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June 18, 2018
What Did You Call Me?
Have you heard of these authors?
Robert Galbraith J.D. Robb Anne Rampling Richard BachmanThey are all authors you know well, but you can’t place their names. That’s because the list above gives the pseudonyms or pen names for very famous writers.
Robert Galbraith is J.K. Rowling.
J.D. is Nora Roberts.
Anne Rampling is Anne Rice.
Richard Bachman is Stephen King.
Pseudonym is derived from the Greek word pseudonymon which literally means false name. They are used to conceal one’s identify in...
June 10, 2018
Five Things Never Put in Writing
If you work in an office and send emails throughout the day, you may have an idea of what to include in an email and what to leave out. You may notice that people may say things over the phone that they would not put in writing. At the same time, they may document things in an email they want to be sure the other person can read and acknowledge.
It’s an interesting shift in our society to see how we subtlety use these forms of communication both professionally and personally.
That’s why I tho...
June 8, 2018
Weekend Writing – 3 Steps
Who’s writing this weekend? If you’re like me, you likely have just a few hours or minutes – here and there – through the week to write. Having a full-time job is annoying sometimes, but it does pay the bills. When the writing is paying the bills full-time, then we can let the job go. Right?
Until then…
So the plan this weekend is to get some writing done. The project I started a few weeks ago is still going, but slowly. I’ve gone from having 0 words on the page to having over 5,000. That may...
June 6, 2018
RIP Kate Spade
“Don’t rest on your laurels. The end result isn’t as important as the effort that goes into it. Jump all the way in. Don’t be afraid. And don’t worry so much.” Kate Spade
Kate Spade (1962-2018) left this planet yesterday by her choice. She was an American fashion designer and businesswoman, and sister-in-law to comedian and action David Spade.
After starting her New York-based design company “kate spade handbags” in January 1993 with her husband Andy, she became very successful. Her idea orig...
May 28, 2018
How to Get Back Into Writing – 3 Steps
How do we get back into writing once we’ve lost our place? Do we just sit down and write? If it was that easy, I think we all would write. We’d write 3 or 4 books each month. We’d come up with an idea on Monday, sit down Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, etc., and write 20,000 words each day. Then voila by the end of the week, we would have a book written.
But life isn’t like that. Even in the movies, writers struggle with writing. So let’s say we don’t know what we want to write about. We don’t...
May 21, 2018
Small Space Living Anniversary
A year ago this month, I moved from a 2,000 square foot house into a 900 square foot apartment with my hubby. The decision finally came when our two income paychecks became one, and a small one at that. Downsizing became our best option and selling our lovely home became a necessity.
Thus, our small space living experiment began. Never in a million years would I have expected to have to change my life so much or that it would take a toll on me mentally and creatively. My last book was release...
April 21, 2017
In Progress
Sometimes life throws you curves that send you into utter chaos. How can you write or be creative when you can’t solve your immediate issues? You can’t figure out your next step? You have sunk into a vast pit of lifelessness. My world fell into this status of chaos two years ago, almost to the day. Since then, I have been fighting my way out of that drowning abyss and have been seeking spiritual advice to keep pushing myself forward, quite literally.
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Luckily now I can see sunlight among the...
November 8, 2016
Still Alive
Against popular rumors, I’m still alive and kicking. After releasing Zombies Unleashed (The Vampire from Hell Part 6), I took a full-time job that drained my time and creative resources. Of course there is no excuse that I should disappear for over a year. Don’t worry. I’m not gone just yet.
What’s in the Works?
Three more installments of the Vampire from Hell series are on the table. Part 7 is in the works.
Other Series
I’m working on other series too that you may enjoy. More to come!
Thanks...
January 8, 2015
Zombies Unleashed is Live
Zombies Unleashed (The Vampire from Hell Part 6) is now Live!
Check out these links!
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About Zombies Unleashed
The last thing Rayea, the Vampire from Hell needs to worry about is a zombie invasion. In the sixth installment of this series, Rayea realizes contending with creatures forged by her father, Satan may be a reality for her and her fri...
January 1, 2015
Happy 2015 and Zombies Unleashed (Coming Soon)!
Happy New Year! It’s the first day of 2015 and I thought I’d share some news. The buzz and whirl of the holidays are winding down, so it’s back to work for me.
COMING SOON
Coming soon, Zombies Unleashed (Part 6) of The Vampire from Hell series will be released. If you pre-ordered the book before 12/26/2014, you’ll receive a link to read additional chapters because as I rewrote a few portions of the book, I decided to add 2 chapters. Please email me if you have any questions.
Release Date – Janua...
