Hooray for Friday!

by | Oct 29, 2010 | Writing

I have a jam-packed weekend ahead of me for work, followed by a week of a conference and other errands! Yikes! Special thanks to my critique partner, Sandra Ardoin, for mentioning my good news on her High Five Friday Post! She has a fascinating blog and I highly...

Planning for NaNoWriMo

by | Oct 27, 2010 | Writing

‘Tis that time of the year again. NaNoWriMo! For those of you thinking I just spouted a bunch of gibberish, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month and takes place every November. The goal: 50,000 words in 30 days. It is a time of freewriting with no looking...

Story Behind the Story: CJ Darlington

by | Oct 25, 2010 | Writing

 This “Story behind the story” is a bit different – because CJ has a whole page on how her novel, Thicker than Blood, came to be! And this is the “Thicker than Blood” that won the prestigious Jerry B Jenkins Operation First Novel...

The Power of Words

by | Oct 18, 2010 | Writing

“The faintest pencil is stronger than the strongest memory.” Poppy Smith, international speaker and writer, spoke these words at the Fall Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference on Saturday, October 16th. Her message was on the power of words and our...

Lessons from the Day Job

by | Oct 15, 2010 | Writing

By day, I’m an events coordinator and newsletter editor for a college and aside from the obvious skill overlap (editing articles, writing news stories, etc.) I’m amazed at the lessons that cross over into my writing life. Today, I’ll focus on the...

Celebrating!

by | Oct 11, 2010 | Writing

I’m happy to announce that I’ve signed a contract with Wendy Lawton of Books & Such Literary Agency! I’m very happy to be a part of the wonderful agency and am looking forward to everything that follows. I’ll definitely post on the process...