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Continue reading →: Book 4
I finished the first draft of my fourth book in February of 2024. Over two years ago. It was, obviously, a very rough first draft. 88,289 thousand words of a story to immortalize the cottage we’d lived in, the dog that meant so much to us, and to give voice…
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Continue reading →: One at a time…
One of my favorite authors, VE Schwab, said, when asked how she writes a novel, One word at a time. She didn’t have a sweeping answer or a daily word count goal. Just…one word at a time. Every book you read has a number of words. There are parameters and…
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Continue reading →: Reflections and Wishes
I turned 41 today. It was an unexpected day with a sick teen and getting stuck in a car wash twice. But it was also filled with phone calls and FaceTimes and messages galore, and love and laughter, birthday pancakes and yellow cake with homemade chocolate sauce and blowing candles…
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Continue reading →: The Siren Call of a New Idea
One thing that we authors have to fight against is the siren call of a new idea. This happens when you’re struggling with your current work in progress. For me it’s usually when I’m second-guessing my abilities or when I’m stuck on something and cant write my way out of.…
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Continue reading →: A Joyful 2026
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and that 2026 is bringing peace, rest, and joy. Apparently my last post of 2025 was a bit depressing…just so everyone knows, that was really light and happy for me, considering the shit show that was last year…lol. All joking aside, thanks…
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Continue reading →: Yearly Wrap-Up
Somehow, it’s that time of year again. A time of reflection and looking back on the year. The last couple of years I’ve done an exciting wordy wrap-up and tallied all the words I penned and sat back and looked on to that number with giddy pride. This year the…
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Continue reading →: A Sign
The beginning of this isn’t all sunshine and roses…but keep going. It gets better–I promise! Sometimes I wonder what’s the point of it all. All the time and effort and work and blood, sweat, and tears and… for what? Paltry sales and mistake after mistake after mistake. Some glaringly obvious…
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Continue reading →: Proofread
Well, I sent the proofreader the manuscript for The Bone Cottage last night! I am all sorts of nervous. You’d think after doing this three other times I’d be used to it but its nerve-wracking to hand over your story, this thing you’ve poured so much of yourself into, and…
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Continue reading →: September Updates
Somehow it is September. The last time I even opened this website was March… it has, obviously, been a year. The house is (mostly) settled. There are things here and there that need to be done (looking at you primary bathroom, entry way floors, and back deck…), but paint has…
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Continue reading →: Things, Life, and Stuff
Somehow its March. I feel like I have lived a dozen lives since ringing in the New Year with a war cry (we timed it to watch Wicked where the moment the clock struck twelve Elphaba’s war cry sounded…it was amazing). It seemed fitting after the year we’d just had.…
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