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Keep Calm and Write?

In the midst of all of the stress and worry about my upcoming trip to New York City in a week, I found myself writing. I'm sure you're...

Long-Term Relationships

I think that is the best way to explain working on a series like this. It becomes like a long-term relationship where all you can think...

Writing the Right Words

Sitting at my computer, I looked down and realized I was 160 pages into my manuscript! That is the current word count on Book Two. Those...

Doing Something Right

Sometimes in writing, I have days where I feel like the things I am writing just aren't working. There are sentences that just don't feel...

Proof of Progress

Here is proof that I am a third of the way through writing my second book!!! It sounds so weird to say that I am writing my second book...

Kill Your Darlings

I had heard somewhere that "in writing, you must kill your darlings." William Faulkner said this and many other writers have said this. I...

The Things We Plan For

Tonight was to be the night that I was going to break two more book writing landmarks: the first finishing Chapter 10 and the second...

Making Progress

I broke the fifty page mark in the manuscript for my second book last night and I must say it feels wonderful! From here the writing goes...

Balancing Act

Have you ever had the feeling that you are walking a tight rope and trying to balance yourself the whole way through? Well that would...

The Perks of Being Organized--Part Two

So as I mentioned earlier, I have a few things I use to keep me organized. The first and most important is the Binder. In the Binder I...