Category: Writing
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Random Writing Prompt: Write about a voice …
She sounded sweet and clear, and the sound of it sliced through him as sharply as any blade. The song wasn’t one he was familiar with. She began soft, so soft that he leaned forward, straining to hear. But as the song progressed, her volume increased, until the notes rang from the roof of the…
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My Two Biggest Struggles as a Writer
This post is probably a weird one to come right after my “hey, I finally published something!” post, but it is appropriate, because I’m now ready to dive into my next writing project (finishing up Harbinger). Except … I read too much. Yes, I firmly believe that to be a good writer, you should read…
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“The Seer’s Story” – Now Available!
You guys! I finally did it! “The Seer’s Story” is now available as a Kindle ebook, and I am sooooo EXCITED! Uploading my story to Kindle was super easy. In what should come as a surprise to no one, it was being able to finally call The Seer’s Story done that was the challenging part…
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Photo of the Day – 1/25/2023
Today, we had the perfect snow. It was pretty, it didn’t muck up the roads, and it didn’t stick around very long.
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2023 Writing and Publishing Goals
One of the things I have learned about myself over this journey to self-publishing is that I am a perfectionist. And it’s terrible. It took me a little over a year to write the first draft of Harbinger. It’s taken me another five to revise it— and I’m not done! Part of the challenge is…
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Writing Prompt: Write a Summer Memory
I remember muscadines: the leathery toughness of their skin, the green gelatin that was so sweet and had to be sucked away from that central cluster of seeds. Climbing through the brambles along the side of the dirt road, rutted and pitted by traffic, getting scratched and bitten as we wormed closer to those muscadine…
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