A Delay in the Time of COVID-19
Vampires Don't Date The Boss, releasing Sept 10th While I never like to do this, sometimes, I have to. The last few months have been difficult for me to maintain my usual level of creativity and writing, while also maintaining my design business (Flirtation Designs)...
Dipping into Kindle Unlimited
I've been thinking about this. There's been a lot going on, even though I've been home from my day, the last 2 months. And while it's had it's ups and downs for certain, for the most part it has been fairly decent. There were days I wanted to strangle my kids. I'm...
Easy Whipped Coffee
I'm not even about to go out there and say I'm awesome enough to have come up with this recipe all on my own. Nope, I got the original recipe from Tasty.Co I wanted to try this because, let's face it. Quarantine and Stay at Home is great for the world, but...
April is Showering Us in Romance Sales!
Six Feet of Separation A special promotion I'm doing with a bunch of other authors is called Six Feet of Separation. Entangled, Harlequin, Hybrid, and Indie Authors Band Together for #SixFeetofSeparation A Social Distancing Romance Read-A-Thon for April. The romance...
COVID-19 Closed My Salon
AKA: Quarter 1 (Q1) has ended with a Stay-At-Home order My day job, when I'm not writing books and creating cover art for people online, is working in a salon part time. Because of the nature of being a hairdresser, there's no way to really stay away from people and...
Studying the Craft
Writers have to continue to learn. This is something I spent a lot of time last year working on. I knew that, while I'm really good at complicating the hell out of a plot, it's always sort of been by the seat of my pants. The last few years, I've learned there's a...
RWA Heartbreak
I'm tired, hurt, and unsure about the future. As I imagine some of you out there are as well. The RWA implosion has left me heartbroken, because I needed to know that this organization had my back, and every other romance author's back. It seems it doesn't. Not...
Holidays are Hard
A couple of tips for keeping it together Today, there's a potential snowstorm coming through my area. We are on the edge. We could get several inches of snow, or we could get a trace. I like the snow, because it quiets the world. And today, I want the world quiet....
NanoWriMo 2019 Quickie Tips!
It's that time, once again, people! NanoWriMo is officially here! With thousands of excited, enthusiastic writers, ready to write their way to 50,000 words in 30 days. I'm one of them, at least, now that I've figured out the key to my own success. I've done Nano a few...