It’s that time of year again when pumpkins become a thing. I love to use the opportunity to add some pumpkin to my chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Just mixing things up a little creates a…
I never know where this adventure of writing will take me. In between working on new projects, I occasionally write guest posts for other bloggers. Recently I was invited to post on Review Tales, a…
I’m often asked how I come up with my ideas. Good question. Sometimes I sit down and try to conjure up the most awesome idea. Half an hour of concentrated brainstorming usually doesn’t get…
Winter passed, spring is well underway and I wonder. What have I accomplished? I’m at least two months behind on most of my major goals. Sure, a lot can be explained by unplanned travel for…
World Building from the Inside Out, Part 2 Last week we looked at the first question from Janeen Ippolito’s world building blog. This week’s question about my main character is a great one: A bird…
This is the time of year when I fall prey to Shiny Object Syndrome, otherwise known as a complete inability to stick to my plan. Here’s how it happens. I review last year’s progress (or…
Indie authors have an uphill fight to get their books noticed. Not only is the market crowded, and competition fierce, but a stigma still clings to self-published or independently published works as being second class….
Clichés abound like the snow in Wisconsin: Not enough hours in the day. Time whirling past, like a speeding train. Rat race. Everyone, it seems, is commenting, complaining or bemoaning the fact that life is…
Pros and cons of working on multiple projects “What are you writing?” That’s a hard question to answer. These days, I have three major projects going, not to mention a bunch of shorter ones in…
I thought I was crazy to attempt NaNo this year. So far, I was wrong. Instead, I’ve learned a lot about writing, how I write, and the excuses I make for not writing. First, I…