Traditionally, when writers hear the phrase Working like a Dog, their minds go to coffee fueled, butt-in-chair, word sprints with fingers flying over keys. We picture grabbing a hold of the task at hand and refusing to let go until we find...
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When I wrote my first book, TOUCHING THE SURFACE, I was obsessed with my musical playlist. I hardly ever wrote without it playing in the background. When I was brainstorming parts of the novel, I listened to certain songs over...
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As I’ve been following the good, bad and ugly at my children’s former school district (lots of families feeling ambushed with an unwelcome and unorganized redistricting) I recently came across a few conversations where one group of people were having...
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ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW MY KIDS WILL BE BACK IN SCHOOL!!!!! (Me doing the happy dance) Please don’t judge my enthusiasm–I really do sympathize with the back-to-school teachers. (((hugs))) Truly, it’s not because I didn’t love having them home–we had...
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A couple weeks ago you may have heard me talking about The Ladies Noir, a group of YA writers who’ve banded together to help each other with the creation and marketing of our stories. Since then, the group realized The...
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