I found it. I found what can motivate me to keep going. This article about "The Dip." I've been frustrated by Mandy's Story because the edits are hard and I feel like I'm fighting with it more than fixing it. So in the article it asks these questions: Do you care about this story?Are you … Continue reading Motivation

In February, on my Facebook page, I shared several experiences I have had in the past. One with each of my great-grandparents, two with cousins and one with a friend. I have had several more experiences though that I didn't talk about. When I was a child, I believed our house was haunted. Even when … Continue reading Paranormal Experiences…

Is that a thing because I feel it almost daily? If I'm not working my day job, I feel like I should be writing, editing, querying or networking with other writers. And I don't do any of these things as much as I should, mostly the writing/editing part. To be fair, I have a busy … Continue reading Writer’s Guilt

One of my projects is a Small Town Women's fiction series. The basic idea is that each book in the series highlights one woman's story. The good, the bad, and the ugly of being a woman. Women's fiction is defined as a story in which the main character overcomes some obstacle like a divorce or … Continue reading Damsel in distress…

I recently wrote about needing to read as a writer to understand market, audience and be able to recognize comparable titles/work. However, there is another problem I have found with being a writer that reads. I don't enjoy some of the books I find. I don't remember many books through my first 43-ish years that … Continue reading Reading as a writer… part 2

So a big piece of the writing process/getting published and that is being able to identify comparable titles and work to your own. It shows not only what style your writing is, but the audience it might appeal to. And further, shows you are well read and understand the market. However, I have the hardest … Continue reading Reading as a writer…

My first finished manuscript, Mandy's story, was not good. It had a lot of things that didn't progress the story. It was just too much backstory and not enough "meat." I have already cut a lot of that out and I have been editing to do better. I think the story is one that should … Continue reading Progressing the story

If you know me in real life, you know how so true this statement is. I have 3 dogs, 5 redfoot tortoises and a crested gecko. My husband has multiple fish aquariums. Two being rather large. I would love to get additional pets but one of my dogs is bratty and I don't think he … Continue reading I love animals…

As I'm preparing my next project, I keep thinking about where it will take place. I prefer fictional places. One because I'm already doing so much research on various things (time period, lifestyles, etc) that it is just one less thing I have to research and get right. Nothing worse than reading about your hometown … Continue reading Fictional Places…

Since Premedicated Murder is done and I don't have the heart yet to jump back into Mandy's Story, and I had this amazing idea formulate in my head. It is not Mystery and it is not Women's Fiction which are the genres I have been trying to stick to and the ones that I like … Continue reading Trying something new