A Delectable Thanksgivi...

Thanksgiving happens to be my favorite holiday. I love that it’s not religious and that it involves eating pretty much all day long. I also happen to love autumn dishes, heartier than summer fare, with nuts, dried fruits and berries and root veggies. Since my family isn’t big on holiday...

NEW RELEASE: Jaded, Mak...

My newest novel JADED is finally here! I’m so thrilled about this particular release. I’ll explain my use of “particular” with a true confession: Very often, by the time a book comes out, the author has been through more rounds of edits and galley readings than we would like, and we’ve...

#NaNoWriMo Rescue 1 #am...

By now, day 21, you should be about 75% of the way through your story. If you’re at about 35,000 words you’re on target to finish on time. If you’re not, let’s take a look at what might help. If you’re just not finding time to write, check out the last post on ways to get more words in....

8 Tips for Hitting the ...

By now (Day 17) ideally you would have 26,666 written and cross the 28,333 mark by midnight tonight. Everyone is there, right? If you’re not hitting these numbers, don’t worry. There are two more weekends after this one. Keep going and whatever you do, do not give up. Even if you don’t...

How’s Your #NaNoW...

Word Count As of last night I should have at least 20,000 words written. I’m hovering around 18,000 right now. In my favor I was out of town at a convention for 4 days and spent one day in the hospital for tests. But I will make up the deficit by Sunday. I make that promise to...

#NaNoWriMo Story Plan f...

It’s been a rough busy start this month while I was finishing up edits for upcoming releases, but I have finished my Story Planning Worksheet for my own NaNo novel. According to the poll, a lot of people were interested to see how I fill in the sheet to build characters and how...