You know you are a writer when you are,” in the zone,” your words easily flowing from your finger tips onto the page and you have to stop. It’s not because you want to, but because you have been writing for days and your neck and shoulders are screaming at you. They continue to burn with anger, punishing you for not giving them a break. You ignore them…you even take a pain pill to buy yourself some time, but their assault is relentless and you have to wave the white flag of surrender. #amwriting #amediting #authorlife
10 Things Every Mom Needs to Know, From Kids Everywhere
An Open Letter to Mom If you are a mom, this is a must watch. Here is a little reality check with wit and humor, seen through the eyes of a child.
A Modern Retelling, Eunuch to Talent Scout, meet Hawk
Standing in front of me, blocking the sun with his silhouette, was this—man-boy. A man-boy is what Calliope and I call guys we think are cute and totally too old for us but not really old—old, like our parents. Take for example, Matt Damon, who did all of the Bourne Identity movies. Cute. But no Zac Efron! As I was creating Hawk’s character, I pictured him in his mid to late twenties, with a certain mystery about him. He is not a man of many words. He does his job and then fades into the background. Every so often Liberty does…
Mom & Daughter’s World Collide: Downton Abbey Meets One Direction
My daughter Jordan and I are very different. She loves One Direction. I like One Republic. Her fashion sense is more urban while I am more classic. I am a touchy feeling kind of person, she…is not. Although we are different, I often try to find ways to celebrate how our differences can bring us together. Here is one such example. I love the television show Downton Abbey and it is no secret, if you know my teen daughter, she is obsessed with the boy band, One Direction! The girl is so enamored by them, I felt I needed to…
Experiencing The Places My Novel’s Charecters Explore
Almost as much fun as writing my first novel was recently visiting the places I have brought to life. In Liberty Layne and the One-Girl Rebelution, my middle grade fiction novel, Liberty and her bff Calliope and cousin Lincoln head to San Francisco to audition for a singing competition. Familiar places to me are used to create my character’s stories, a scene at Pier 39 is one such example. I experienced Pier 39 for the first time my senior year in High School with some of my best friends, Michelle and Caroline. The following year, I drove from California Baptist University…