As I began to work on my book, lovingly titled “The Fairy Book” at the moment, I realized that my plot, scattered over sticky notes, was not helping to keep me on track as much as I’d hoped. So I ran to Canva, which never seems to fail me, and Read more…
I started my week off strong with a book recommended to me by someone with whom I share many book opinions. So when she tells me I need to read something, I do it. And, as always, she did not disappoint. This book is a retelling of The Phantom of Read more…
The entire concept of managing marketing on social media has felt like my personal White Whale these past weeks. I have half a dozen notebooks dedicated to the topic, each one bought with the thought “This will finally be what makes this easy!” And each time I was wrong. There Read more…
I’ve always found that my best story ideas come from asking questions. As I gardened today I wondered what would it be like to be alone in the world, except your garden. How would that happen? Was she always alone or did she become that way? What would push her Read more…
Sometimes you don’t have the energy to show up and be present on social media. This can be hard when so much of your exposure as an author comes from putting yourself out there. For me specifically, I was cut down by one of man’s toughest struggles. The Common Cold. Read more…