🌙 “Almost Back from the Editing Abyss: Lessons, Laughs, and Late-Night Rewrites.”
Hello and Happy Sunday! I’m Back! Well – Kind of.🙃 If you follow me, you may have wondered what happened to me since I technically missed three blog postings. I realize I should probably start with an apology for going radio silent these past week. Between editing, rewrites, and life’s curveballs, time completely got away […]
Travel, Inspiration, and the Stories Yet to Come 🧳 📚
Hello and Happy Wednesday! I returned home from my trip yesterday evening, and while I’m glad to be back, I wish I had a few more days in each location. Philadelphia – A City of History and Hustle Philly was fascinating! Its history is rich and beautiful, but I’ll admit—I didn’t explore as much as […]
Overpacked but Inspired: A Writer’s Travel Diary 🧳
How a road trip turned into a crash course in minimalism (and creativity!) I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! I’m currently tucked away in the quiet area of the hotel lobby, working on Dating Die-Sasters, socializing, writing this post, and waiting for my friend to return from the conference. Today is the last […]
Swamps, Gargoyles, and a Road to Inspiration🚙
From Philadelphia to the Dismal Swamp—follow my writer’s road trip full of research, adventure, and inspiration. As you may have guessed – I have a trip coming up, and I’m beyond excited! At the end of the month, I’ll be heading to Philadelphia for the Toastmasters International Conference. A good friend from my Toastmasters club […]
Why Toastmasters? Because Every Story Deserves to Be Told ~ and Heard!
It’s Sunday and like most I’m sitting here at our local coffee shop, trying to figure out what I wanted to write about today. Should I talk about the new books I’ve started writing? I’ve been piecing together ideas for several of them. Maybe the anticipation I’m feeling while waiting for Beta Reader feedback? Or… […]
The Space Between Draft and Done
What’s Next? Recently, my Sweetheart asked, “What are you going to do next while Dangerous Desires is being reviewed?” I smiled because… it’s happening. The rough draft of Dangerous Desires is finally finished, and it will be sent to Beta Readers later today. It’s hard to believe my first novel is only a few steps […]
When You’re the One You Can’t Let Down🦋
A Midweek Check-In with My Writer Self Happy Wednesday, all you Lovely Souls! I did it! What did I do? I put my phone down and left the house to get some work done. I’ve been saying I was going to start going somewhere other than the house to work on my novel — or […]
The Power of Words and the Things We Accidentally Wish For🧞♀️🤔🧞
Wow! This weekend totally got away from me — on several levels.Staying up way too late, then napping off and on all day? That kind of rhythm throws everything off. Time feels warped, plans slip through the cracks, and everything starts to feel a little wacky… a little off course… and, honestly, kind of like […]
✨ Keep Your Word (Especially to Yourself)
The day completely slipped away from me. The past few days have been filled with organizing and cleaning, and this evening, I finally sat down to check emails and do a little editing. But as so often happens, I got distracted… then had an appointment… and then—CRAP! I realized I hadn’t written today’s blog post. […]
From Oops to Awareness: A Blog (and Body) Reset 🤪
Have you ever written something, typed it out, and halfway done — then accidentally deleted it? I did. Last night. I had started writing today’s blog post and was on a roll. Then I needed to get up to take care of the dogs. Nothing unusual about that. Even in a sleepy fog (yes, I […]