April Author Updates

Today is story time! I will take you back to the first novel I started to write and what I’ve learned since then. Would I finish the story and publish it? Read more to find out! I’m also talking about what I did in March and plans for April. Here’s my April Author Update including a question of the month Read More …

Unique Poetry Collaboration Ideas

Today begins National Poetry Month in the US – celebrating poets’ role in our culture and that poetry matters. I will be participating in writing a poem a day by using prompts and encouragement from the 2023 April PAD Challenge (writersdigest.com) and the Indiana Writers Center. I love using prompts and combining them with trying out new poetry Forms to Read More …

Tools for Worldbuilding

In today’s post I’ll share two tools I recently discovered that are interesting for worldbuilding and character building. Worldbuilding can be a complex endeavor, and one that can quickly spiral into rabbit holes of documenting the caloric intake of your giant desert spiders. Organization is key to staying on task, and being able to reference ideas you made canon to Read More …

The Process of Indie Book Covers

IWSG February 2023 – Book Covers It’s IWSG Wednesday (what’s that? read on!) and the question posed this month is about book covers. We all love a gorgeous book cover! My first novel, Trials of the Innermost, is with an indie publisher so I’ll share how that process worked to design a book cover through an Indie publisher and provide Read More …