I’m Publishing a Book! The Fear, Excitement, and Chaos Behind the Scenes
I never expected that a 15-year-old scribbling in a spiral notebook would someday turn into a 33-year-old preparing to publish her first book, but here I am. Since then I’ve …
Cranberry Chaos
Lyla is traveling from one city to another to get ingredients for a cake she wants to bake when she is unexpectedly interrupted. A woman comes out of the forest handing her a letter that is asking Lyla to participate in a baking competition in the palace. Lyla accepts and finds herself in the palace about to show off her favorite frosted cranberry layered cake.
Life and Writing Updates
Life Update Since the last time I wrote a blog post I graduated from Western Washington University with my english creative writing degree and I went to the Denver Publishing …
A Writing Update and Books I’ve Read Recently!
It has been a few months since I lost wrote a blog post. I have read quite a few books since the last time I checked on my blog. I …
Writing Updates
Since I last posted I finished writing the WIP I’ve been calling Forest (definitely not the title, just a placeholder in my mind until I come up with a real …
My Self Editing Journey and an Announcement!
“Writing stories is a kind of magic, too,” Cornelia Funke, Inkheart. I just finished self-editing (round two of edits) a recent WIP which I currently have titled A History of …
Keeping the Motivation to Write
“You fail only if you stop writing,” Ray Bradbury. I just finished reading The Successful Author Mindset: A Handbook For Surviving The Writer’s Journey by Joanna Penn. There was a …
Deleting Crutch Words from my Draft and Trying a Different Writing Exercise
“Overnight success is almost always a myth. Half of this industry is luck, and half is the refusal to quit,” Victoria Schwab. I’m currently working on first edits of a …
Happy New Year!
“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world,” Robin Williams. Happy New Year! Wow, I haven’t updated this blog since July of 2022. This year …
My Process for Worldbuilding my Standalone Young Adult Fantasy Novels
When I start writing a new young adult fantasy novel, it often begins with a complicated idea in my head. It also begins with a confusing magic system that I …