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The Stages Of A Book’s Life:

Sparkly New Idea: It’s shiny, it’s distracting, it might be the best thing you’ve ever thought of! Baby Panda Idea: A little awkward, very fragile, it might die if someone says a harsh word. “I’m not writing this, just thinking about it.”: You’re doing a little research, flirting with…

Dragons And Stabbings

About a year ago I picked embroidery as a necessary requirement for turning my kids’ jeans into non-fraying shorts without fiddling with my sewing machine. The first attempts were based on a two minute tutorial on how to sew flowers. Much to my surprise (especially since I used some thread…

MONDAYS IN PUBLISHING: After You Debut

There are many blog posts and articles on GETTING published and far less information on WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE PUBLISHED. To help balance this out I’m going to focus the next few weeks on what happens AFTER you get published. Why start here and not with “how to get…

LADY OF THE LAKE novella available to read now!

As most of you are already aware my urban fantasy, LADY OF THE LAKE, is running on Patreon. Originally the first four chapters were free. Today I made the whole first section free so people could have something fun while they’re dealing with all the other stress in the world….

Who Wants Some Horror For The Holidays?

Surprise! Fun Fact: I did not plan for ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A WEREWOLF to have a sequel. I wrote that book mostly out of rage against the Christmas countdowns and my least favorite season of the year. It was fun. It was cathartic. It was going to…

CHANGE OF MOMENTUM Snippet!

CHANGE OF MOMENTUM comes out in exactly two months. To celebrate the arrival of the proof copies I thought it would be fun to share a snippet from the book. This scene is set in the early chapters. Rowena, who is now working as a Fleet/Jhandarmi liaison has been asked…

MONDAYS IN PUBLISHING – A Series or Book Bible

I’m writing this post with the hope that I can save some sweet, soon-to-be published author a headache because I didn’t know about this before I published. When I was first published I thought it was my job to write a story and – if a second book came along…

WRITER CRAFT WEDNESDAY – What To Do When You’re Stuck

Let’s practice a little visualization… You sit down in front of your computer today with 6,000 words written and the plan to write Chapter 3. You have your notes and your outlines. This is the perfect time of your writing day, and everything is how you need it to be…

MONDAYS IN PUBLISHING – How To Write A Query Letter (the updated version)

QUERY(n) – the letter a hopeful author sends to an agent or editor with the express wish of getting the manuscript off their desk and onto someone else’s publication schedule. The query is an essential part of the publication process even for Indie Authors, it’s also one of the more misunderstood…

Writer Craft Wednesday – Deadlines and What To Do With A Very Long Book

I often say I’m a slow writer. My editor disagrees. It’s not that I write slowly, it’s that I write long. Really, really, REALLY long. In romance it isn’t uncommon to see a novel that’s 40,000 – 60,000 words long, especially over on the indie ebook side. Romance readers are…