I recently read a blog post on Cynsations, An Open Love Note to Debut Authors About Hurtful Online Reviews.
My published writer friends have told me that it’s really useless to read bad reviews—especially those that are scathing or get personal. And above all other things, it’s even more useless to reply to the bad [...]

When I went to the library last weekend, I checked out a lot of middle-grade books that I’ve been wanting to read.
Middle-grade novels were actually my first love when I first started writing. The age range of 9-12 were magical years for me and it’s no surprise that this genre is what I first gravitated [...]

I had a really rough day (only worked 10 hours today) so I went to the bookstore to unwind. The bookstore is my next favorite place besides the library to gain focus and draw energy from the thousands of books.
I found a gem of a quotation in the November issue of O Magazine. It comes [...]

Okay, so I’m slowly but surely working on the novel revision. But since I’m a logical person, I decided to use a tool to help me keep track of everything going on with this project: spreadsheets!
I use spreadsheets a lot in the day job but I also find them useful in the novel revision process [...]

It’s raining here in Atlanta…again.
And now my roof is leaking. The repairman is up in my attic looking around right now. Who knows how much it will cost. It’s always something! Ah, the beauty of home ownership.
But I digress…
Recently, I stayed up to finish a really good book. The Everafter by Amy Huntley. I found [...]