Recently I've been browsing back through this blog and reading some of my older posts: the posts from way back in the day when I first really started being serious about writing original fiction and publishing. It is totally priceless stuff. This blog has always been for myself most of all. Because I process things by writing about them. I've always been like that. Writing down my experiences cements them in my mind. And the things I've written here over the past four years show a clear ... View Post
Yesterday Marks 4 Years on This Rollercoaster…
What rollercoaster? Trying to get published! Yes, that's right. October the 4th is my official "writing anniversary". Yes, I've been making stories since I could draw rudimentary pictures with crayons. Yes, I wrote my first full length novel at 14. Yes, I wrote fanfiction for 10 years after that. But October 4th, 2012, was the first day of the Writer's Digest online workshop "12 Weeks to Your First Draft". In no way, shape, or form did I have a first draft in 12 weeks, btw. Although I'd ... View Post
It’s a wrap! The Kansas City Comic Con experience…
I'm exhausted. Still. This past weekend at Kansas City Comic Con was my first time ever being a vendor at a convention. It was an incredible experience. Much like my first time as a panelist only a few months ago, I mostly tried to remember to take a step back and soak it all in. Despite coming home at last on Sunday evening feeling like I'd been run over by a truck, the entire weekend was an absolute blast. I looked around at that convention hall with everyone setting up on ... View Post
The Great Unboxing (of the limited edition, convention exclusive DREAMERS paperback!)
Greetings, all! Today, I have a pretty fun short video of my limited edition paperbacks' unboxing! You may have come to the conclusion that I had fallen off the face of our fair planet recently. Thankfully, that is not the case. I have neglected this blog (mostly) purposefully lately for several reasons: July was Camp NaNoWriMo, and I intended to write 20,000 words on a brand spanking new fantasy novel Instead I wrote 3000-ish words on the brand spanking new fantasy novel, and then ... View Post
How 1 Worksheet Saved My Novel from the Trash
It's come to my attention that I have a problem. With the 3 Act Structure. Not with the 3 Act Structure itself. Not even with it as applied to other things, like movies and plays and other books. (The hubby and I regularly whisper "Act 2" and "Act 3" to ourselves during almost every movie we watch, it's like habit now. I blame film class.) No, I have a problem with it when trying to apply it to my own novels. I have read James Scott Bell's "Plot and Structure" book, and highly ... View Post
What’s Behind the Curtain: My 1st Time as a Panelist at a SF/F Convention!
This week it was my turn to post over on our blog at Wordwraiths.com. Since the month of May 2016 marked a huge step for me in regards to my author career, in that it was the very first time I spoke as a panelist at one of the science fiction and fantasy conventions I love so much, I decided to write about that experience: May 2016 was a big deal for me in terms of my author career. It marked the very first time I would sit in front of a room of people and pretend I knew ... View Post
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