LOVE SPEAKS

It’s been a little while since I’ve written a blog post that was more than just a few lines to accompany a picture. A post that was a bit...

Has the state of the world been weighing on you? Maybe a combination of your own personal challenges and the ongoing madness in the...

No, I'm not talking about literal murder. I'm talking about deleting scenes you've slaved over. Whole paragraphs of content you've spent...

Yesterday, I felt completely overwhelmed, wondering how I would ever get my manuscript “good enough” to publish, without spending another...

Never leave your reader too satisfied. - Jordan Rosenfeld This is something I’m learning still. My natural tendency is to want to wrap up...

While my manuscript was with my editor last week, I started writing my second novel. Book one is written in third person, and primarily...

I spent my afternoon researching goat labor and delivery and writing a goat birthing scene I'm totally in love with. A little excerpt:...

So many of us are going through major transformations at the moment, standing at the precipice of monumental change. Do you dare step...

Your destination may not yet be clear, but, if you focus on each step, one at a time, remaining present in the moment, the path will rise...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. André Gide

Today's mission: Gathering all the input I've received on my manuscript and finding back to my own true voice. I've realized that, with...

A few weeks ago, I happened across a webinar with Alessandra Torre and Tex Thompson, titled “Don’t Give Up On Your Book - 5 Success...

As I’m working on revising and re-revising my novel, deconstructing and reconstructing the paragraphs I’ve already poured so much blood,...

The satisfaction when you finally find the right word for a passage you’ve gone over countless times before, and it never sat just right....

Some days, the words flow easily… others, I can spend hours refining just one paragraph until I feel I got it “right.” (And that’s not to...

Things take the time they take. Don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine? ― Mary Oliver We are...

In times of darkness, tumult, and uncertainty, your light can be a beacon of hope to others. Your grounded presence—which requires...

Working with an editor on the latest revision of my novel has been so immensely helpful, and I am learning so much. There are things I...

May your journey through 2021 be filled with love, peace, joy, health, happiness, abundance, and prosperity. 🙏🏼 The path may be windy...

It’s that time of year again—the time to not only reflect on the year past, but also set a vision for the year ahead. In my “happy 2020!”...