Amazon sent me an email one day that said I had a $3 Kindle credit and wanted me to shop. Amazon + Free money to shop = Love! So I perused the books offered and settled on this YA choice – “The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland” by Rebekah Crane. While I did not care for the bad language in… Read More
2017 ACFW Conference
I had the opportunity to attend the 2017 ACFW conference held at The Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, TX. This was a financial sacrifice to attend. You can read more about what I gave up to make this a possibility over here. Day 1 – Thursday This is me at the Early Bird class with James Scott Bell. My pic of… Read More
2017 ACFW Conference Mix & Mingle
I’m attending my first ever ACFW conference this week and I’m beyond excited and nervous. I was excited to see this 2017 Pre-Conference Mix & Mingle hosted by Laurie Tomlinson. I discovered this via Becky Wade‘s twitter account! Here’s how to play: – Copy/paste the questions and fill out your own answers in a post on your own website and… Read More
Online Tips for Writers
Welcome! If you’ve just landed here from Pinterest, I want to introduce myself. I’m an amateur writer in the process of writing a manuscript. The genre is Christian romance also known as inspirational (inspy) romance. If you want to know… Read More
Books I Read in August
Just a recap of what I’ve read in August. I’m constantly reading and with the fact that I’m stepping out as an amateur author I rotate between writing craft books and reading for fun. Here’s a mix of what I read in August. P.S. from Paris by Marc Levy This book had me at the cover. I even gave a… Read More
What POV do you Write a Romance in?
What Point of View should a romance be written in? This is my current dilemma as of two weeks ago. Sigh. I joined a local critique group and was encouraged to change my POV. My current manuscript is written in dual 1st person POV. For example, the opening chapter is written from my male character’s POV. Chapter two is written… Read More
How to Write a Book When you Have a Day Job
When I was in college I contemplated majoring in English. After all, I had two A+ creative writing papers to my credit from my school years. All of those papers and all of those years of school – just two total. So why shouldn’t I think about majoring in English? But I didn’t. I didn’t think I could find a… Read More
The End…
Is really the beginning. And that’s where I am. When I was in 5th grade I distinctly remember telling myself that I would be a writer by the age of 30. Well that mark has come and gone but last year I finally sat down and wrote a manuscript. As in over 100k works. Wow! I didn’t know I had… Read More
