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 written twelve books, each one teaching me something new, each one pushing me a little closer to the writer I wanted to become. I earned […]
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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.
Read moreLife 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 Institute at University of Denver. Attending the Denver Publishing Institute was a great experience and if you are interested in a career in publishing I […]
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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 have also returned to college to finish up my English degree with creative writing emphasis. That has been exciting and has really helped my writing […]
Read moreSince 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 title). I started working on Forest at the beginning of the year. It’s the tenth book I’ve written in the last fifteen years. It was […]
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“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 Memory and Gemstones. This title is a working title and I will most likely end up changing it. This blog post took me a few […]
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“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 lot to think about in this little book (141 pages). I enjoyed the content and that it was so short. It gave me a lot […]
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“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 WIP I finished writing last year. I’m also drafting a new book as I always want to be working on something new. While I’ve heard […]
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“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 I really do hope to be more consistent with updating my website. Since I last posted, I have finished writing a draft. My 2022 WIP […]
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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 have to work out by thinking it through, and or writing it down in my drafting notebook. That idea makes sense to me, but then […]
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