Hey, friends! Many of you have told me you enjoy my reference book for writers. Thank you so much for getting it, and I’m so glad you’re finding it useful!   Because many people are gearing up for National Novel Writing Month, I’m discounting the book on Kindle to only 99¢ through Friday. The book has plot ideas, plot twists,

Happy October! How’s everyone doing? Historically, October has always been my favorite season of the year. Now that I’m in California, October is still summer, but I’m still drinking pumpkin spice lattes. For anyone new to the blog: on the first Wednesday of every month, I share an excerpt of a work in progress and invite you to do the

Hi there! A couple of weeks ago, I was blogging about how nervous and excited I was about the upcoming release of my clean autumn romance from Hallmark Publishing, Sunrise Cabin .     To be honest, “excited and nervous” was my gentle way of saying “terrified.” Even after I got a lovely blurb from bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne, I

Hello! How’s everyone doing? I hope everything’s going well for you…and if it’s not, I hope things turn around, right now. And welcome to WIP Wednesday! On the first Wednesday of every month, I share an excerpt of a work in progress, and you do the same in the comments section below. (If you never want to miss a WIP

My sweet romance for Hallmark Publishing, Sunrise Cabin, comes out in a few weeks! (If you want to support the launch, pre-order it and tag it as “want to read” on Goodreads.) Some of you have seen excerpts of it because you participate in WIP Wednesdays, where we all share our work in progress. This is my fourth romance novel, but

Hi, everyone, and if you’re new, welcome to my blog about writing and positivity! It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which is WIP Wednesday around here. It’s a time when I share an excerpt of a work in progress and you do the same in the comments section below. It can be from a novel, a short story, other