Writing Jewels

Over the past couple weeks, I've been back in the thick of revisions. I commenced the necessary evil with an optimistic attitude boili...

I was posed the following question by a friend: At what point do you take writing advice and start completely over or just leave it be? ...

Yesterday, I watched an episode of Wheel of Fortune. Yes, Wheel of Fortune, you read correctly. One of the contestants solved the puzzle a ...

I received some valuable advice a while ago that has stuck with me. It is . . . The only person who can sell your book is you! ...

I would have been completely done with another edit last night, but out of a tiny (well, let's say stupid) mistake on my part, I have t...

I want to apologize for the brief nature of this post. This week is turning out to be rather busy for me. My day job is crazy--I like it, th...

I’m an author who loves the creative process of writing. What I don’t care much for is editing. Unless you are the god of all writing—a prod...

For the last week or so I've been editing. Outside of work, it was really the only thing I spent my time doing other than sleep--I love ...

Has anyone ever seen the British comedy, "Keeping Up Appearances?" If not you totally should. The title of today's blog has th...

Two weeks ago, I was on fire—editing-wise. Last week, I was in a rut—writing-wise. Sometimes as a writer, you get burned out; you need a bre...

I captured a pretty photo of Mount Timpanogos in Utah on my way to work the other morning. Snow is here my friends. Thought I would share it...

Just an update on my last post. . . I said that I was going through a “Revising a Chapter in my Novel War”. Well, I conquered the blessed be...

Today has officially been too exhausting. Started off the day feeding the neighbor's dogs (I have been dog sitting for the last few day...

Done and Done! That is all I can say about the first edit. Another one to go with some things I want to change too. Hopefully this edit wil...

The other night I tried to eat a bowl of Cookies and Cream ice cream (my fav ) while editing my book. Not the best of ideas. First of all, ...

Last week I finished the rough draft. That pretty much was a surreal experience for me. I did not ever think I would get that far with the ...