Every week is hectic when you're a writer, especially when you're on an eat-what-you-kill plan, which means you don't have a steady paycheck coming in. You only get paid when you sell books, articles, or whatever other type writing you can use to churn out a dollar. Since I have a book release coming up at the end of this month, I wanted to give you a quick behind-the-scenes look at my nightly schedule for the last couple of weeks. My schedule starts around 9:00 p.m. and ends around 3:00 a.m.
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Over the years, readers have asked me where I get my inspiration from. Usually, I've told them life in general, that I can look at things around me and get an idea. With my upcoming suspense novel, Last Showing, the idea came to me when I was looking to buy a house back in 2012.
I had a wonderful real estate agent, and she and I talked about my writing and what type of books we liked. As she showed me houses, I asked her if she'd ever had any scary showings with potential buyers. Were there any creeps she had to deal with? Fortunately, she said no, but my brain started spinning. I got the idea for a real estate agent who shows a house to a serial killer. I told Jennifer (my agent) about my idea, and she wanted to be in the book! I started writing this book in 2013, but I put it aside when the muse wasn't cooperating. It's never taken me this long to write a book, but I wanted to make sure this one was done right. I wrote it, finished it, then decided I didn't like the story line so I rewrote it this year. Well, most of it anyway. I hope I did it justice, and I hope you (and Jennifer) like Last Showing. It releases on November 30th!
When I started looking to buy a house in December 2012, I met my wonderful real estate agent who led me to my house within a month. Along the way, though, we got to know one another, and through our talks and my interest in her career, a story idea was born. Jennifer Young, the young real estate agent in Last Showing, is my agent. She graciously allowed herself to be written into the novel, and I got a kick out of writing her! The book debuts on November 30th! In the meantime, here's a peek at what you can expect!
First post for a new blog challenge, and I have to be critical of the one thing I really love online, and that's social media. I'm a huge fan of all things social, but I do know there are downsides to it. So I'm going to give this my best shot.
Promoting is tough, especially if you're not quite sure where to begin. I try to share a marketing tip on my Twitter account every day or some way to help authors. I also have a Pinterest board dedicated to helping authors, and recently, I created a Vimeo channel for the sole purpose of sharing marketing and writing tips. I share short videos that you can watch in seconds and take away at least five tips for your day! Take a look at the one below and join me on Vimeo!
Some of these are embarrassing, but since they were included in a blog challenge, I'm going to grin and bear it.
I don't claim to be an expert, but after writing for well over twenty years, I've discovered a few things that I wish someone had told me when I decided I wanted to be a writer. Hopefully, some of these can help you.
I'm working on Chapter Six of this story now, but I'd love to hear what you think about the first chapter. You can read it right here, or you can head on over to Wattpad. Please read it, rate it, and review it. Your feedback really does help!
I saw this blog topic on another blog challenge, and after this week, I knew I had to write about it.
You'd think writing books would be my dream job, but it isn't. I love to write, and writing will always be part of my dream, but...my dream job is to write for television. I have scads of favorite television shows both past and present, and there isn't one I wouldn't want to write for. That brings me to the next part of this post. I'm taking steps to see if I can make this dream happen. I don't believe it's ever too late to pursue your dream, and now that I have over fifty books written, I want to branch out and try something new. Fingers and toes crossed! Dear Santa,
It's that time of the year again! I'm supposed to write out my Christmas list so you'll know just what to put under the tree for me on Christmas morning. Yes, I know I'm a little old for this, but there really isn't an age limit, is there? And since I've been good (mostly), I figured I'd give it a shot. So here goes. My Christmas List
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