Category Archives: Writing Process
What Do I Do With My Blog?
I am a creature of habit, and I HATE change. But change is a necessary evil. It leads to progress, and progress leads to success. And success is what we all strive to achieve. One morning, as I sat in … Continue reading
Making Time “To Do” It All
Are your to-do lists out of control? Do you struggle to accomplish all that you want in a day? You’re not alone. We all want to be more organized and productive. That’s where a little multi-tasking and purposeful planning go … Continue reading
Reasons for Writing
On Sunday night of Memorial Day weekend at 8:11 pm I try to gather my thoughts and put this post together. Looking back, the entire month of May has been nothing short of chaotic and stressful. I have dealt with … Continue reading
Book Description 101: 5 Basic Traits
Let me just preface this post with the honest statement; I struggle with the concept of copywriting and how to harness its effectiveness in a book description. Copywriting is the art of persuasion. To promote a product, in this case, … Continue reading
My humble journey
Two years ago, thanks to my husband, I started a journey which has brought me great joy. A lifelong dream of mine, I wrote my first book, which I self-published in August 2013. Originally meant to be my only book, … Continue reading
A need to escape: Giving up control
One morning as I sat down in my usual spot at the kitchen table to study what the day ahead was going to bring, according to my lengthy task list and scraps of paper with meticulous details, it dawned … Continue reading
An Enormous Leap of Faith
When I sat down one morning almost two years ago, I knew I wanted to write a love story. Just one. Now sitting here in the same spot at the kitchen table staring at the keyboard that is missing letters, … Continue reading
Jump Start Your Writing
After a summer of non-writing distractions, a constant stream of activities and time spent with my busy children, I now find myself at the beginning of a new school year faced with a quiet house and empty hours just ripe … Continue reading
“Old Fashioned” Inspiration and Romance
Late one night I was standing in the kitchen folding laundry, the last one in the house still awake. The children and my husband had, as usual, lumbered off to bed leaving the TV blaring in the empty family room. … Continue reading
Muse or Madness
My mind always wanders. Whose doesn’t? We are all faced with daunting schedules of daily tasks, looming deadlines and numerous to-do lists that we all jot down in our desperation to keep our lives straight. But for me, in addition … Continue reading