News and Updates

March Newsletter

Hello everyone and welcome to my birthday month! I have reached the grand age of twenty-nine and look forward to what the next year has in store for me. This month I am focused on the Open Novella Contest on Wattpad. Because writing four novellas in three months (and editing them so they can be… Continue reading March Newsletter

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February Newsletter

Hello February! If you've been following me for a while, you have probably noticed that my regularly scheduled posts have dropped off. I want to thank you for sticking around through the lack of posts as I dealt with a family matter. It is all concluded now so I should be back to regularly scheduled… Continue reading February Newsletter

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January Newsletter

Hello everyone and welcome to the first month of a new year! January's posting schedule will stay the same with blog posts on Tuesdays and Saturdays and Slow Motion Whirlwind chapters posted to wattpad every Wednesday and Friday. First and foremost, I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season and are ready to get back… Continue reading January Newsletter

Books I am Writing, The Road to Christmas

Excerpt: Finding her Car

Chapter ONE: Elijah Three blocks later, and only two blocks from home, I noticed a car sitting in a snowbank. It was parked in the darkness between the light cast by the two nearest streetlights, so I had to pull up behind it to get a good look. It looked like whoever owned the car… Continue reading Excerpt: Finding her Car

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Welcome!

Well, this is it! After weeks of preparing posts, collecting images and media to share, and crafting this blog into something I can be proud of, I am ready to launch it! Well, actually, I'm not sure I'm ready. But as with any endeavor, it is not possible to be fully ready, only ready enough.… Continue reading Welcome!

About Me, Interesting Things

Funny Tidbits and General Blog Posts

If you have found this post, it is probably because you clicked something looking for more information about me or things I find amusing. Unfortunately, I haven't made any posts on those topics yet. As time goes on, I will post personal or random blog posts in this category. In the meantime, if you have… Continue reading Funny Tidbits and General Blog Posts

A Year in Mondays, Books I am Writing

Writing with Graphics

When I was writing Slow Motion Whirlwind, I wrote it like a novel. The only exception I made for posting it on wattpad was to shorten the chapters into more "bite-sized" pieces because it was more suitable for the way people read there. When I posted the novel, I left it to read like a… Continue reading Writing with Graphics

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December Newsletter

Hello everyone and welcome to the last month of the year! I have been hard at work getting this blog set up so there is information available in every section before I posted it live for you all. I have enjoyed putting this website together, but it is still a work in progress so please… Continue reading December Newsletter

A Year in Mondays, Books I am Writing

Universal vs Personal Experiences

Something I am struggling with when writing A Year in Mondays has been the balance between my personal experiences, the overarching experience of having children, and Julie’s specific story. It is difficult sometimes to separate my experiences (and those of people around me) from those I have read on the internet, for example. So in… Continue reading Universal vs Personal Experiences

A Year in Mondays, Books I am Writing

A Study in Serialization

As I was finishing the last chapters of my first posted novel, Slow Motion Whirlwind, I was pondering how the book would do on the serialization site that I was posting it on. That’s a story for another post, but while all of that was happening, I was suddenly struck with an idea for a… Continue reading A Study in Serialization