Hey, book friends! I hope you guys had an amazing weekend 🙂 The week ahead is full of Christmas hustle and bustle for me, and I’ve loved seeing all of your beautiful holiday-themed posts on Instagram. I wanted to give you guys a little story gift, too. I had such a great time putting together …
Hey, book friends! Did you spend November hunched over a keyboard working on your NaNoWriMo piece? Or was your hunching due to studying with fiction breaks? Either way, yoga for writers (and readers) to the rescue! Our neck and shoulders can get really stiff and uncomfortable, and it feels so good to stretch them out! …
Can you believe October is halfway through? That means National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is right around the corner! If you’re looking for awesome story ideas with a sci-fi twist, check out these sci-fi writing prompts below. (And if you’re looking for writing prompts in a different genre, be sure to check out my posts …
Hello, bookish friends! I have to confess–winter is a tough time for me to stay motivated. I mean, the freezing cold alone makes me want to curl up in a blanket and hibernate until spring. And when the work stress and sniffling sick co-workers got to be too much this week, I knew I needed …
Hello, bookish friends! Here’s a rough draft excerpt from a Finn/Will story I’m working on..hope you enjoy! ****** Forbidden to shift at home, Finn turns to biker’s son Will Branson for help. Will takes Finn to Jack Corbin’s house. Making friends is hard. ****** It took two seconds for Finn to ruin everything. He hadn’t …
Somehow — SOMEHOW — November is over. Thanksgiving was last week here in the States, and my mental calendar gears have clanked from “almost Thanksgiving” over to “almost Christmas”. This time of year always looks so good on blogs, too. All golden lights and hot drinks—it’s easy to get totally run over by the actual, …
OK, book friends, I have a confession: I don’t actually like NaNoWriMo. I mean, don’t get me wrong. The camaraderie, the ‘let’s just DO THIS!’ attitude is great. But banging out 50K+ words in only one month, especially if it’s someone’s first crack at a novel, is pretty much insane. When you do the math, …
Hello, bookish friends! NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is still going strong, but maybe you’re feeling not-so-strong as you’re tying to tackle your writing for the day. Even if you have kickass characters, a cool setting, and some rad ideas in mind, it’s still very possible to start things up, get about 23 pages in, …
Hey, bookish friends! I haven’t posted a ton about myself on here yet, so here are five things about me : ) I have a dog named Rally — he is such a cuddle buddy! He’s almost 100 lbs., but he’s totally up for living the lap dog life if you let him. I …
