Category: Writing

Magazine Publication Announcement – Dreamworldgirl Zine

I am so thrilled to announce that my poem entitled “Well” will be published in the second issue of the Dreamworldgirl Zine! ( https://www.dreamworldgirlzine.com/ ) It is the first poem that I have ever had published before, and I cannot begin to explain how excited I am to be sharing this with you. The theme […]

That’s A Wrap (2024 Packaged in a Blog Post)

When I look back at the beginning of 2024, it feels impossible that it was just a year ago. I looked back at the posts on my professional account and found myself talking about first-draft edits of my novel. No website, no queries, no writers conference… As I started a list of the the things […]

November Novel Challenge Results

In mid October, I decided to take part in the November novel writing challenge, which is an event that many writers take part in. The challenge is to write the first draft of a novel in the month of November. Though my last novel took me eleven months to write, I was confident that with […]

Falling Behind

I haven’t made a blog post in a few weeks, and I want to talk about that. Yesterday, I wrote over two thousand words for my new novel, over a thousand words for an article I’m writing, and still managed to meet up with family for lunch, go to my writers group, and take a […]

My Top 5 Author Strengths & How I Utilize Them

Last week I opened up a bit and talked about my top five author obstacles, but this week I want to talk about strengths and how I can use those to balance out my shortcomings. It’s important to know how to not only recognize where our talents lie, but also know the best ways to […]