Let me just start out by saying the good news is Black Orchid is - finally - flying onto the pages! There's not enough hours in my day to get it done as fast as it wants to come out of my head. But I will be very honest... until this month, this book has... Continue Reading →
I have a personal goal to constantly improve my craft. The past few years, my classroom has been my world of self-publishing. Slowly building an awesome team - like my editor, my critique group, other authors, etc - has been invaluable on so many levels. Even more important, writing, writing and more writing has helped... Continue Reading →
I am in the middle of editing Andromeda's Fall - the first book of my new Shadowcat Nation series. Much like with Blue Violet - the first book of the Svatura series - Andromeda's Fall started with a very specific scene in my head. And it's not the first scene in the book again. Different... Continue Reading →
When I was first setting up various social media sites for my author-related stuff, I hadn't been on Pinterest yet. At first, I wasn't entirely sure what an author would possibly use it for. As I've developed my personal uses for it over time, I've discovered that one of my favorite things to do with... Continue Reading →
For those who haven't read my books, each book in the series features a different set of main characters as the romantic leads while continuing the overarching themes from the series itself. I am currently in the middle of the fourth and final book of the Svatura series - Black Orchid. And boy has this... Continue Reading →
My family and I took an an awesome Disney cruise just before Thanksgiving. We like cruises in general, but this one was particularly magical given that it was Disney and that they had everything decorated for Christmas. And no, I do not use the term magical frivolously. This is Disney we're talking about here people.... Continue Reading →
To write the love scenes or not, that is the debate today... One of my big self-debates lately is whether or not to include some racier s-e-x scenes in my upcoming series of books. Con - People Who Know Me Would Read It My genre is paranormal romance. When I wrote my first book, Blue... Continue Reading →
It's official. I am a NaNoWriMo Winner (National Novel Writing Month)! This means I wrote a 50,000 word novel in the month of November (~200 pages). Congrats to all the other winners and participants! What an accomplishment. 🙂 This being my first year trying NaNoWriMo, I thought I'd go into my experience of it a... Continue Reading →
I'm a little over 1/2 way through NaNoWriMo. For those who don't know what it is, November is National Novel Writing Month, and authors can challenge themselves to write a full 50,000 word novel, from start to finish, during the month. My Progress Last week I posted about the book I'm writing - Andromeda's Fall... Continue Reading →
I am 14 days into NaNoWriMo, and am very happy with my start so far! For NaNoWriMo, I am writing a book titled Andromeda's Fall. This is the first book of the Shadowcat Nation series, and is a follow-on to my short story - Hannah's Fate - in the Here, Kitty Kitty anthology. I have... Continue Reading →
