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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you look at an author’s public image, you’re most likely to see them talking about their successes and how wonderful it is to be an author, which makes sense, because nobody wants to follow someone who does nothing but complain about their chosen profession. But there is a certain set of problems and struggles […]
My latest read was The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. There were references to it in The Library of Borrowed Hearts, and I already knew that I loved Shirley Jackson after reading We Have Always Lived in the Castle a few years ago. The Haunting of Hill House is defined as gothic psychological […]