Category: blog
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Feeding the Muse
I’ve gotten notes back from two more beta readers—as well as one literary agent who turned down FORTITUDE. Now, I’m back to writing and editing to strengthen a few things before the next round of submissions/queries. To help this creative groove keep its momentum, I’m listening to a lot of music. (Something I talk about […]
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Music: The Sensory Edition
If you know me, or have followed this blog for any amount of time, you realize that I love music. I use music for mood alteration, inspiration, and escape. My preferred listening method is live, in concert. For sanity sake, I try to attend at least two live performances a year but life doesn’t always […]
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Selfish
After my last post shared a few things I’ve found during cleaning, but continue to keep on my desk through the decades, I moved to the next level of organizational hoarding: surrounding myself—literally—with books. Homeschooling my kids gives me a great excuse to collect more books than the average person. Here’s about half of the […]
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Haunted by a Past Blog
I started to write a post about my non-love for Halloween, but remembered I’ve already done that. So, here’s a Throwback Thursday. Updates from stats in the old post: it’s humid with a high around 80 today, the two candy monsters are under seven, and the oldest now dips into candies other than suckers. And […]
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Writing, Everyday
Since it’s officially a long weekend here (Hello, Labor Day!) I’ve decided to labor over my WIP to get closer to finishing the never ending first draft. I write slow, with a capital S. After skipping work for three days at the beginning of the week, I’m making up for it by busting my fingers […]
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