It’s that time again…it’s Work in Progress Wednesday! It’s not only the first day of October (the second-best month of the year), but it’s also the first Wednesday in October! That means I’m sharing a snippet of what I’m working on, and you can do the same. If you don’t want to miss future WIP Wednesdays, be sure you’re subscribed
Hi all! I have a few pieces of news! First of all… My funny, spicy, sweet romance novel Her Knight at the Museum is $1.99 on Kindle for the next few days, if you want to scoop it up! If you haven’t checked it out yet, now is the time! Let me know if you do! Here are a few
Happy fall! And happy Work in Progress Wednesday! I know—I missed a couple of WIP Wednesdays, but we are back! For visitors: WIP Wednesday is usually the first Wednesday of every month. It’s when I share an excerpt of what I’m working on, and if you’re a writer, so can you. Be sure you’re subscribed to the blog (sign up
What Are the Questions Proust Answered in His Journal? Maybe you know about this, but I just learned about it yesterday! In 1890, when the author Marcel Proust was a teenager, he wrote out the answers to pre-printed questions in an interactive journal. The surviving document is often referred to as the “Proust Questionnaire,” even though he didn’t actually come
Hey there! There’s been a lot going on lately, so I thought I’d share a bunch of updates, newsletter-style! I had a couple of great writing events—even if I messed up one of them a little bit! Romance Genre Con in Kansas City I was thrilled to be invited as an author to this event, along with headliner Jasmine Guillory
If you’ve been thinking about setting up an author website (even if you’re unpublished for now), and you don’t want to spent too much and you want it done in less than ten minutes, then this is your lucky day. Read all about it! I’m always telling people how important writer websites are. If a reader, an agent, an editor
If you’re writing dystopian fiction, fantasy, romantasy, science fiction, or other speculative fiction, your characters may be figuring out how to resist fascism, the rise of a dictator, the new reign of an evil monarch, or an increasingly oppressive oligarchy or corporatocracy. At the very least, your heroes may want to make the regime less efficient, demoralize its most loyal