[Edit 6/28/19: This series is being reworked for special distribution and is no longer available online. Please follow my site for more information in the coming months!] Happy April, devoted ROYAL fans! If you’ve been waiting for the next episode of The Recipients of the Years of Amelia Layne (ROYAL for short), you can find it…
Monthly Mental Munchies: March 2019
I’ve been looking for ways to enrich my site content, so I’m lucky to be surrounded by some very inspiring people, like fellow writer Amanda Linehan, author of North. Each month on her blog, Amanda shares with her followers what she’s reading, watching and listening to, and I couldn’t help but think, “What a brilliant…
KMBM: Know Me By My Buttons!
QUICK INTRO: I’ve been mulling over ways to enrich my site with more personal and visual content. One day, while staring at my computer bag with its colorful assortment of buttons and pins, I thought about my post from last September in which I shared one of my old library loan lists. I called it…
When to Walk Away and When to Stay: Writer’s Edition
I have a plant in my office that is nothing short of pathetic. It started life vibrant and healthy, but through unintentional owner mismanagement and intentional cat munching, it now hangs on by a thread. Or a root. I water it only when I see it wilting. I don’t feed it vital plant food. I…
Episode 6 of ROYAL is Now Live!
[Edit 6/28/19: This series is being reworked for special distribution and is no longer available online. Please follow my site for more information in the coming months!] Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone for your patience as I worked to get Episode 6 of ROYAL just right! I hope you find it compelling and…
Update for ROYAL: March 2019
Good morning to both of my loyal ROYAL readers! Here is a quick update on this month’s episode of The Recipients of the Years of Amelia Layne. When I decided to publish ROYAL as a free online series, the first three episodes were written and mostly polished and ready to go, and the fourth episode…
My Social Media is/is not Me
Since joining Twitter in 2015, I’ve never been comfortable with how to best use it. I initially established it as part of my author platform. Many writing advice columns tell you that having an online presence through which future readers can interact with you is a good thing. I’ll buy that. It makes sense to…
Episode Five of ROYAL is Up!
[Edit 6/28/19: This series is being reworked for special distribution and is no longer available online. Please follow my site for more information in the coming months!] I am happy to announce that episode five of The Recipients of the Years of Amelia Layne(ROYAL for short) is now available! If you’re new to Amelia’s story,…
Writing Like its My (Second) Job
I tend to be productive in spurts. All or nothing. Feast or Famine. Wax or Wane. High or Low. Pick your favorite pithy saying. The point is that I—like most people, I suspect—tend to tackle projects or take on tasks I’m not absolutely required to do in cycles of high productivity and then no productivity.…
Episode Four of ROYAL Now Available!
[Edit 6/28/19: This series is being reworked for special distribution and is no longer available online. Please follow my site for more information in the coming months!] Welcome to 2019! Are you ready to get started on your New Year’s Read-o-lutions? Start here with Episode Four of The Recipients of the Years of Amelia Layne…