Squirrel!

Squirrel!

When I first started writing three years ago, I put my publishing schedule together each year in January. But last year it didn’t work out so well. After several troll attacks that really had me questioning why I bothered to do some of the things I do, I took a step back from writing, from […]

Who wins in the race to the bottom?

I haven’t gotten up on my soapbox in a long time, mostly because every time I do, trolls come after me online, but oh well. Sometimes the need to express myself outweighs the strength of my self-preservation instinct LOL.  Here’s my latest opinion piece about the reading and publishing communities. >> WARNING: Grab some popcorn […]

Writing Software : A How-To Video

I use this software called Scrivener to write with. It’s kind of complicated to learn, so I put together a video for my writer friends showing how I go through and set it up to write and compile the book for the Kindle format. Share this post if you have writer friends, please. 🙂 http://youtu.be/Mec7TH3dVgA

Starbucks and Books

I’ve been writing this romantic serial novel called Just One Night (purchase links below if you’re interested). I’ve gotten a ton of great feedback, and really the only negative feedback I’ve gotten has been about the potential future cost. As serial novels become more popular, we’ll see more and more of this conversation, I’m sure. […]

My obituary

A story mostly unrelated to books but hopefully inspirational … Last time I was at my mom’s house, I was going through old boxes of things that had to either be thrown out or kept, depending on their worth to me after having been stored for 3 years. I ran across some surprising things, but […]

Money grubbing authors? Readers, before you paint, make sure you have the right brush.

I received an email from a ‘devoted fan’ who was dismayed to find that I’ve started writing a romantic serial novel. You can find Part 1 of Just One Night here. She accused me of being another one of those “money-grubbing authors” who rip off their readers. Wow. Can I just say that again? Wow. […]