Tag: Writing

I am sprinting to the finish line for my Austenpunk fantasy, Magic by Starlight. As I tie up plot threads, I am also working on my query. In addition to

… With as Little Downstory Impact as Possible When I say I am a business analyst, people think is the most boring job ever. Probably the antithesis to being a

Hi, everyone. I have been heads-down in some very intense revisions on Magic by Starlight, and so I seem to be reverting to a once-a-week blog schedule. I love blogging,

I’ve been neglecting all my “social media properties” because (that’s an official term) I have been head-down in my novel, detangling plot threads and tying up new ones. I’ve discovered

Llately I have been on the alert for great kiss scenes because I knew I needed my Austenpunk fantasy to have a kiss scene that left everything up to the

A while back, I wrote about my Six Paragraph Synopsis Method. I still use this method to this day because it takes synopsis-writing from a dreaded task to something I

I am behind on publicity for The Magic Mirror and the Seventh Dwarf. My day job had a major software release this past weekend, and I have been mired in

I am sure people have writer’s block for various reasons. Physical exhaustion, idea mill broken, lack of interest in own story; etc. All of these have either stopped me, or

Here are my top writing tools: Notebook and pen. Despite the presence of a smartphone in my purse, I still capture those fleeting ideas with a pen and notebook. My