Romance novels… One of the best-selling genres with an often built in readership. Have you thought about writing one? Maybe you’ve written one but keep getting rejection letters. Worry no more, I’ve just revamped and re-released my 12 lesson, self-paced How to Write Your First Romance workshop. It never expires and you can read the…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-2019-The First Ramblings of a New Year
Happy New Year to you. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. So are you ready for a new year of writing? We’ll be back to the normal schedule next week starting with Monday Motivation. Anything you’d especially like to see on TWL in 2019? I’m thinking about Saturday seminars that will focus on one particular…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Guest Bloggers, New Class Schedule
Hope everyone’s had a productive writing week. I have a few more hours to go before I call it a day. I have lots planned for next week including getting this month’s classes for Skillshare recorded and published. I’ll also be putting the new sign up list on the site for guest bloggers for fall. This…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Happy March
It’s hard to believe two months of 2018 are already history. I know February’s a short one, but it did fly by. Thank you to all the February guest bloggers. I hope you’ll agree they shared some great tips on a wide array of writing topics. I have more lined up for March and this…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Foot of Snow and a Cold
Another week, another foot of snow and I end this one with a cold. At least I have the weekend to recover (and what a great excuse to just sit and binge watch movies). I’ve been working non-stop all week getting my classes revamped and uploaded to the new platform so I can launch the…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-TGIF
Whoever first coined TGIF had my sort of week. No, it wasn’t awful, and it wasn’t even bad. It was just busy. So busy that I think my brain got slightly scrambled, eyes got fatigued and fingers weren’t working efficiently across the keyboard. I phoned one of my students for a coaching call at the wrong time. At…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Workshop Free
Happy Friday to you and welcome to the last month of 2017. I’m now workshop free. It’s the first year I’ve taught every month and last month rounded things off with three workshops. I’ll let you into a secret, no matter how much I love teaching, I’m glad for a rest. Rest did I say? My…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-NaNoWriMo Mid-Point
Another week has flown by and it’s now two days past the mid-point of NaNoWriMo. While I haven’t been writing fiction for this year’s challenge, I’m doing well with the two non-fiction titles I’m working on. I know it’s supposed to be write a novel month but I say anytime any sort of writing gets…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-The Countdown to NaNoWriMo Begins
Oh no, it’s snowing, breezy and cold. I always try to find an upside to everything and today I’m telling myself it means I’ll spend more time inside writing! NaNoWriMo begins on Wednesday. Who’s taking part? I might try and finish my mystery and also I have a brand new project. Someone asked me to…
Taking the NaNoWriMo Challenge or Thinking about Self-Publishing…Maybe Even Both!
If you’re thinking about taking this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge you might be interested in registering for the workshop I’m teaching for the Maryland Romance Writers…and no, it’s not just for authors who are planning to write a romance novel. I’ll share tips that will get you ready for when November 1st rolls around- …