Writing Jewels

For todays "What I've Learned Wednesday," I'm going to place all the attention on me. I want to be published author, so I...

December 2009. I had a dream. Dream turned into a plot. Plot turned into a manuscript. Manuscript turned into an endless string of edits. En...

I started listening to “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert the other day. From the very first word I fell in love with the book’s voice. ...

Over the past few days, I've been feeling way overwhelmed with writing. I haven't even touched my manuscript. *shame on me* It'...

        Thanks to President’s Day I had the day off from work on Monday, giving me tons of time to commence another revision of my...

Writing is a long process, however, can be further drawn out without having goals. I finished my rough draft in five months. I wish I could...

Beets—I love beets. Webster’s dictionary defines beet as “a plant with a dark red fleshy root, used as food to produce sugar.” Yep, I love b...

Honestly, months ago, the beginning of my book was blah, bland, boring. I described the setting more than anything else. Bad Idea. An absolu...

Over the past year, I’ve learned loads about writing and the publishing industry. I would like to hand off a bit of my “tip of the iceberg” ...

I thought it would be cool to document--with a really crappy picture--that I've had 1000 people view my blog. It was a happy moment for ...