Having just finished a book, the realization struck me last week – I need to start a new story! Success in writing depends on how prolific we are as authors. If you are anything like me, you usually have a story or two floating around in your head waiting to come out. I have one… Continue reading Characters: the backstory
Month: March 2019
Writer’s Blue print…
Writing a book is both the most exhilarating and frightening thing that you can do. I think the only thing that ever terrified me more than pressing the “Publish” button on my Kindle Page was when the nurses gave me my newborn son and I realized that I was now responsible for a human being.… Continue reading Writer’s Blue print…
Using Vellum vs Scrivener…
As I have mentioned in my last couple of blogs, I’m in the process of releasing my next book, Winter’s Dawn. It’s a change of genre for me – high on violence, low on romance. I am also changing the way I’m compiling the novel, using Vellum instead of Scrivener. I made the decision to… Continue reading Using Vellum vs Scrivener…
When you have to expand a date on a project and why you’re not a failure…
Earlier this week, I came to a conclusion that I was going to have to delay the release of my new book, Winter’s Dawn. I had completed the manuscript, but I was not in a good place to release my project. It was not from lack of trying. I had pushed myself and my editors… Continue reading When you have to expand a date on a project and why you’re not a failure…