Advice to the Future May 4, 2012

This week for our How I Write series, my accountability group asked, “What advice do you think your younger self would give to you now? What advice would you give to your older self/future self?”   Then In college, I first had the idea that I too could write a romance novel. It’s still firmly [...]

Teaching Moments April 27, 2012

This week for our How I Write series, my accountability group asked, “What have you recently learned from a REAL LIFE event/happening that you can apply to your writing/writing career?” Have you ever felt like the universe is trying to tell you something? It’s been shouting at me lately. When the same phrases and themes [...]

5 Ways to Flip Your Brain April 20, 2012

This week for our How I Write series, my accountability group asked, “How do you balance between your muse and your internal editor? (and/or) How do you make your internal editor work for you, and not against you?” There’s a lot of talk about right-brained and left-brained people where the labels “logical” for the left [...]

3 Things About My Characters & Story April 13, 2012

This week for our How I Write series, my accountability group asked, “Share at least 3 things you like or admire about each of your main characters. Share at least 3 things you like about your story.” I’m going to focus on my reluctant duke’s story, Beneath His Touch. Main Characters James never expected to [...]

Stop What You’re Doing & Have Some Fun! March 30, 2012

This week for our How I Write series, my accountability group asked, “What’s the last thing you did strictly for fun? Strictly for yourself?” “Oh, easy question!” I hear you… but take a second and think about it! We get so caught up in our daily routines that it’s all work, work, work. Or at [...]