Top 5 things I’ve learned in the first year of my author career
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Top 5 things I’ve learned in the first year of my author career

1. Life is harder after you publish.  I spent over a year writing my first novel, which actually turned into the first three novels in my first series. Divide and conquer! I don’t know about the conquer part, the divide part was true. In the middle of rewrites and dividing and finding new beginnings and…

Why Do We Write?
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Why Do We Write?

I was listening to an older podcast this morning that was discussing resistance. There was a moment when one of the speakers asked another why he wanted to write fiction. The short version of his answer was “to bring joy to others.” That was the right answer. The speaker asking the question said if the…

The Power of Fear

The Power of Fear

I put off writing this post for about two months because I was scared that my website wasn’t perfect enough for an “author website” and that I wasn’t a talented enough writer to try to keep up with writing a blog. That because I do not have a college degree I am not, nor could…