Friday Edition: Back to School and Favorite Links

14 Jan
Friday Edition:  Back to School and Favorite Links

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 […]

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Book Spotlight: FAIRY TALE by Cyn Balog

13 Jan
Book Spotlight: FAIRY TALE by Cyn Balog

I have read dark and tortured fairy stories, evil pixie stories, misunderstood fairy stories, and fairies as plants stories.  I’ve loved them all.  But Cyn Balog’s version, FAIRY TALE, was so beautifully different that I now have a new favorite. FAIRY TALE was Ms. Balog’s debut, and finaled for the Romance Writer’s Association of America’s RITA Award […]

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WIP Wednesday: Query News and New Beginnings

12 Jan
WIP Wednesday: Query News and New Beginnings

My last WIP Wednesday was 11/18/10, and I screamed from the rooftops that I finished my first ever novel.  Following that post I headed into revision-town, where I stayed for about a month before beginning the exciting, scary, encouraging, deflating process that is querying.  🙂  I also began work on my bright, shiny new idea.  […]

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A Bright, Shiny New Beginning and some Link-age!

10 Jan
A Bright, Shiny New Beginning and some Link-age!

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 […]

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What I’ve been up to . . .

16 Dec
What I’ve been up to . . .

It has been almost a month since I last blogged, and I have been very busy.  I did indeed finish my book and revised it several times, along with printing it out and binding it which just made it seem so wonderfully real.  Then of course there was Thanksgiving and my daughter’s birthday and then […]

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WIP Wednesday: WOO HOO! (yes, written on a Thursday)

18 Nov
WIP Wednesday:  WOO HOO! (yes, written on a Thursday)

I MET MY GOAL!!  Can you tell I’m excited? This past weekend, I finished my first ever novel!   Now it is just the first draft, and even though I have a constant self-editor going, have revised numerous times while drafting, and had the first 50 pages or so critiqued by writing friends (although those pages have changed […]

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Book Spotlight: The Season by Sarah MacLean

11 Nov
Book Spotlight: The Season by Sarah MacLean

Romance. The word alone gives me a warm tingly feeling. Besides the fact I’m a sucker for a good love story, a good romance inspires, uplifts and entertains. There are many wonderful YA Romance Writers today and I just added another to my list of favorites: Sarah MacLean. Ms. MacLean’s first YA Romance, THE SEASON, […]

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Work in Progress Wednesday: The Finish Line is in Sight

10 Nov
Work in Progress Wednesday:  The Finish Line is in Sight

I have fallen in love with NaNo.  Being surrounded by other writers hammering out their projects, reading how others get over their creative blocks or outline a plot, and encouraging each other late at night via Twitter has been just the kick in the pants I needed to get my YA completed.  I am not done yet, […]

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Writing Heartbreak

08 Nov
Writing Heartbreak

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 […]

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WIP Wednesday: All Nighters and Linkapalooza Continues

03 Nov
WIP Wednesday: All Nighters and Linkapalooza Continues

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 […]

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