The Writing Process

Major Life Changes

Haven’t I made enough major life changes this year? Apparently not… I started this year with plans to leave full-time employment and part-time writing for no outside employment and full-time writing. So far it’s going...

To Finish or not to finish…

I’ve been taking seminars and professional development courses lately to better understand readers and how they react to different writing styles. Basically, what keeps a reader coming back for more. Then I ran across this...

It takes a village…

Well, Katie Freeman #5 is in the hands of my beta-readers! Yay! I spent the weekend taking a break and having a little fun. While they were doing the hard work, I was splashing in...

Self-care

I’ve had a rough two weeks. I’m sure all of you all can relate – more to be done than there are hours in the day? My pay-the-bills job has been over-the-top for the past...

photo of I Dream of Weenie food truck in East Nashville

I Dream of Weenie

The most difficult thing in the world for me is naming things. I blame this on my father – after all, he was going to name me Walter if I’d been a boy. Now, that’s...

Passion…or Happiness?

I ran across this post today: http://markmanson.net/passion and it made me stop and reflect a little on the journey I have taken to become a published author. As my bio points out, I have spent...