You've heard it. I'm sure you have. The ubiquitous advice for all would-be authors: "Write what you know." Half of me wants to say, "That's totally true. Do it." The other half of me says, "That's garbage. If we only write what we know, we'll never explore the greatest parts of our Continue Reading
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Why My Editor Is Losing Hair: & other stuff
My editor probably doesn't know it. But she is. I do it to her with every book. Let me set the scene. This is how I imagine things go when she opens that email with the subject line: "Here You Go!" (That really is usually the subject line. Just sayin'.) (note: links in this post may be Continue Reading
To Binge or not to Binge: Is there even a question?
Anyone who enjoys a good TV show probably has, at some point in his or her life, "binge-watched" a show or twenty. Me, at different times in my life, I've done it a LOT. So, when this week's #MFRW blog prompt was "Shows I Binge Watch", I got a bit nervous. Let's face it. There's a limit to how Continue Reading
Kaye Is a Fraud: Where Kaye’s Clutter Hides
Kaye Harper: de-clutterer extraordinaire and queen of less. She gives workshops on how to remove the extraneous from your life and fill it with peace, joy, and space instead. And she's a fraud. (note: links in this post may be affiliate links which will give me a small commission at no Continue Reading
“I Will Survive!”: Or how my family does, anyway.
This week's challenge topic is "How My Family Survives My Writing." Survives. It's a good choice of words. I think it's true of any job. It can take over your life at times. The real estate agent who needs just "one more showing" to get that sale, the doctor who just makes one more round to Continue Reading
A Few of My Favorite Things: #MFRWauthor
"...brown paper packages tied up with strings. These are a few of my favorite things!" I don't often get involved in the many challenges that are out there. The reason is that I love so many and could, literally, spend every second of my waking hours keeping up with them. But when I found this Continue Reading
New Year= New Book! It’s Release Day!
As if proof of my inconsistencies and hypocrisies, I've always loved the new. And the old. Like Anne Shirley, I love that tomorrow is a new day--"fresh with no mistakes in it." I love that the Lord's mercies are "new every morning." Nothing relieves me more than a "fresh slate" when I need one Continue Reading
What’s Christmas Fiction? (And why do I write it?)
Christmas books? Why? Let's start with what Christmas Fiction is. Oddly enough, my Internet search didn't show a definite definition. So I started looking at the popular ones I've read and enjoyed, and I've come up with a definition for you. Stories centered on the basic themes of giving, family, Continue Reading
I’m out of my write mind!
I forgot to draw yesterday! But I did it tonight and we have a winner! Natasha M! Congratulations! I'm off to email you! Thanks everyone for joining in the fun. And snag yourself one of these babies. They're awesome! Continue Reading
The Write Mind Planner: A “Write” Review
People who know me know that I'm a bit obsessed with my planners. I have one I use as an editorial calendar. Then there's the one I keep in my traveler's notebook/wallet just for information I learn while I'm away from the house or that I'll need if I am. I have an everyday one for all the other Continue Reading
New Book, New Giveaway, New Winners: Oh, My!
So, let's get down to news... er, um, business! What's this about a new book and a new bonus? Well, now that NaNoWriMo is DONE, I have New Year's Revolutions up for pre-order and a bonus in the works! WOOT. You met him first in A Bird Died. He made another appearance in The Matchmakers of Continue Reading
Do You Know What I Know? I know the winner!
Susan E! Congrats. Check out your email. I'm off to Amazon to zip you the book! Continue Reading
