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Meeting Elizabeth Gilbert: a Joy and an Inspiration
Elizabeth Gilbert (left) and a very excited me I’m popping my head out of the research cave to share with you an amazing opportunity I got this past week. Last Tuesday, I had the good fortune to meet...
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A Peek Behind the Creative Curtain or Why You No Blog?
Image by Allie Brosh http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html I’m currently making my way through Justin Kleon’s books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work....
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Treatment of Female Characters by Male Writers of Historical Fiction
Mary Magdalene by Georges de La Tour (Source: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) I’ve been thinking about the subject of this post for quite some time now, and I’m hoping that all of you can offer some...
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This Writer’s Life
I don’t have a source for this image. If anyone knows it, please contact me or put it in the comments so I can attribute it. I received an interview request from Webucator: Expert Instructors Blogging...
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How Many Words Does it Take to Wear Out a Writer?
Hi. This is me right now. Why?I just wrote 7,876 words – in 12 hours. Because I’m crazy like that. And because Summer Heacock was hosting a writing marathon on Twitter. (She wrote 20,000 words in two...
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2014: Year in Review
Hi everyone! I emerged from the writing cave yesterday with a first draft of my next book weighing in at 107,000 words. It’ll get smaller as I edit it, but that’s two weeks away. For now, I thought it...
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2015 Goals
Last year I was pretty darn ambitious with my writing goals and it nearly did me in. So this year, I’m keeping it simple: Write at least one book – I’m planning on writing another historical fiction...
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DIY MFA
As anyone who knows me will attest, I am a lifelong learner. If I had known when I was in school that being a scholar was a valid career choice, I totally would have done it (history or religion). But...
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Finals Again!
More good news! He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not is a finalist in the main stream with romantic elements category of the Cleveland Rocks contest. The contest is sponsored by the Northeast Ohio chapter of...
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Summer Writing Challenge: Beach Witch
I don’t know the source of this, but it would be my ideal book cover for Beach Witch. If anyone knows whose image it is, please tell me. I’d love to give credit. The Challenge: Can a Midwestern,...
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In Celebration of Indie Authors
I am giving this short speech today at the St. Louis County and St. Louis City libraries as part of Indie Author Day. I wanted all of you who couldn’t join us to be able to read it as well. I hope you...
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Mea Culpa! My Top 5 Common Writing Mistakes
Quick Writing Update I’m busy working away on my non-fiction book on Guinevere – three research books away from writing. I’m going to try to do my own cover and format that myself. Right now I’m...
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2018 Word of the Year and Goals
All of the year-end Best Books of 2017 lists (and an article on 10-year planning I read) have brought me to a conclusion about 2018: I need to focus on getting traditionally published. I’ve known all...
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Online Courses Now Available at Professional Author Academy
If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to learn more about writing, finish your book or maybe even to self-publish, you’re in luck. I’m now offering online courses on writing, business and publishing...
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Flirting with Burnout
Image purchased from Adobe Stock. I’ve been pushing myself really hard since 2016, the year I started publishing and somehow put out four books in seven months. Each year I told myself I wouldn’t work...
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How to Use the Tarot in Your Writing
Two weeks ago at the Historical Novel Society conference, I participated in a brief lecture from my dear friend Kris Waldherr on how writers can use the tarot to help plan their books. It not only...
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Reading Tarot Spreads to Help With Your Writing
This is the second part in a series on the tarot. If you’re new to it, please start with part one for an introduction to the cards, how they work and what they mean, then come back to learn how to use...
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