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Due to COVID19, I have been furloughed from my job for the past few months. Besides the financial stress of being out of work and dealing with the state’s unemployment website, my furlough brought up a lot of questions about what I really wanted out of life. If this blog is any suggestion, I decidedContinueContinue reading “Keeping Yourself on Track When No One is Holding You Accountable”

As a Newbie Novelist, I often hear that the biggest challenge for most new writers is seeing a project to the end. Last week, I hit a personal achievement by reaching the end of my current WIP, The Uprising: Kingdom in Shadow.  At 125,000 words, this is my longest novel written to date. Two typesContinueContinue reading “Moving Forward After Finishing the First Draft”

Summer is here! This month, you are going to positively crush your July goals and hopefully have some fun in the sun along the way. Enjoy these July calendars to help keep you on track and can be saved as either a desktop or mobile wallpaper. iPhone X iPhone 6|7|8 Plus Android Desktop iPhone XContinueContinue reading “Free, Downloadable Calendars for July 2020”

I love a good plot twist. If a writer can suck me into a story and subvert my expectations with a surprise punch to the gut, I’m a pretty happy camper. If you are going for that “ah snap, I didn’t see THAT coming” moment, it is important to artfully create your plot twist. YouContinueContinue reading “The Prestige Theory of Plot Twists”

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One trap that writers, especially Newbies, fall into is writing clichés. These generally tend to cause readers to roll their eyes, at best, or throw their book against the wall, at worst.

Do I need an outline? Do I have to develop a character questionnaire? Where do I start? So many questions, so many conflicting answers out there. I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that I don’t have a correct answer for the above questions. The good news is that it doesn’tContinueContinue reading “Developing A Writing Process”

Say hello to summer as we welcome June 2020 with these free, downloadable wallpapers. Keep accountable for your June goals with a handy calendar and make the most of this month! Stay inspired, friends! Click to Download Desktop Mobile Click to Download Desktop Mobile Click to Download Desktop Mobile Click to Download Desktop Mobile ClickContinueContinue reading “Free, Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for June 2020!”

This topic of self-doubt is important to me because it is one that I personally fight with on a seemingly daily basis. There is always that doubt monster tugging my gut, constricting my circulatory system, or chipping away in the back of my brain. STEP 1: I like to imagine my self-doubt as a squirmingContinueContinue reading “Wrestling with the Self-Doubt Monster: A Five-Step Guide”

There, Their, They’re… Grammar isn’t that hard– right? As a writer whose preference is to thought dump, write unfiltered, and just throw words onto a page–– sometimes I do so at the cost of flawless grammar. Hey, I’m only human! My favorite grammar tool in my writers tool-kit is my Grammar Girl Presents The UltimateContinueContinue reading “My Top Ten Grammar Mistakes”

5 Ways to Create a Writing Routine: I would never wake up and say, Hmm today feels like a great day to run a marathon, let’s just go for it! Similarly, becoming a writer is as simple as one day waking up and saying, Today, I am going to write a book. I hear itContinueContinue reading “My Love-Hate Relationship with Self-Discipline”