Category Archives: Author’s Notes

Here’s your first look at the next book in the Rory’s Choice series. If you’re thinking to yourself, my that cover feels a bit darker than the first, you’d be right. Not all people in the small town of Pinedale … Continue reading →

I finished…I finished…I finished another book this week. Yeah! I happy danced all around my house for a whole day. Oh crap, it’s only the beginning of who knows how many drafts. Ugh! Yep, that’s my life, a never-ending story … Continue reading →

It took me years to sale my first book. To push through the disappointment, I kept writing. This constant forward motion helped me pump out several novels. Now that I bounce back and forth between editing old to writing new, … Continue reading →

Writing a book is such a huge undertaking. There are times when it pushes my creativity and patience to the limit. And my desire for perfection only makes it worse. Right now, I’m in the middle of edits for the … Continue reading →

When I first started writing, I soaked in everything established writers could tell me. Even after all these years I still love hearing other writers talk about their creative struggles. It’s amazing how often we all suffer from the same … Continue reading →

Every story needs a good villain. The tension they bring to a novel can be the very reason we keep turning the pages. But the hate I often feel toward a powerful antagonist in someone’s novels I can’t reciprocate in … Continue reading →

Recently, someone asked me why I chose to be a writer. The cocky answer: because I’m good at it, isn’t entirely true. I’m a writer because I chose not to ignore the seeds in my imagination that were always floating … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I recommended a book via my blog, but Dear Mr. Knightley, by Katherine Reay deserves more than a five star rating. It’s been a long time since I felt so connected to a book. I … Continue reading →

I think the hardest thing about being a writer is promoting. Not because I don’t want to connect with my readers. I do. It’s the selling side of promoting I cringe at. I don’t want to be the person people … Continue reading →

My favorite writers’ conference is coming up this weekend. And lucky me, I get to go this year. Three days of surrounding myself with likeminded, crazy people is very therapeutic. I love listening to experts talk about writing and the … Continue reading →