Anyone else get a little hung up on perfection in their writing? That feeling that if you could just polish your story a little more, then you’ll let someone else take a look at it? And then, after a few…
Progress not Perfection
Mountain Lions in Reunited with the Cowboy
Many readers have let me know how much they enjoyed learning about mountain lions in my new book, Reunited with the Cowboy. I’ve enjoyed learning about them too! It’s interesting to me, how much we think we know about a…
Write from the Heart
I’m sure you’ve heard these ideas before. Write what’s in your heart. Write the book you want to read. Write the story that seems the most frightening, the most impossible, the most challenging. The story that feels like it needs…
The Story Behind the Book
Every book has a story behind it. Or several. Because all books are born of an author’s life and experience and whatever path he or she walked for that book to be published. Sometimes those paths can be smooth, but…
My Favorite Facebook Hangout
There’s a place on Facebook where I love to hang out. You can find me there most days. It’s really the one social media spot where I manage to consistently show up. Why? Because my friends are there! And they…
Before anything else… words!
This is my new mantra. Before anything else… words. It’s possible I may have it tattooed on my arm, right where a wristwatch would normally go. Before anything else. Writing. Words. First. Because… time. It slips and slides away faster…
Onward and Upward
Happy Monday! It’s a foggy day here on the California coast and I’m feeling a little lost and giddy because this weekend I sent my completed, edited, all done, tenth book off to my editor! It’s a strange feeling when…
Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off…
As much as I like to think of myself as a writing, parenting, working machine, life sometimes reminds me that this is not actually true. These past two weeks, I was felled by a vicious virus, that truly knocked me…
Writing a Book, One Step at a Time
Recently a few people have approached me on social media, letting me know that they want to write a novel, but the idea of writing an entire book scares them. And my first reaction is Yes, you should be a…
Write Faster Using Scene Descriptions
I recently wrote two novels very quickly. Quickly for me, that is. I am generally a slow writer. I write and layer and change and ponder and tweak, and it takes me ages. Recently, I’ve wanted to learn to write…
