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The reality of injustice has been uncovered in the most horrific ways possible. We have work to do to make the country a place where people ...

"What is the hardest lesson you've learned on your writing journey?" Oh, ouch. I so didn't want to think on that. Fort...

I've announced in other places that Kensington Publishing extended a three-book contract (with options to consider the series). I am goi...

Armed with merely a pair of tweezers and a lighted make up mirror, I defeated the Leonid Brezhnev Memorial Uni-brow appearing on my face. ...

"Ok, Ms. Smarty-Pants," I hear you saying, "How exactly does Dare to be Average work? If I don't push myself to succeed, ...

There seems to be a stereotype that writers can only work in one genre for one audience, forever. We are amazed when a mystery writer attemp...

A dear friend's manuscript was rejected this past week. I was going to write something profound about rejection for her -  basically reh...

I'm at the first draft stage of Book Two, the sequel to Dracula's Secret. I thought I might give you all a peek into what I've b...

I wanted to talk about my favorite books on writing. Every author has her go-to's for inspiration and help, and here are mine. How c...

Yeah, yeah, we all know I have issues around worrying and over-thinking. I've done lots of good brain work, and I've found ten cogn...

I broke down what I had left to do on Dracula's Secret. I'm less than eleven hours of work away from 'finishing'. YES! ...

After cutting a total of 60 (A LOT) pages of Dracula's Secret , I started the serious layering on June 27th. So far, I've gone from...

I think one of the things Twilight does do well is explore the beauty, intensity, and untamed nature of a girl's sexual awakening. I m...

At a previous Romance Writers of America conference, Renee Ryan had presented a workshop on layering. For those not obsessed with writing, ...

This is what I've been working on lately. I broke down each chapter into its component scenes, figured the date/time, whose POV is th...

Even the most cursory look at the secondary and tertiary sources on Vlad Dracula shows a stunning (or tedious, depending on your personality...

In my head, I never work hard enough and I never get enough done. I'm sick of it. For the next two weeks, I am taking aim at my anxiety ...

A while ago, Jane Porter spoke at my local RWA chapter, the Rose City Romance Writers . I'll be honest. Jane's blonde, gorgeous, p...

I made my word goal for the year!! So even though I still have some scenes to write and some tweaking to do, I have done it!! I will now cel...

I'm fighting a cold, so I've got nothing for y'all today.