This is the first day of NewNoWriMo, a month dedicated to achieving your writing goals. Whether that’s 50,000 words or 100,000, start 2016 with a huge accomplishment under your belt. Join us while we write our novels, web serials, or short stories in the next 29 days. Here’s a bit of inspiration: Success is the sum … More Day 1
Tomorrow! Feb 1st, 2016. Are you ready for NewNoWriMo? For 29 days of dedication to your writing? I hope so, because I’m not! I haven’t outlined my story. (gnash teeth) But that’s okay. I have a fair idea of what my character wants to achieve. Come tomorrow when I start writing, I’ll figure out how … More It’s starting…
When I was younger, I cycled. A lot. I was on the UC Davis cycling team for a couple of years. After I graduated, I stopped racing but I didn’t stop cycling. My husband and I completed several centuries a year until we got a dog and had to switch to mountain biking. Cycling huge … More Carbo Load
When you think about it, there’s really only one thing we have in this universe we can claim as our own: Time. Everything else is fickle and transitory. One day a pauper, the next a king. You never know what tomorrow will bring except, you guessed it, more time. But how to manage it? In order … More All We Have Is Time
A few days after the shock of the new year has worn off, and if you haven’t already, it is time to think of what you want to accomplish in 2016. Here on my blog, we are gearing up for a NaNoWriMo-like challenge in the month of February 2016. We’re calling it NewNoWriMo. The goal for … More Get Ready for NewNoWriMo
The end is near, my friends, so I thought I should wrap up a few loose ends and announce an exciting new challenge. NaNoWriMo Did you complete the challenge? All 50,000 words of it? I did not. I managed about 13,000 words which amounted to an almost complete second episode of my ghost stories series. … More The NEW NaNoWriMo
For me, this past year saw a focus on short story writing. And I’m happy to say that I did fairly well. I didn’t complete as many shorts as I wanted to, but I got two officially published and a third may find a home soon. In 2015, I’ll be concentrating on novels. Three, in … More Motivation, Your Muse, and Books
Howdy Folks, How’s fall/spring treating ya? Around these parts, we’ve seen gray skies and rain rain rain – which is a good thing. California hasn’t seen enough moisture in a while so a bit of wet is much welcomed. Muddy trails means I’m more likely to be inside so here I am finally getting around … More An update and a bit of fiction
Like an acceptance. The other day, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a notification that my princess story was accepted for the next issue of Mystic Signals. It made my day, let me tell you. No, not just my day, my week! I mean, it’s not like it got accepted at Tor.com or anything, but I … More There are some things worse than rejection
Last week, I got tagged by the wonderful Emmie Mears in a blog hop. Go check her out, she’s cool and she’s got a book coming out soon from Harlequin E! So, what’s this blog hop all about? you may ask. And I may answer, something as important as air and water to writers: the writing … More The Writing Process (Blog-Hop!)
