Apr 5, 2013 | Babblings, Best Intentions, Creative Process, Dreams and inspiration, Fate, fear, Finishing a Book, Joy in the Writing World, Motivation, Patience, Why I love Romance, Why I Write, Working on Writing, Writing
Periodically, I have to remind myself why I do what I do.Why I’m writing.And beyond the obvious–I want to publish books, I want to be a best seller, (don’t we all??? And if you say you don’t, I don’t believe you), and I want to make money...
Sep 20, 2012 | 5 Hr Energy, A.E. Rought, Babblings, Book Signings, Booksigning, Creative Process, Dreams and inspiration, Plotting, Projects, Scheduling, Working on Writing, Writing
A couple of years ago, for Christmas, I was given “Dolly” here, made custom for me by the amazing AE Rought as inspiration for a character I was working on. She has the pink hair and everything. I just need to find her a plaid mini skirt, and...
Aug 27, 2012 | Dreams and inspiration, WIP, Working on Writing, Writing
I think it’s awfully funny when I sit down to write a blog post, that most of the time, I have no idea what I’m going to write about. I usually just have a brief notion of something to say, and then I wind up with a post. Sometimes it’s interesting,...
Jul 19, 2012 | Agents, Babblings, Best Intentions, Business, Candice Gilmer, Do The Math, Dreams and inspiration, Family, Goals, Home, Inspiration, Motivation, Projects, Promotion, Pubishing, Working on Writing
This is my motivation. Rather, one of them. The one that understands that Mommy has to work on occasion–she doesn’t always like it, but she is old enough to understand it.Yesterday, I read a great post about creating a 5 year plan for your writing career,...
Oct 26, 2011 | Creative Process, Dreams and inspiration, Inspiration, Joy in the Writing World, Plotting, Working on Writing, Writing
Sometimes, the best inspiration comes from the strangest places. Last night, when frustrated with a few details from a book I got the best line of inspiration I’d had in a long time.Go with your gut.I seem to forget that on occasion when I’m writing. I get...
Apr 20, 2011 | Dreams and inspiration, Firefly, Inspiration, Life, Serenity, Star Wars, Working on Writing, Writing
I love this particular Star Wars picture. The color, the determination of the combatants, all that jazz.And it’s a nice reminder to me to remember that sometime’s it really is a fight to do what you know to be right. (You could be completely diluted...