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
Hey friends. This is a post where I ask you for a favor that could take between one and ten minutes of your time. It will take less than one minute if you just vote, but it could take up to ten minutes if you actually read it. I could be biased, but I think … Continue reading Help me out?
