Writing Jewels

Another author book signing under my belt; however, this wasn't the first time I've met Marissa Meyer, but she wowed me but once ag...

With great joy, I met Ally Carter yesterday at a book signing. She is a delight, so funny, and quite engaging. I think I was the oldest per...

Bon voyage to 2015. Welcome 2016! This is our year! All of our year! 2015 was a fun year for the Jules. A lot happened and I'm happ...

First of all, don't forget to enter to win one of two signed copies of my novel, Félicité Found , on Goodreads. Good luck! ...

Sometimes I feel like there's something crucial missing in my life. It could be a number of things: a higher sense of spirituality to m...

I decided that yoga would be a great form of exercise for me. I've been rather stiff lately and it has made doing cardio not so great. ...

I figured out what is wrong with me the other day... Yes, I eat too many sweets and like to sleep too much and maybe I'm a few nuts sho...

I'm stretching it here with my pick for the letter X , I know. But it makes more sense than saying xylophones make me smile when they r...

December of 2009 brought about something that changed my life forever: I had an idea for a book. Just thinking about this turn of events br...

A couple weeks ago, I saw Orson Scott Card author of ENDER'S GAME speak. He brought up something that I'd like to share on this Inse...

I've got some great news for you all. No, no... I don't have a publishing deal. Aww shucks. But I did find a new job! It's loc...

For more information, click here If you read my post from a couple weeks ago, you'll know I brought up how I lost my desire to write...

Take a look at this picture--another one of my Instagram creations. The following question was posed in a class I attended the other d...

Here's to another lovely edition of the Insecure Writer's Support Group. I'm posted today instead of tomorrow due to the U.S.A F...

Okay, get your heads out of the gutter. I don't mean that kind of "Action"... I mean the important element of action that m...

A little something to giggle over: I think I've been a little bit too serious lately. I've been trying my darndest to work hard...

The heart is fragile. I'm not talking about the heart as in the organ that resides within the body, but the heart that makes the world...

I saw this the other day and thought it was hilarious. Source Those were the good old days when we had to use all of those "oute...

The past two weeks, I've taken a break from writing. It's good to take breaks, especially after a serious revision . . . at least fo...

My mind fails me occasionally to articulate exactly what I want to vocalize. This has been a problem for me since I learned Mandarin Chinese...