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#My Writing Process Blog Hop

The great Katey at Katey Writes was kind enough to ask me to participate in a blog hop with her about #mywritingprocess as a way to connect writers to each other. Visit her blog here to learn about raising young readers, writing and parenting in general. 1) What am I working on? Gosh, what amContinue reading “#My Writing Process Blog Hop”

Surrendering Does Not Mean Defeat

My running partner/sounding board/frequent novel character and friend sent me this quote today. “Surrender to what is, let go of what was and have faith in what will be.” She’s pretty awesome and has been a tremendous help to my writing these last few years. Surrendering is often equated to defeat and is not somethingContinue reading “Surrendering Does Not Mean Defeat”

Killer Artist

Meet Gabe Clark. Gabe is an artist, graphic designer, musician and all around good guy. He’s been incredibly helpful to me these last few years, advising me on my book cover art, helping with fonts and soon will be providing illustration for each chapter of Second Chance Key. Some of you may or may notContinue reading “Killer Artist”

Feelings Friday: Anticipation

I recently order the book The Emotion Thesaurus as a tool to escape the redundancy of human feelings when writing about characters. It’s pretty handy, not only does it give definitions but also gives you physical signals, internal sensations and even cues for suppression of that feeling. Every Friday I’m going to cover an emotionContinue reading “Feelings Friday: Anticipation”

Finding Time to Write

Finding time to write is one of my biggest challenges. Too many other commitments pulling at my legs… oh, wait, those are the kids. But seriously, with working full time, having the three kids, my husband working downstate a few nights a week (and every other weekend) and the periodic photography jobs… it’s tough. That isContinue reading “Finding Time to Write”

Getting into Character

For me, knowing who my character is, what they feel like and who they are, is of the utmost importance. If I have a poorly developed character I struggle with what they do, how they act and what they say. Writing can already be so much like bleeding to death a drop at a time,Continue reading “Getting into Character”