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Rejections are a part of writing (a lesson I'm REALLY learning this year)
“Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald I got a rejection on my novel query (one of the...
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Nov 134 min read
November without NaNo
Aside from 2020 (which was a dumpster fire in every possible way), I've participated in NaNoWriMo every year since 2015. Up until last...
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Oct 87 min read
Being Smart About Fire Safety
Fair warning, this blog is link heavy, but with good reason. October 6-12 is National Fire Prevention Week . Fires have impacted my life...
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Sep 202 min read
Marketing (and Other Dirty Words)
I have a mentor for Sisters in Crime, the ever wonderful and patient Michele Drier . She is pushing me in every Zoom meeting to get out...
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Sep 163 min read
Writing About Death
Many people, maybe even most people, are afraid to talk about death. It 's as if they're worried that speaking about death will make the...
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Aug 202 min read
We Love Libraries
I wrote a piece this month for Sisters In Crime's " We Love Libraries " newsletter. Per their website: In 2010, Sisters in Crime...
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Jul 126 min read
Writing Conventions
I was lucky enough to attend StokerCon 2024 in San Diego at the end of May. It was my first convention and was an enlightening, and...
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Apr 183 min read
Mentorship in the writing community
I've been writing for decades, with little success. Turns out that combining imposter syndrome, severe mental illness, and hyper...
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Mar 157 min read
All Good (on the Surface) Things Must Come to an End
Trigger warning: Mention of child exploitation & sexual assault In 2015, I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for...
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Jan 263 min read
The missing stairs in the writing community
One of those things that you somehow never expect about the writing community is the number of super creepy men who use it to prey on...
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Jan 510 min read
Unmasking a Pen Name (with link to said pen name at the bottom)
That I am not the most prolific writer in any of my writing groups is not in dispute. I have, by far, the least amount of publishing...
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Dec 8, 20235 min read
The Temptation of a New Writing Project
There comes a moment when I'm working on a piece/story/novel for a while where I start to hate what I'm writing. And that's where the...
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Nov 28, 20234 min read
Giving and Receiving Feedback
One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to decide you don't need feedback. No matter how long you've been writing or how...
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Nov 5, 20234 min read
Doing NaNoWriMo When You Know You Won't Win
This is my eighth year of doing NaNoWriMo. And this will be the first one at which I will fail. For anyone who hasn't heard me, or...
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Oct 6, 20232 min read
No gatekeeping
A phrase I find myself using more and more in the writing community is "no gatekeeping." I'll admit, the first time I heard someone use...
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Sep 1, 202315 min read
The Little Short Story that could(n't quite fit in anywhere)
Another day, another personal rejection on my favorite short story (that I've ever written, anyway. All Summer in a Day and The Lottery...
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Jun 11, 20233 min read
Authorial Image
Facebook reminded me yesterday that it's been twelve years since I quit smoking. I posted about it with a note that if my quitting...
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Jun 2, 20234 min read
Reviews aren't for you
Another week, another author behaving badly toward a reviewer. You'd think, as a whole, prior incidents would act as a cautionary tale....
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May 24, 20236 min read
On increasing vocabulary (aka how Reader's Digest helped me get into college)
While I've aspired to be a writer for most of my life, I was not always a great reader. Shocking, I know, but absolutely true. I had a...
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May 16, 20233 min read
On Writing Goals
When I turned 30, I made a bunch of goals to meet before I turned 40. I wanted to, in no particular order: run a marathon learn a second...
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