Tag Archive: writing

Series: What do you want?

It’s no secret that series are popular. Most of the authors I converse with on a daily basis have some sort of series they are selling. I have one, the Pastime Pursuits series, but it’s a stand-alone. What does that…
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In With the New …

This has more than one meaning! First, I wrote a novella this year called In With the New. This was a fun one to write with a dog as one of the main characters. The story is about Meg, who…
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Thoughts On Fitting In…. Or, Genre

It’s the first day of high school. I walk into the cafeteria, my bag lunch in hand, and scan the room. Where should I sit? Where do I belong? I’m not a jock. I don’t play sports, or watch them….
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2017 Writing Goals

It’s that time of year to start setting goals. I think I do this every year. I honestly never go back and check to see if I accomplished them. If I remember correctly, I wanted to publish three books in 2016, and…
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The Truth About Reaching Your Goals

This quote to the left is a status update from my Facebook feed in May 2013. At the time, I was doing Weight Watchers and dropped about twenty pounds. My mouth dropped open when a coworker asked me this. Thirty…
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When You Expect It To Be Easy

I ended 2015 on such a great note. In August, I released Jay Walking and my March release date for Sparing the Heart looked on point. On top of that, I used NaNoWriMo to write the first draft of Dating…
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The Benefits of Facebook Groups

A couple years ago I started a Facebook group called A Hodgepodge of Sagging Bottoms. I can’t take credit for the name; that clever quip for our backsides is thanks to my friend Rebecca (who isn’t on FB anymore). The…
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My 2016 Commitment to Myself

As the clock strikes midnight and you share a kiss with someone you love and possibly some champagne, you vow to make 2016 the best year ever. We all do. It’s the way it works. Every year is resolution time….
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Top 10 Motivational Quotes

I love motivational quotes. You’ve seen the one liners put to a graphic all over the internet, usually on FB or Pinterest. Below are my favorite 10. They either motivate me to keep working out or finish writing a book….
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Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That….

My Writing Process is a Seinfeld Episode It’s no secret how much I love Seinfeld. I think I first began watching it around the second-to-last season. Now, I have seen every single episode – multiple times – and it never…
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