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Mailbag: Writing Advice For Beginners

It’s time for another trip into my mailbag! Most often the people who contact me wanting to become writers (or looking to make money writing) are people looking to pen an occult book. The following emails cover the questions and scenarios I am most often presented with. Enjoy and I hope you find the answers both honest and useful. I’ll answer questions in the comments section below.

Please note that these emails are real and these are the exact responses I sent to their authors. Names have bee...

I Hate My Mac

That is a sentence you rarely hear a writer utter. Most writers love their Macs. We’re trained to them. I don’t know about the rest of you, but back in college, when working for the college papers, all we ever used were Macs.

At the risk of upsetting Mac and iFans everywhere, please hear me out. My issue has nothing to do with worshiping the other team. I have a very sound argument behind why I hate my Macbook Pro.

First you should know that I really do believe all operating systems are created...

Updates + A Freebie!

I figured it was probably time to give you all an update. First I want to say thank you to everyone who reads my work. I also want to especially thank those of you who follow me and leave reviews, click the like button, share links to my work, and those of you who recommend my books to others. I appreciate your support more than you’ll ever know. That’s why it’s always frustrating for me to have to tell you when something isn’t going to release on time. It seems this entire year’s schedulewas...

The World is Not A Safe Place – It Never Has Been

Recently, the suburb in which my husband and I live was the scene of a grisly child kidnapping and murder. Only months earlier there had been reports of a man trying to pick up young boys in his blue sedan. Well, after the little girl was abducted and murdered the man in the blue sedan showed back up one suburban town south of here and again attempted to pick up a young boy. Several northern towns away, another man was spotted, this one older and in a red truck, trying to lure children into h...

Guest Blog: Bernadette Marie

Today we talk to bestselling romance author Bernadette Marie. I really love her books, so when she agreed to swing by and give me an interview I was really excited! Her new novel, First Kiss, is out today so be sure to read the sample chapter at the end of the interview and go get a copy!

What is your favorite thing about being a writer?

Creating! I love the whole process of building characters in my mind and portraying them, hopefully correctly, on the pages as their stories are told.

What gen...

I Could Probably Carry About 20 Books + My Kindle

Sorry for the title (which would make sense if this was about reading), but I didn’t want to title it, “My Strengths As A Writer” because it sounds like one of those back-to-school reports we used to have to write in elementary school. “What I Did During Summer Vacation.”

So what are my greatest writing strengths? I’d have to say dialogue and plotting. I’m also rather prolific. These are probably the three things I have going for me, on top of being persistent and constantly working on somethi...

Guest Blog: MJ Kane

Today, MJ Kane talks to us about writing, strong women, and living your dreams. Her new novel, A Heart Not Easily Broken is being released today in eBook! When you’re done reading her interview, check it out!

What is your favorite thing about being a writer?

Being able to get the people that inhabit my mind out on paper! For years I’ve gone to bed at night with scenes (well, I didn’t think of them as scenes at the time) replaying over and over in my head while I waited to go to sleep. I had no...

Switched!

Switched (Now Available)

Brad has always known Kali as a vivacious Domme with an attitude. Then one night, in the heat of passion, Kali turns completely submissive for Brad. Looking to find out the reason behind the sudden and unexpected switch, he and his friends begin digging into Kali’s past only to discover some secrets should be left buried. Will Kali’s past come back haunt Brad and to destroy Kali and their new relationship?

Please note it could take 4-6 weeks from the initial release (Se...

Guest Blog: Carmen DeSousa

Today’swe interviewCarmen DeSousa, author of the novel Entangled Dreams,which is being released today. Sowhen you’re done reading the interview – please go snag a copy! You won’t be sorry!

What genre(s) do you write?

Short answer: Romantic-Suspense

Long answer: I characterize my stories as modern-day fairytales, as they are overflowing with romance, mystery, suspense, and of course, tragedy. After all, what would a fairytale be without a tragic event setting the stage? All of my novels are sensu...

On the *To Be Read* Pile

Like many of you, I have an ever growing list of books I want to read. It’s so bad, in fact, that not only do I have a bunch of books on my Kindle, but I have a list of books I want to read that I keep on my phone.

The death of Maeve Binchy, for example, spurred me to finally buy a copy of Evening Class. It’s a book of hers I’ve been meaning to read for a few years now but never got around to it.

Earlier this spring I toyed with the ideas of tapping our maple tree out front, and the possibility...