Why my book is not published yet and failure led me to do better

When will your book be published? It’s a far cry from the rosy and happy ‘tell me what your book is about.’ The excitement waned into ‘so when is the book finally coming out’ at every encounter, in any venue, on the phone or via Morse code. The smiles turned from surprised-excited-encouraging to the barely […]

Three Simple Things Prepared Me for NaNoWriMo 2016

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November, that special time of the year known as National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo or  aka or NaNo begins this week and with it comes excitement, promise, and worry. I can’t wait to dig into my new story but did I plan well enough? I can’t wait to meet the characters; will I be able […]

Writing and Reading, Better than Killing Furniture

Sometimes the unexpected happens not for your frustration but for your concentration

Writing’s my answer to everything. I already can hear you all screaming. But hear me out here. Sometimes, when something unexpected happens, frustration is almost an automatic response. It’s only normal. Using a writing analogy, you had an objective, a desire and something is trying to stop you from getting what you want. It could […]

Wanna Write longer, faster? Try Different Things

Today I was thinking about how I write. it occurred to me that it’s very similar to how I eat. Some of my friends say they can’t trust me to recommend food because I like everything. It’s not, true. Trust me, there’s some stuff I won’t touch…looking at you Okra. But I’m food adventurous. I like […]

Facing the demon

Commitment is not my thing. I run from it like a fire fuse chasing me. But this is the month where I’m drawing the line and confronting the routine/constancy demon. I started with the easy-non-easy thing, writing. No, writing is not easy but when you love something is not really labor, is it? Except it […]

Characters just wanna have fun

Two questions: Do you know what it’s like to live with two people who don’t care what you’re doing, if you’re working, trying to get some sleep, too tired to engage them or even if you have a raging headache?   Do you know what it’s like to live with two people who will do […]

Writers, Have You Rocked The Vault?

Hi everyone, I’m lending my blog to Becca and Angela. They’re wonderful people who do wonderful things for writers. So please enjoy the post below! There’s nothing better than becoming lost within the story world within minutes of starting a book. And as writers, this is what we’re striving to do: pull the reader in, pull […]

Moving past it

We all have dreams and sometimes while working on those dreams, we become stagnant and make excuses. We tell ourselves we’re going slow because we’re being cautious or dotting all our I’s, but it’s fear that’s paralyzing us. Sometimes you don’t move fast enough and a dare against, yourself — a sudden decision that seemingly […]

The holidays are threatening

I’ve struggled with my weight for years. I’ve gone on diets and exercise binges and lost the weight only to put it back through emotional ups and downs, plain ole laziness or just pure, raw everlasting love for the carbs and sweets. I’ve made bad relationship decisions in the past but none more evident than […]