Tag: #writing

#WriterLife: Keeping a Writing Schedule

One of the questions I get asked most as a writer is, “How are you able to write with five kids?” I’ll admit my life is chaos sometimes. Juggling the busy lives of five kids and an overworked husband can be demanding. When I get this question, I don’t always know how to answer. I’m […]

Five Tips for Becoming a Published Author

I feel like I’ve been too silent on my writing/publishing success story. I’ve had many aspiring authors ask me how I got published and how I managed to write over a dozen books in eight years, won multiple awards, and published a series, so today I’m going to share a few of my secrets. These […]

Buying Milk and Thoughts on Human Nature

I started getting the comments after I had my third baby. “Oh my, that’s a lot of kids.” “You must have your hands full!” “Are these all yours?!” Now, I have five kids, and the comments keep coming. So does the awkwardness. I feel like a large family is a handicap in today’s society. Cars […]

Help Me Write This Book! The Faythander Chronicles

  I’ve got this insane idea that I need your help with. I want to write a serialized book written in small scenes that I’ll post weekly to the blog. I’ve got the basic idea, but I want readers’ input on the details. Just keep in mind that I can’t choose everyone’s ideas. I may […]

If Authors Wrote Their Own Reviews…

I know, this topic is WAY wrong. Amazon would have fits if they knew I was suggesting authors (GASP!) write their OWN reviews. Write their own reviews?!? Okay, just play along, this is supposed to be funny. Start reading and you’ll get the gist of it. Authors, feel free to leave reviews for your own […]

A Test… Are you reading this?

This morning I went for a walk. Most of the time when I do this, I tend to think. (Ha, yes, that happens sometimes.) This morning I had this thought… “Why don’t I start blogging? And not those spammy kind of giveaway, buy-my-book-kind of posts, but just real, genuine, honest posts that come from my […]

#Writing and Research for BOOK SIX!

I’ve been hitting the edits for book six hard this week, and I thought I’d share what I’ve been up to. Swords play a big role in this book, and this particular sword needed to be something special. In draft one, I came up with a stereotypical sword and used it as a placeholder, although […]

Celebrating Fall and a Bloodthorn Snippet…

Fall is one of my fave seasons and I am SO GLAD summer is over. No offense to summer, but it’s hot, my kids get bored, and now, I’m so ready for a change. What’s your favorite season? When we moved out to Wichita over a year ago, I didn’t realize Halloween was such a big […]

My Road to Finding a Publisher

Greetings readers! Today I felt like it was time for me to tell “my story.” I’m always curious to know how other authors got started, and while I don’t have time to tell my whole story, I at least wanted to discuss what made me choose an independent publisher over a traditional publishing house. I’ll start […]