Indie Publishing Category
Continuing to Learn
Posted on October 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
My niece and I are attending the 2017 Breathe Conference tomorrow, October 6. It will be our first time there, and our first time going to a conference together. We’re excited, a little nervous, and ready to learn. It will be interesting to be with so many other writers. Writing is a solitary action. Most […]
Welcome to Author Life
Posted on September 29, 2017 Leave a Comment
It’s official, folks: I have signed my first book contract. I signed with Wicked Whale Publishing, and it’s amazing owner, K. R. Conway. I found Ms. Conway through the website, Netgalley, when I was given an ARC of the first book in her series, Undertow. After devouring the YA fantasy in a few days, I put my […]
Finding Inspiration at the Mall
Posted on September 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
I survived girls’ weekend! It was a great two days of watching romantic movies, shopping, and eating junk food. On Sunday, we ventured to the Traverse City Mall, which houses a beautiful carousel. I took the pictures you see here to use as inspiration for my Flying Ponies series. I love seeing the carousel animals; […]
Big Things Happening
Posted on September 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
Yesterday two big things happened: I got to see some concept cover art for my first novel, Lift, and this website is now officially my own domain. It is beyond exciting to know that my career as an indie writer is actually moving forward. The cover art is gorgeous. It hasn’t been decided if it’s […]
Blogging a Book
Posted on July 9, 2017 Leave a Comment
How many of you have heard of this concept? I am reading How to Blog a Book by Nina Amir. It’s good so far, and interesting. But so far it seems to me like it’s basically like when I used to post fanfiction. Yes, I got sucked into that fan-driven whirlwind back around 2002. My […]
Characters Know Best
Posted on July 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
Have you ever spent a lot of time plotting out a story, complete with a timeline and outline, only to have your characters hijack it? This happened with the first story in my YA fantasy series, set in my world of Pentallia. I spent months outlining, drawing up character sheets, and writing out scenes in […]
Adding to the Toolbox
Posted on July 3, 2017 Leave a Comment
I’m sure most of my fellow writers have heard of Scrivener, and probably quite a few of you use it. I had read about it in some of my self-publishing books, but decided to give it a try only after a fellow writer I admire told me how much she liked it. I thought that […]
Playing Favorites
Posted on June 29, 2017 Leave a Comment
We all have a favorite book, or many favorites, if you’re like me. And as writers, we also have favorite characters that we’ve created, whether it’s a hero or a villain (sometimes, they’re both). We often times don’t want to admit this, because we could be accused of playing the favorite game, but it is […]
Show Your Nerve
Posted on June 28, 2017 Leave a Comment
I bet, at some point in our writing lives, we’ve all had someone say something like, “Really? A writer? You?” Even if said with good intentions, it can make us falter. We start to doubt. Are we really capable of becoming a writer? The answer is a resounding YES. Why? Because, my friends, you took […]
Opening Portals
Posted on June 27, 2017 Leave a Comment
As most of us know, world building is an important part of creating our stories. Without a world of their own, where do our characters act out their journeys? For those of us who write fantasy and science fiction, this is particularly important, but it’s also important to writers who work in historical or realistic […]
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