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3 Things I Learned From Attending My First Book Festival
1. Be flexible. Things will not always work out exactly as planned or scheduled, but that does not necessarily equal disaster. Sure, it is frustrating when you are asked to switch tables...
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Sentences that Make Stephen The King
If you know me or follow my blog, you should know that I am a big Stephen King fan, but as an adult I realized that most of his work, due to its popularity, I saw in film form, but had never read the...
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I’ve Written A Rough Draft, Now What?
So you finally got that book down on paper, a rough draft, but still the characters have been created and a basic series of events with a beginning, middle and end are in place (but boy is it...
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Keep It Consistent
Consistency is incredibly important for your manuscript. If there are gaps in consistency, you lose credibility with your reader. Your reader feels that if you did not put in the effort to make...
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If You Want To Be Successful, Read This
Being a writer has many complicated aspects, from the actual writing to the publishing to the marketing and promotions. Since publishing my book, Black Water Tales: The Secret Keepers...
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Boldly Write Where No Man Has Written Before.
Bold writing makes your story more interesting (FACT), it gives the reader something to grasp. Readers want an author that is knowledgeable and forthcoming, if your writing is wishy-washy, the...
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Great, Popular or Both?
In this new writing age of polished erotica and reinvented vampires I wonder if it is possible to be a popular writer and still be a great one. Many of the new novels that have skyrocketed to...
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Into The Action
People read for adventure, for the chance to escape to a place that is exciting and different. Part of the art of being a writer of great stories is the ability to bring your reader into the scene,...
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Why I Became A Writer
I became a writer no more than a woman becomes an instinctual mother, no more than a larva becomes a wanderlust butterfly. I am a writer because it is an inevitable extension of my being. Some...
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Elements of a Character Study
Character is all about fear, tragedy and outcome. We have all heard the quote, “It is not your beliefs that make you a good person, but your actions.” and from thinking like this we derive that it...
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3 Reading/Writing Accessories That I Just Love
A person like me spends an embarrassing amount of my time roaming the floors of any and every book store that they pass. Often, I get overly and openly thrilled about the little #booknerd gems that I...
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How to Create A Book Trailer That Does Not Suck (Oh and on a budget)
On set for The Unwanted. As I finished up my sophomore novel, Black Water Tales: The Unwanted, I decided that I should take my marketing plan up a notch by creating a book trailer. Great idea, right?...
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Three Tips to Help You Finally Finish That Novel
Recently, I completed my second novel, Black Water Tales: The Unwanted, a follow up to Black Water Tales: The Secret Keepers. While this is only my second novel and I hardly consider myself a writing...
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Those Left Behind
Part I Just as the homeroom bell rang, signaling the tardiness of the morning stragglers, Taryn in a qualmish state inconsistent with Fridays, slipped into the girls’ bathroom. A train of bumptious...
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He Was A Good Boy
Drenched, Timmy 2007 (Marla McGinley) From Pinterest. By Jean Nicole Rivers Avery sat in the dark, stone silent room waiting patiently for her boy, Sammy. He was a good boy. Sure, growing up, he had...
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Into The Action: Placing Your Reader In The Story
People read for adventure, for the chance to escape to a place that is exciting and different. Part of the art of being a writer of great stories is the ability to bring your reader into the scene, to...
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