Inspiration: Where To Find It
A lot of writers I’ve met have said that one of the questions they’re asked most is where do you find inspiration. It’s hard to give a real answer to […]
Writing: Writers Who Write About Writing
This is Janice. And I want to steal her sweater. 🙂 Recently, I discovered Janice Hardy’s blog. Janice is the author of the middle grade Healing Wars Trilogy, but her […]
Punctuation: The Exclamation Point!
It’s one of those rules I feel like I’ve always known: Don’t use exclamation points in writing. I’ve always heard this… and I’ve pretty much always ignored it. With the […]
Writing: Exhaustion
I have, in essence, run a creative marathon in the past few weeks and now I feel exhausted. Â As soon as I finished the draft, I started setting up for […]
Writing: My Milestones
This past weekend was phenomenal both for the family time I enjoyed and the writing milestones I hit. First, on Saturday I broke 100,000 words! Yaaaaay! This meant that, no […]
Holidays: In Celebration Of My Favorite Day Of The Year
As I knew would happen, I couldn’t choose just one winner. I had so many entries, and here are the ones I liked best for one reason or the other. […]
MBFI: Sunday, November 20, 2011
I just really like the ceiling of the courtyard in building 1 of the MDC campus. The geometry of it is very pretty. Another day, another two hours in the […]
MBFI: Saturday, November 19, 2011
I started to write this as one long post, but then I looked at the pictures I wanted to share and what I had to say about the whole event […]
Authors: Miami Book Fair
Such a wonderful day! I’ll do a full recap later, but I attended the Miami International Book Fair today and I am so glad I did! I got to meet […]
NaNoWriMo: Back On The Horse
After my consuming worries yesterday morning, I’m happy to report that I’m back on the horse! In fact, I think I may be stronger for taking a day off. So, […]
Books: Introducing Transcendent
It’s here! And it’s absolutely stunning! No official release date yet, but as soon as I know, I’ll pass the information along. I’m so excited for all my friends! Good […]
Writing: Hitting The Wall
Since October 31st, I’ve been moving forward in this draft at bullet-train speed. Some days my word count jumped by almost 10,000. That is unheard of for me! Most days […]
Readers: Question Everything
I’ve always know the value of a reader who asks questions, but for a few years I’ve been without one. A good reader will find all those plot holes you […]
Writing: The Process
Writing is work. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or selling something. That being said, how do you get from concept to finished first draft? I’m not talking about […]
Movies: The Hunger Games
I do not often get excited about books being made into movies. Most of the time, they cut out too much and everything just feels… lacking. However…. OMG THE HUNGER […]