to share some of his worldbuilding knowledge with us all. I met Michael a few years ago now through a fantasy writers facebook … Continue reading Guest Post: Author Michael R. Baker on Worldbuilding
Ever wish you could sit down with a cup o’ joe with a writer and ask all those pesky questions? Well, you don’t have to because I did! Sort of. This month we're meeting Stephanie Ellis, a fellow writer in my Author's Tale group. This writing group is seriously made up of some of the … Continue reading Meet the Author: Stephanie Ellis
It's Friday! It's the day that I share some of my own writing. I hope that you've been enjoying these last couple weeks of poetry because honestly, I've really enjoyed sharing it with you. At first I wasn't sure because it's so rough and unedited, but sometimes that's okay, too. Anyway, here's another. Personal Representative … Continue reading Poetry: Bible Inspired Poetry
This is NOT a repeat of last week. I repeat, this is a NEW poem. It's Friday, so I'm sharing a new poem! A month of poems. I've really been enjoying playing around with poetry, trying some stuff, and writing poetry based on my faith. It's been a fun exploration of different kinds of prompts … Continue reading Poetry: Bible Inspired Poetry
