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Julie

Finding an editor

In all the research I did for self-publishing, one thing was repeated several times: look for an editor in time to get on their schedule. The recommended timeframe for this was two months. I started looking four months before I needed an editor. What I discovered is that most editors have a six-month waiting period. Oops! What is a new...

Where I am in the process

I started January of this year evaluating the goals in my life. I am not a big fan of resolutions. That is really a recipe for disaster for me. I can count on one hand the number of resolutions I have made and kept in my life. About three years ago, I decided: NO MORE RESOLUTIONS. Instead, I set goals....

“How in the world do you think of such things?”

How in the world do you think of such things? I heard this question numerous times when I first started writing Free to Kill.  The idea came to me as I was planning a vacation to Washington DC.  I was researching things to do in the city and came across the Crime & Punishment Museum (a great place to visit,...

Welcome to my blog!

Hi, everyone, and welcome to my page.  I am so excited that you have chosen to look me up, and hopefully to read my book!  I have procrastinated for many years on getting started with writing.  Ideas and characters have been running around in my head for decades, but I always let them stay there, thinking I would get to...