Saturday morning, I met with my local Houstonian Middle Grade/Young Adult writing group, hosted by the wonderfully talented Mary Lindsey (have you seen the cover for Shattered Souls, her 2011 debut? GORGEOUS!!). After eating entirely too much food and catching up with everyone, we gathered together to hear our guest speaker Kimberly Ivey Wuttke discuss story openings […]
Good Morning Blogosphere! Today is Fancy Friday in our homeschool, which means I need to get out of these jammies soon and get the house ready. Two Fridays a month we host another homeschool family with little girls the same age as our own and we have Tea Parties and learn about Art, Music and […]
Good Morning!! Today is a day of beginnings for me. My family starts back with our homeschooling where my recently turned six-year-old and almost five-year-old begin what is basically second grade. Our beautiful books are waiting, binders are ready, and Mama is about to grab her first caffeine-filled drink of the day. Today also starts character […]
It is Monday morning and thus begins another week of hardcore Nano-ing. Last week I wrote over 12k words, taking the weekend off to enjoy my family and get swept up in another of Sarah MacLean’s historical romances, this one an adult romance (that girl can write!). Something that helped me get my writing accomplished last week […]
Wow, what a week . . . and it’s only half over! I have gotten a lot done with my work in progress, thanks to the kick in the butt that is NaNo. I’ve met some wonderful writers on Twitter and have enjoyed talking back forth, even at 4 am! And of course, I celebrated Halloween […]
Nano has officially begun. The goal of the endeavor is to write 1,667 words a day everyday and complete 50k words in 30 days. As you know, I’m in the middle of my first novel, but I am using this experience as a Kick in the Butt to get my writing done! Once I complete my […]
I love learning. I have an obsessive personality. I throw all of myself into a project, often to the detriment of previous projects. When I started contemplating the idea of writing again–I’d always loved it as a child but stopped around the same time I discovered boys lol–I researched a ton of MFA programs. But, […]
I write and read Young Adult books. I was once a young adult. I know insecurity is HUGE–well for women of any age, but in particular, this age group. Insecurity issues can be displayed in a variety of ways, but I narrowed it down to Three Main Expressions that, in my experience, are the most prevalent. For discussion purposes, […]
I am late for a date with the treadmill–and my current book, Meg Cabot’s How To Be Popular–so this will be brief. How strong are your verbs? This topic keeps coming up and really has me thinking. Cutting adverbs is all fine and good, but using strong verbs that really pack a punch is what […]
My wonderful critique partner, Nancy, and I have been talking taglines/elevator pitches/loglines this past week. Then, it came up at this past Saturday’s YA/MG Writer’s Group meeting, and will be the topic of our meeting next month. Then, this morning, I opened my email and found a series on how to write them waiting for […]
