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Sharing Hunter Has a Book Trailer!
Sharing Hunter is my young adult contemporary novel which finaled in the RWA® Golden Heart® competition. It will be out on submission to publishing houses soon, but even before its release…I have a...
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What’s a Writer’s Job Description?
I’ve always found it fascinating what people do for a living. There are so many jobs and tasks out there, you can hardly imagine all the possibilities. But I also find it fascinating how people...
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10 More Christmas Gifts for Writers
I have fun doing this every year — coming up with gift ideas for us writers. Because in some ways, we’re easy for shop for. After all, writing and office supplies can make us nearly giddy. One of my...
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Questions for YA Authors: From Teen Book Con
I had the joy of attending the 7th annual Teen Book Con at Alief Taylor High School in Houston, Texas on Saturday. There were 25 young adult authors in the line-up, with a fabulous keynote… More
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NaNoWriMo: 4 Reasons You Should Keep Going, Even If You Won’t Win
NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge across the globe for people to write a novel in the month of November. To set a specific goal, the “novel in a month” is defined as...
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The Power of Writing Partners…Or How I Won #NaNoWriMo After All
In my last post, NaNoWriMo: 4 Reasons You Should Keep Going, Even If You Won’t Win, I talked about how far behind I was in my goal of writing 50k in one month. Although I kept writing, I felt pretty...
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What’s Your Natural Writing Voice?
One of my favorite writing blogs is Writers in the Storm, hosted by four wonderful women and featuring articles that run the gamut on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the publishing...
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Remember That Time I Went to France?
Before April 2017, I could never say something like, “Remember that time I went to France?” I know plenty of people who’ve been to Europe, including all the people I know who live in Europe, but I...
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Why Bullet Journaling Is Becoming My New Best Friend
I’m typically not a hop-on-the-trend-train person. I’m far more likely to hang back and wait to see how things go for a bit before trying something new. But I ran across something called bullet...
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The Golden Heart Speech I Wrote, But Didn’t Give
The RWA Awards Ceremony Program When you’re nominated for an RWA Golden Heart award, they tell you to write a speech. Even if you have absolutely no belief that you could possibly win, they repeat the...
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