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This time tomorrow, I'll be on a plane heading to my very first writing conference. I'm equal parts excited and scared out of my mind. Wish my luck. 😬 I'm starting off with a workshop tomorrow afternoon, which is so out of my comfort zone. It sounded like such a good idea when I signed …
It's been a busy couple months, but progress is being made! Perhaps the biggest progress has been my invitation to join a Regency critique group. I felt like I got an invitation to the ball! 😆 It's an amazing group of ladies, and they've already helped my writing so much. It gets me super excited …
Every story has potential. It doesn't matter if it's been told a hundred times. Each writer gives a unique perspective. My job critiquing wasn't to find every missed comma and confusing element, it was to help this story (well, chapter) and its writer become the best they could be.
It seemed to take all week, but I finally finished Part 1 of my Regency romance. I'm pretty excited about it. The female main character's life is kind of in shambles right now, despite some good news she received. One male lead ran away from everything, and the other got shot down and needs to …
Anybody else have a fear of telling people they're a writer? I tend to be terrified of it. To the point that I don't even talk to my family members (besides my husband) about it very much. When people ask what I do, I tend to mention all of my other hobbies before I mention …
I have three thank-yous to pass out for the restart of my writing life. The first and biggest goes to my husband for his major support in so many forms. The second goes to many writer moms whose stories made me believe that I could do it, too. The third goes to my 2017 New …
It’s Thanksgiving season! Yes, Thanksgiving season, which starts Nov. 1 and lasts through Thanksgiving. None of this Christmas creeping in after (or before!) Halloween. I didn’t always adore Thanksgiving as I do now. As a kid, I didn’t mind starting the Christmas season as early as possible. Thanksgiving was just a big family dinner in …
