Guys, Sarah Belliston is a rock star. I just finished reading the first 50ish pages of her YA fantasy Conduit and it pretty much rocks. But that’s not the only reason she is awesome. Sarah is especially awesome for organizing the12 Days of Christmas Giveaway & Blog Hop. Here’s how it works: 12 blogs. 12 [...]
I’m a couple days late with my tip this week. Seems that packing an entire house, preparing to launch a business, and baking up a storm for a charity dessert auction (not to mention wrangling Baby Caveman) can take a lot of time. Who knew? This week’s tip is a short one: put away the [...]
As promised, I’m back today to tell you the things about NaNoWriMo I love, despite my choice to fail this year. So, in wonderful listy form, here I go: 1) It forces you to actually finish. Okay, so obviously that is not true. But the idea is still there. NaNoWriMo is great for the writer [...]
We’re a week into NaNoWriMo, and last night I deleted my words. Every. Single. One. Then I opened up a new file and started again. Did I just ruin my chances of getting 50,000 words this month? Well, never say never, but yeah, I probably did. And I am totally okay with that. You [...]
Oops. A while ago, I redid my blog design, as you might remember. (Side note: I am redoing it AGAIN. Not because I don’t like it, because I do, but because Geek Husband is a programmer, but doesn’t have any WordPress or Drupal experience, so I am designing my site again and giving him the [...]
Packing takes all the time, guys. For real. So nothing real from me again today, but I HAD to share a couple links with y’all. 1. This post from Kody Keplinger is a MUST READ. Must. And not just if you are a writer. This is a must read if you are a human being. [...]
I had a great tip planned for you guys today, but it will wait for next week, because instead of reading what I have to say, you should read THIS piece from Sara Zarr. TweetYou might also like: NaNo Tip: the late and brief versionNaNo Productivity Tip: Dress for SuccessNaNo Productivity Tip: cut out the [...]
I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year. This is no surprise to anyone who’s read my blog the last few weeks. It’s funny though, once I stated my interest in writing a book in one month, ALL THE THINGS started piling up for November. Geek Husband and I have been looking to move for some time now, [...]
It’s November! NaNoWriMo time! Woo-hoo! My tip is a day late this week because I didn’t want to overshadow my contest winner post yesterday, but it’s here now and it’s a good one. NaNo Productivity Tip: Dress for Success One of the fun parts of being a writer is the fact that you can do [...]
Y’all gave me a lot of great movie, book, and TV suggestions. Many I was already familiar with but was reminded of; a few I’d never heard of but want to check them out now. Thank you! Now, what you’re actually here for…A WINNER! Random.org decided the winner for a full manuscript proofread/critique is : [...]
