Okay, so maybe I’m a couple of days shy of the new year, but it’s close enough! On Jan 1, 2011 I did a post called “2011, Day One.” In it I set a few goals for things that I wanted to accomplish during the year ahead. I thought it would be fun to go back …
Category Archive: Writing
Dec
29
2011
Dec
05
2011
Endings and New Beginnings
Last week I finished the first draft of my very first paranormal romance novel. Woot! I started it back around April and planned to write it before the end of the school year. Then during summer. Then once the kids got back to school… See a pattern here? It seems every time I would write …
Sep
26
2011
Setting New Goals and Jogging Tunes
So I recently got the brilliant idea that I would set a new goal for myself to work on while both kids are at school three days a week. Jog the Couch to 5K program. Why, why do I do this to myself? Because I’m a glutton for punishment of the most unpleasant kind? No. …
Jun
25
2011
What’s in a Title?
Titles can be fickle. Sometimes I have a title in mind as soon as the story idea comes to me or the characters start talking. Sometimes my initial idea is close but not quite right. Maybe it has some elements of what my story is about, but still doesn’t showcase the whole book the way …
Jun
15
2011
Submission Tracking Numbers
Wouldn’t it be nice if submissions had tracking numbers? Could you imagine how much fun it would be for the stalker in all of us to find a nice little eighteen digit number with every “Your submission has been received” email? Then instead of checking our inboxes, voicemail, and spam folder—’cause, hey, you never know …
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