A Behind the Scenes Look at Working with an Illustrator
Working with an illustrator can be a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. I was very nervous when I started the process the first time. I found…
Author Resources
When I first started my author journey, I knew nothing about self-publishing. I stumbled onto it through a Facebook ad for a class on how to self-publish. I watched the…
Getting to Know Your Characters
When I am writing a new story, I spend a lot of time getting to know my characters. This is important for several reasons. One, you can describe them to…
The Story Behind Writing The Traveling Trunk Series
Every story starts as a spark, an idea, an itch, if you will. I thought you might enjoy hearing the reason that I wrote the Traveling Trunk Series. I work…
Emotional Phases of Writing
Here we are at the end of November. The month where millions of writers all come together and attempt to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Yes, I participated.…
Being Thankful
It’s been quite a rough year for me. It would be so easy to focus on the bad things that have happened, but instead, I am choosing to focus on…