I’ve been quiet the last few months on my blog. Life got in the way again in several big ways: ·        I’m in the process of getting a...

Last year I queried my novel multiple times, and I submitted several short stories dozens of times, all to no avail. Even though it was...

This post could also be called "what keeps you going when rejection is a constant response to your work?" Except that wouldn't be quite...

Uneducated does not mean stupid. Merriam Webster's definition of Uneducated is "having or showing little or no formal schooling." Things...

I have what many in the writing community would consider a dirty secret. And that secret is that I could no sooner diagram a sentence for...

Trigger warning- Mentions of rape and violence When I was considering the way finances impact writing, there were two focus points for...

One of the writing groups I'm involved in for Sisters in Crime (Guppies) has a listserv type system where members can post and join...

“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...

Aside from 2020 (which was a dumpster fire in every possible way), I've participated in NaNoWriMo every year since 2015. Up until last...

Fair warning, this blog is link heavy, but with good reason. October 6-12 is National Fire Prevention Week . Fires have impacted my life...

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...

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...

I wrote a piece this month for Sisters In Crime's " We Love Libraries " newsletter. Per their website: In 2010, Sisters in Crime...

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...

I've been writing for decades, with little success. Turns out that combining imposter syndrome, severe mental illness, and hyper...

Trigger warning: Mention of child exploitation & sexual assault In 2015, I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for...

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...

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...

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...

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...