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Why I Write

In this post I talk about Why I Write as part of my participation in a blog hop. I was asked by Amy Good, a writer and the creator of Twitter's "Friday Phrases." Continue reading →

The Desiccated – Updates

Hello everyone!Last night I did something slightly impulsive. I put together an unofficial blurb for The Desiccated and then (along with the cover) I put it up on Goodreads. I think that the best way to get people interested in reading it is to start talking about it more. I’ve been working on the draft … Continue reading →

FINDING MY VOICE: Jasinda Wilder

Originally posted on AusRomToday:
Jasinda WIlder (pic from http://www.jasindawilder.com) Today, I welcome New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jasinda Wilder to kick off the first in my new blog series, Finding My Voice. Finding one’s voice as author depends on many things – the genre that you write, the era…

Demanding Diversity In Literature

If you’re on Twitter, you may have noticed this hashtag popping up everywhere: #WeNeedDiverseBooks. If you’re anythinglike me you probably thought something along the lines of well, duh, and clickedit tosee what it was about. The We NeedDiverse BooksCampaign has steadilystarted to take overin their three day call to actionand I don’t think it will … Continue reading →

Belief: A Short Note

Wow, that was a longer blogging absence than I intended! I’m really sorry about that. Maybe you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to and if you have, well then, allow me to oblige. Since my last post on March sixth: I turned twenty-four, I wrote almost nothing but poetry for a whole month, I’ve … Continue reading →

Writing—So Easy a Caveman Can Do It

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Original image via Flickr Creative Commons courtesy of Sodanie Chea Recently a Facebook friend shared a post with me regarding Indie Musicians versus Indie Authors. It appears our culture has a fascination and reverence for the Indie Musician whereas Indie Authors face an immediate stigma. We authors have…

The Story of My Writing Career in 3-Act Plot Structure

Originally posted on In the Garden of Eva:
*Check out my guest blog post for Brevity Magazine!* Sometimes it really pisses me off that I got my MFA in Fiction Writing so I could learn to write better novels, but all my MFA taught me was how to write literary short stories. In my classes…