I’m excited. Well, it’s excited while a running to do list is scrolling through my brain. I’m thinking about luggage, flights, travel-sized shampoos, books for the plane, and potentially books to sell. I’m heading out for another writing conference, and despite all the logistics, finagling, and long-flights where I watch two movies, I am so excited to be only a writer if only for a few days. Writers are rarely really “only writers”. I’m sure young, singles who freelance and l

Here is a short list of the writing moves in The Housemaid that I think worked for it.

My new novel manuscript is my new boyfriend and we’re super into each other.

It’s my blog-iversary! In 2022, I had been working as an instructor for over a year and I was not devoting much time to a writing career. In fact, I wasn’t writing at all. And it did not feel great. I love being a teacher, but I didn’t work so hard to finish my last novel for it to be yet another one to sit on the shelf.

Here is a short list of Chilly Mystery Books and Winter and Snow-themed thrillers.

We often think of the writers goal as the destination, but it’s not. It’s a map. It’s an arrow. It’s an intention.

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I hope that new authors are being cautious, especially because not only are these scams increasing, but they are also impersonating other authors, editors, and publishers.