I think probably every author has stories they’ve abandoned. Either the stories weren’t working, the writers lost interest, or maybe the books were meant to be part of a series at a publishing house the author has chosen to not to associate with anymore. It happens. I abandoned the first few stories that I wrote. […]
Hey everyone! I’m always excited to share a new author and a new book, and I’ve got a great one here, today. It’s Mira Stanley, author of Good Girl – book one of the Dirty Minds series. I was lucky enough to get a chance to read an ARC of Good Girl, and it. is. great! Seriously! Be […]
So…yeah…about this week’s blog post…it’s not happening. I’m currently 521 miles from home on our annual writing retreat with Jessica Jarman, Jenny Trout, Kris Norris, Kayleigh Jones, and Kellie St. James. We’ve run away to the land of no internet connection and sketchy to no cell phone service. However, we’ll be getting a lot of […]
My baby, Corwin, graduated from high school this year, and we just had his graduation party. One of my SILs made his cake and suggested that Corwin come up with the artwork instead of going with something generic. Behold…my favorite graduation cake ever! See? Looks just like him.
I had decided on my angry letter as soon as I saw the topic. See, I’m still pissed at Allen Ginsberg. Yeah. I know. He’s been dead for quite some time now, and I should probably let that whole college poetry reading humiliation thing go. But, Jay-sus, that guy was such a self-aggrandizing bag of […]
From where I’m sitting in my spot on the couch, there are several kinds of unsupportive people. There are the people who are close to you – often, they live with you and some of them you might have even made yourself. These people are less unsupportive and more “What’s for supper?”, “Can you sign […]
THIS is why you don’t tell small children to smile. They end up looking like possessed little demons. Also, what the hell, mom?! Red and navy plaid with lime green ponytail holders?! What were you thinking?! I vaguely remember telling my mom I wanted to be either an astronaut or waitress. I was pretty little at […]
Today’s topic is pretty clear from the title. Within the last couple years, I’ve tackled a couple genres I’d always wanted to write but held myself back from for various reasons. One genre was young adult. I wasn’t sure I could write it “authentically”. But I’m pleased with how it turned out. I just need […]
So, this week’s assignment was to rewrite an old blog post from the point of view of one of my characters. And since I’m the only one blogging from the group this week, I’m writing it from several other points of view…cause I do what I want. Or something like that. First off, it was […]
Sooooooooooo, it’s come to this. The inevitable strengths and weaknesses post. *pushes up sleeves* Let’s do this thing. I’m going to hit weaknesses first. Why? Because I’m more comfortable in this arena. More on that in a bit. Conflict – I struggle with conflict. The first book I ever wrote had zero. Like, literally none. […]