I spent the morning watching the Lifetime movie about J.K. Rowling’s life that my husband’s parents recorded for me. Clearly it’s no secret she’s my…

Today marks the 2/3 point of National Novel Writing Month 2011 and I have to admit, this year has been a struggle. I’ve kept pretty…

I’m a few weeks into the editing process and I have to say, it’s slow going. Since this is the second draft and I’m focusing…

I had a rare opportunity last week. I use the term “opportunity” loosely because it didn’t feel like it at the time. At the time,…

While preparing for the second draft of my WIP, I finally had to face the fact that my fantasy was about to become a reality.…

Earlier this week, I decided to quit writing. Things in my personal life had come to a breaking point and trying to find time to…

In the writing world, we talk a lot about how to make time for writing. We assure ourselves and others that even with a career,…

This weekend I did the first read of my novel. I was totally excited about it up until the day I planned to start, when…

In the genre I write (something of the romance/women’s fiction variety) there isn’t much research involved. I don’t need to understand police procedures like mystery…

A couple of weeks ago I finished writing my fictional blog. My critique partner sent it back to me and to go over her notes,…