It’s going to take me a while to build a following. So far I’ve mostly sold print books to people in person, either at bookstore events or just from those I connect with in daily life. I’ve done well with this because I’m chatty and people are curious and my […]
Novels
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I can’t honestly say anymore when I first started this novel (it’s been decades!) but it is now ready to go forth into the world. A Glory All Her Own has been fully edited, formatted and cover designed and will be sent to the printer’s shortly. It is every author’s […]
Week one of Paris writing retreat. I’m trying to put my finger on what makes Paris so amazing. It’s almost universal that people want to come here and love it when they’ve arrived. There are downsides to Paris too. It’s crowded, dirty, and confusing. I’m fluent in French yet I […]
I don’t set out to create characters that look like actors, but I find it helpful to have images of some. I put them on my Pinterest board for the novel I’m working on, along with a bunch of links to sites I will use for reference (things like a […]
At first I didn’t believe it, but every hour when I checked my account, my novel “Ungloved” currently posted to Wattpad.com kept increasing in number of reads. Yes, people, I have readers! This is why most people write. So people can read their work. Of course, we are shy about […]
While I had great intentions at the beginning of the month, I dashed off to World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs, NY for four days of super social, authorly fun. Then my mother in law came for a visit, and my Sunburst Award work needed attention. Before I knew it […]
I’ve been meaning to experiment with Wattpad for a while. It first came to my attention that Wattpad.com was a concept worth looking into back about a year ago, but it wasn’t until I attended the CanCon Convention last fall in Ottawa that I learned the power of what it […]